The 37 Best Wearables Fast-Growing Startups

1) Wristcam

Wearables with Computer Vision

Details of the startup:

• Country: United States
• City: San Mateo
• Started in: 2012
• Founders: Adam Korbl, Ari Roisman, Jonathan Caras, Matt Frischer, Roi Ginat
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding amount: $76,000,000
• Number of funding rounds: 6
• Number of investors: 16

You can find their website here.

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2) Rise Science

RISE is a sleep management application that provides personalized sleep planning.

Details of the startup:

• Country: United States
• City: Chicago
• Started in: 2014
• Founders: Jeff Kahn, Leon Sasson
• Number of employees: 1-10
• Funding amount: $15,500,000
• Number of funding rounds: 2
• Number of investors: 4

You can find their website here.

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3) SiFive

SiFive is a semiconductor technology and software automation platform that is open-source.

Details of the startup:

• Country: United States
• City: San Mateo
• Started in: 2015
• Founders: Krste Asanovic, Yunsup Lee
• Number of employees: 251-500
• Funding amount: $190,500,000
• Number of funding rounds: 5
• Number of investors: 13

You can find their website here.

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4) ŌURA

URA is a wellness ring and app that helps you sleep better and function better.

Details of the startup:

• Country: Finland
• City: Oulu
• Started in: 2013
• Founders: Kari Kivela, Markku Koskela, Petteri Lahtela
• Number of employees: 251-500
• Funding amount: $148,300,000
• Number of funding rounds: 7
• Number of investors: 36

You can find their website here.

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5) WHOOP

WHOOP is a performance optimization system that helps athletes improve their performance by tracking their recuperation, training, and sleeping hours.

Details of the startup:

• Country: United States
• City: Boston
• Started in: 2012
• Founders: Aurelian Nicolae, John Capodilupo, Will Ahmed
• Number of employees: 251-500
• Funding amount: $204,751,000
• Number of funding rounds: 8
• Number of investors: 33

You can find their website here.

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6) boAt

boAt is a domestic audio-tech earwear firm that specializes on well-designed, aspirational items at affordable prices.

Details of the startup:

• Country: India
• City: New Delhi
• Started in: 2016
• Founders: Aman Gupta, Sameer Mehta
• Number of employees: 101-250
• Funding amount: $116,258,656
• Number of funding rounds: 6
• Number of investors: 5

You can find their website here.

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7) Hinge Health

Hinge Health is a digital clinic that focuses on treating chronic musculoskeletal disorders like back and joint pain.

Details of the startup:

• Country: United States
• City: San Francisco
• Started in: 2015
• Founders: Daniel Perez, Gabriel Mecklenburg
• Number of employees: 251-500
• Funding amount: $426,132,500
• Number of funding rounds: 7
• Number of investors: 12

You can find their website here.

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8) FORTË

FORT brings you live and on-demand avant-garde fitness sessions from well-known boutique studios all over the world.

Details of the startup:

• Country: United States
• City: New York
• Started in: 2015
• Founders: Lauren Foundos, Toby Dingemans
• Number of employees: 51-100
• Funding amount: $10,000,000
• Number of funding rounds: 4
• Number of investors: 7

You can find their website here.

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9) Biofourmis

Biofourmis is a biotechnology business that uses digital treatments to supplement tailored care and therapies.

Details of the startup:

• Country: United States
• City: Boston
• Started in: 2015
• Founders: Kuldeep Singh Rajput, Wendou Niu
• Number of employees: 101-250
• Funding amount: $143,571,051
• Number of funding rounds: 8
• Number of investors: 12

You can find their website here.

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10) Tractive

Tractive is a company that creates GPS tracking gadgets for dogs and cats.

Details of the startup:

• Country: Austria
• City: Pasching
• Started in: 2012
• Founders: Michael Hurnaus, Michael Lettner, Michael Tschernuth
• Number of employees: 51-100
• Funding amount: $37,687,997
• Number of funding rounds: 5
• Number of investors: 5

You can find their website here.

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11) Magic Leap

Magic Leap is a wearable technology developed by Magic Leap that allows users to interact with digital gadgets in a purely visual cinematic manner.

Details of the startup:

• Country: United States
• City: Plantation
• Started in: 2010
• Founders: Brian Schowengerdt, Rony Abovitz
• Number of employees: 1001-5000
• Funding amount: $2,978,500,000
• Number of funding rounds: 10
• Number of investors: 27

You can find their website here.

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12) Wyze Labs

Wyze Labs is a smart home device business with the goal of making smart home technology more accessible to the general public.

Details of the startup:

• Country: United States
• City: Kirkland
• Started in: 2017
• Founders: Dave Crosby, Dongsheng Song, Elana Fishman, Yun Zhang
• Number of employees: 101-250
• Funding amount: $45,000,000
• Number of funding rounds: 4
• Number of investors: 5

You can find their website here.

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13) COVER Corporation

COVER Corporation is a virtual live distribution service that allows businesses to make animation that is compatible with AR.

Details of the startup:

• Country: Japan
• City: Tokyo
• Started in: 2016
• Founders: Tanigo Motoaki
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding amount: $8,683,441
• Number of funding rounds: 3
• Number of investors: 11

You can find their website here.

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14) Dot Inc.

Dot is a leader in smart technology for the blind and deafblind, allowing people to live more independently.

Details of the startup:

• Country: South Korea
• City: Seoul
• Started in: 2015
• Founders: Eric Kim, Eric Kim, Ki Seong, Ki Seong, Mason Joo
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding amount: $12,973,192
• Number of funding rounds: 6
• Number of investors: 11

You can find their website here.

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15) Ambiq Micro

Ambiq Micro is a semiconductor manufacturer that specializes in mixed-signal wireless electronics products.

Details of the startup:

• Country: United States
• City: Austin
• Started in: 2010
• Founders: David Blaauw, Dennis Sylvester, Scott Hanson
• Number of employees: 101-250
• Funding amount: $259,097,873
• Number of funding rounds: 16
• Number of investors: 18

You can find their website here.

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16) Metacore

Metacore is a firm that makes wearable games.

Details of the startup:

• Country: Finland
• City: Helsinki
• Started in: 2014
• Founders: Aki Järvilehto, Markus Tuppurainen, Mika Tammenkoski
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding amount: $218,145,564
• Number of funding rounds: 6
• Number of investors: 5

You can find their website here.

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17) Sarcos Robotics

Sarcos is a robotics firm that creates wearable and teleoperated industrial robotics to improve user safety and efficiency.

Details of the startup:

• Country: United States
• City: Salt Lake City
• Started in: 1983
• Founders: Ben Wolff, Stephen Jacobsen
• Number of employees: 101-250
• Funding amount: $96,125,000
• Number of funding rounds: 4
• Number of investors: 12

You can find their website here.

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18) ZALORA Group

ZALORA is a website and e-commerce platform that sells apparel and footwear.

Details of the startup:

• Country: Singapore
• City: Singapore
• Started in: 2012
• Founders: Christopher Strauch, Cooper McGuire, Hadi Wenas, Harry Markl, Magnus Grimeland, Peter Kopitz, Stefan Bruun
• Number of employees: 251-500
• Funding amount: $238,000,000
• Number of funding rounds: 4
• Number of investors: 8

You can find their website here.

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19) Summersalt

Wardrobe must-haves The ride will be relaxing, and the destination will be stylish.

Details of the startup:

• Country: United States
• City: Saint Louis
• Started in: 2017
• Founders: Lori Coulter, Reshma Chattaram Chamberlin
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding amount: $26,650,000
• Number of funding rounds: 4
• Number of investors: 16

You can find their website here.

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20) ProGlove

ProGlove creates cutting-edge industrial wearables that help manufacturing and logistics workers perform more efficiently, safely, and effectively.

Details of the startup:

• Country: Germany
• City: Munich
• Started in: 2014
• Founders: Alexander Grots, Jonas Girardet, Manuel Boenisch, Paul Günther, Thomas Kirchner
• Number of employees: 101-250
• Funding amount: $49,076,900
• Number of funding rounds: 6
• Number of investors: 5

You can find their website here.

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21) North

North creates human-centric technology that allows humans and technology to work together.

Details of the startup:

• Country: Canada
• City: Kitchener
• Started in: 2012
• Founders: Aaron Grant, Matthew Bailey, Stephen Lake
• Number of employees: 251-500
• Funding amount: $199,632,519
• Number of funding rounds: 12
• Number of investors: 24

You can find their website here.

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22) Aevice Health

Aevice Health is a medical technology business that focuses on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Details of the startup:

• Country: Singapore
• City: Singapore
• Started in: 2016
• Founders: Adrian Ang, Rex Tan, Ser Wee
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding amount: SGD2,800,000
• Number of funding rounds: 4
• Number of investors: 5

You can find their website here.

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23) Wandelbots

Wandelbots is a no-code robotics technology platform. Non-programmers can use it to teach industrial robots to perform precise jobs.

Details of the startup:

• Country: Germany
• City: Dresden
• Started in: 2017
• Founders: Christian Piechnick, Christoph Biering, Frank Fitzek, Georg Puschel, Giang Nguyen, Jan Falkenberg, Maria Piechnick, Sebastian Werner
• Number of employees: 51-100
• Funding amount: $38,184,408
• Number of funding rounds: 4
• Number of investors: 12

You can find their website here.

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24) Outfit

Outfit revolutionizes how huge companies develop, collaborate on, and share branded marketing materials.

Details of the startup:

• Country: Australia
• City: South Brisbane
• Started in: 2013
• Founders: Bruce Stronge
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding amount: $21,000,000
• Number of funding rounds: 2
• Number of investors: 2

You can find their website here.

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25) Sheertex

Sheertex is a pantyhose company that specializes in unbreakable hosiery.

Details of the startup:

• Country: Canada
• City: Toronto
• Started in: 2017
• Founders: Katherine Homuth
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding amount: $44,320,000
• Number of funding rounds: 4
• Number of investors: 9

You can find their website here.

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26) Soapbox Labs

SoapBox Labs' privacy-first speech recognition software allows kids of different ages, accents, and dialects to have voice-enabled experiences.

Details of the startup:

• Country: Ireland
• City: Dublin
• Started in: 2013
• Founders: Patricia Scanlon
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding amount: $11,777,501
• Number of funding rounds: 4
• Number of investors: 6

You can find their website here.

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27) Purple Style Labs

Purple Style Labs Pvt Ltd (PSL) was founded by an IIT-Bombay alumnus and former Deutsche Bank banker.

Details of the startup:

• Country: India
• City: Mumbai
• Started in: 2015
• Founders: ABHISHEK (Monty) AGARWAL
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding amount: $5,151,102
• Number of funding rounds: 4
• Number of investors: 12

You can find their website here.

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28) Petkit

Petkit is a high-tech firm that designs and manufactures smart pet products.

Details of the startup:

• Country: China
• City: Shanghai
• Started in: 2013
• Founders: Weike Guo, Weixue Guo
• Number of employees: 1-10
• Funding amount: $35,375,903
• Number of funding rounds: 4
• Number of investors: 3

You can find their website here.

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29) Robosoft Technologies

Robosoft Technologies is a digital experiences firm that provides digital advisory, design strategy, user interface/user experience (UI/UX), and engineering services.

Details of the startup:

• Country: India
• City: Udupi
• Started in: 1996
• Founders: Rohith Bhat
• Number of employees: 501-1000
• Funding amount: $15,700,000
• Number of funding rounds: 2
• Number of investors: 2

You can find their website here.

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30) Nymi

Workplace wearables with enterprise apps for security, productivity, and health and safety, based on a connected worker platform.

Details of the startup:

• Country: Canada
• City: Toronto
• Started in: 2011
• Founders: Karl Martin
• Number of employees: 51-100
• Funding amount: $36,300,000
• Number of funding rounds: 6
• Number of investors: 19

You can find their website here.

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31) Clim8

Clim8 is on the verge of becoming a leader in intelligent thermal apparel.

Details of the startup:

• Country: France
• City: Écully
• Started in: 2016
• Founders: Florian Miguet, Julien Gueritee, Pierre Mouette
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding amount: $5,032,290
• Number of funding rounds: 2
• Number of investors: 3

You can find their website here.

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32) German Bionic

Exoskeleton technology is being developed by German Bionic to help people improve their physical abilities.

Details of the startup:

• Country: Germany
• City: Augsburg
• Started in: 2016
• Founders: Armin G. Schmidt, Dr. Peter Heiligensetzer, Michael Halbherr
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding amount: $23,500,000
• Number of funding rounds: 2
• Number of investors: 8

You can find their website here.

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33) Triple W Japan

The world's first toilet timing predictor device is made by Triple W Japan.

Details of the startup:

• Country: Japan
• City: Tokyo
• Started in: 2015
• Founders: Atsushi Nakanishi
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding amount: ¥1,680,000,000
• Number of funding rounds: 6
• Number of investors: 14

You can find their website here.

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34) Kippy

Kippy is the first IoT device that tracks and monitors your four-legged friend's physical activities in real time.

Details of the startup:

• Country: Italy
• City: Milano
• Started in: 2013
• Founders: Simone Sangiorgi
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding amount: $4,616,325
• Number of funding rounds: 5
• Number of investors: 5

You can find their website here.

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35) Coolpad

Coolpad is a smartphone brand that focuses on connecting families via useful electronics.

Details of the startup:

• Country: China
• City: Shenzhen
• Started in: 1993
• Founders: Deying Guo
• Number of employees: 501-1000
• Funding amount: $788,354,165
• Number of funding rounds: 3
• Number of investors: 2

You can find their website here.

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36) Lefit

Lefit is a new concept fitness start-up gym situated in Hangzhou.

Details of the startup:

• Country: China
• City: Hangzhou
• Started in: 2015
• Founders: Han Wei
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding amount: $62,386,833
• Number of funding rounds: 3
• Number of investors: 5

You can find their website here.

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37) Timekettle

Timekettle is dedicated to creating a global brand of AI translator that blends seamlessly into the experience.

Details of the startup:

• Country: China
• City: Shenzhen
• Started in: 2016
• Founders: Leal Tian
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding amount: CN¥10,000,000
• Number of funding rounds: 1
• Number of investors: 2

You can find their website here.

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