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Best Fitness & Wellness Tech Companies in San Diego, United States

The 62 best Fitness & Wellness Tech companies in San Diego, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: BetterNight.

62companies tracked
$84.9Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
11have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · FITNESS & WELLNESS TECH × SAN DIEGO

Our analysis of 50 Fitness & Wellness Tech companies

$3.5b in tracked funding; 100% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

50companies analysed
100%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
6unicorns
2016median founding year
93kcombined LinkedIn audience
86%of audience held by top 3
1companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Fitness & Wellness Tech companies in San Diego

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1BetterNight
Provider of app and assesments for sleep improvement
$39M39 mo agoSeries CDave French
Founder & CEO
1995Squarespace CommerceSquarespaceApple iCloud Mail+24——
2Vessel
Provider of a personalized mobile app and test kit for tracking nutrition
$14M44 mo agoSeedJon Carder
Co-founder
2015WordPress Site EditorWordPressMySQL+1119 patents
Advanced natural gas purification and processing technologies for fluid treatment applications.
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3Walla
Provider of software for managing fitness studios and optimizing profitability
$13M47 mo agoSeries ALaura Munkholm
President and Co-Founder
2020Webflow EcommerceWebflowApple iCloud Mail+23——
4GB HealthWatch
Online platform offering personalized nutrition plans
$10M54 mo agoSeries BLi Shen
Founder & CEO
2012WebflowMaster SliderPlesk+11——
5FuturHealth
Platform offering weight loss medication and support services
$5M30 mo agoSeries AJohn Levan
Co-Founder & Owner
2017Node.jsVue.jsNuxt.js+16——
6SleepScore Labs
Sleep monitoring devices and applications
$2M81 mo agoSeedColin Lawlor
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
2016WordPressMySQLPHP+26—4 job openings
7Lymber
Online marketplace for fitness and wellness centers
$1M114 mo agoAcqui-Hired—2016———
8Cognionics
Provider of mobile EEG solutions for neurophysiological monitoring
$381K165 mo agoFunding RaisedMike Chi
Founder & CEO
2010—30 patents
Dry EEG and biopotential sensing hardware with low‑impedance electrodes
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9Stella Wearables
Wearable tech optimizing sun exposure and health behaviors for wellness
$150K80 mo agoSeedNicolas Gonzalez
Co-Founder & CEO
2015—5 patents
Wearable UV radiation monitoring sensors for personal exposure measurement
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10Hydrostasis
Provider of a hydration monitoring system for athletes
$120K48 mo agoSeedDebbie Chen
Founder & CEO
2016WebflowTypekitGoogle Font API+811 patents
Wearable medical devices measuring tissue hydration levels for health monitoring
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Top 11 Fitness & Wellness Tech companies in San Diego

#1
Series A · San Diego, California · founded 2017
$5Mraised
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Platform offering weight loss medication and support services. It provides weight loss medication, telehealth dieticians, and healthy meals delivered to door. It also provide personalized nutrition plans and prescription weight loss solutions. The program includes access to doctors, medication prescriptions, and insurance concierge partners.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers — 3.8% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2023Series A$5M
Founders & team
John LevanCo-Founder & Owner
#2
Series C · San Diego, California · founded 1995 · 350 employees
$39Mraised
▾

BetterNight provides an app for sleep improvement. It helps in improving insomnia/sleep deprivation problems using digital therapeutic featuring cognitive behavioral therapy. It also provides telehealth, in-home test, and remote patient monitoring for consult, diagnosis, and treatment of sleep apnea.

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2023Series C$33M
  • Feb 2023Series C$33M
  • Mar 2021Series B—
  • Oct 2019Unattributed$6M
Founders & team
Dave FrenchFounder & CEO
Investors
HCAP, NewSpring, Hamilton Lane, HCAP Partners
Tech stack
ActivecampaignAmazon Web ServicesAngularApple Icloud MailCart FunctionalityCdnjs
#3
Seed · San Diego, California · founded 2015 · 32 employees
$14.5Mraised
▾

Provider of a personlized mobile app and test kit for tracking nutrition. The company has developed a test strip that uses the urine sample to analyze nutritional requirements in one's body. It also developed an app that is used to scan the strip results and provide a personalized nutrition plan to the users.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers — 2.7% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2022Seed$1.5M
  • Jan 2022Seed$200K
  • Jan 2021Seed$14.2M
Founders & team
Jon CarderCo-founder
Investors
Monogram Capital Partners, Able Partners, Sidekick, BFG, Ben Franklin Technology Partners, Nex Cubed
Tech stack
Core-JsHstsHttp/3MysqlNginxOpen Graph
#4
Series A · San Diego, California · founded 2020 · 42 employees
$13Mraised
▾

Provider of software for managing fitness studios and optimizing profitability. The software offers features for client experience, studio management, reporting, sales, and marketing. It includes tools for branded applications, custom websites, client retention, and multi-location integrations. The software aims to provide insights and automate client re-engagement. It helps studios optimize scheduling and make data-driven decisions.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 15k LinkedIn followers — 16.2% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2022Series A$8M
  • Oct 2021Seed$3M
  • Oct 2020Seed$2M
Founders & team
Laura MunkholmPresident and Co-FounderDoug HechtCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Industry Ventures, Keshif Ventures, Social Leverage, Crescent Ridge Partners, TenOneTen, Crescent Ridge
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#5
Series B · San Diego, California · founded 2012 · 6 employees
$9.8Mraised
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Online platform offering personalized nutrition plans. The company has developed an app called Healthwatch 360 an online tool offering personalized nutrition plans based on the health profile of the user. The app tracks parameters such as nutrient intake, calories, exercises, food log-in, and symptoms to offer a personalized nutrition plan. The company also offers other tools such as Healthwatch 360 Research, Fitness Trackers, Diet evaluator, BMI calculator, and more,

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 304 LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2021Series B$3.5M
  • May 2018Series A$5.2M
  • Oct 2012Seed$1.1M
Founders & team
Li ShenFounder & CEO
Investors
Trinity Power, Rotating Boulder Fund
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudinaryGoogle AdsGoogle Ads Conversion TrackingGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font Api
#6
Seed · San Diego, California · founded 2016 · 6 employees
$120Kraised
▾

Provider of a hydration monitoring system for athletes. The company offers the "Personalized Hydration Index" which provides data critical to a network of healthcare providers, as well as coaches and trainers. The hydration level in athletes is collected through a wearable sensor, analyzed using proprietary algorithms, and displayed on the Hydrostasis cloud platform via actionable dashboards, mobile applications, alert notifications, and comprehensive reports.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 913 LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • 2022Seed$100K
  • 2021Seed—
  • Aug 2020Grant (prize money)$224.9K
  • Oct 2018Seed$20K
Founders & team
Debbie ChenFounder & CEO
Investors
HAX, Ad Astra Ventures, Praxis, HHS, Crescent Ridge, SOSV
Tech stack
CloudflareGoogle Font ApiGoogle Hosted LibrariesGoogle WorkspaceHstsHttp/3
#7
Seed · San Diego, California · founded 2016 · 34 employees
$1.8Mraised
▾

Sleep monitoring devices and applications. Its non-wearable portable device is kept along the bedside to monitor the user's body movements and respiratory patterns to obtain sleep stats. It uses bio-motion and environmental sensor technology for tracking. It analyses the data to identify the sleep quality of individuals and provides customized insight and recommendations via an app to improve sleep quality.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 10k LinkedIn followers — 10.5% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 4 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +4 · hiring: Enterprise Sales / Account Executive, Senior Backend Software Engineer
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2019Seed$1.8M
Founders & team
Colin LawlorFounder & Chief Executive Officer
Investors
Pegasus Capital Advisors, Boston Angel Club, Startup Creasphere, Supermoon Capital, Emerging Technology Partners
Tech stack
AngularApple Sign-InAzureAzure Front DoorBootstrapCloudflare
#8
Acqui-Hired · San Diego, California · founded 2016 · 8 employees
$1.1Mraised
▾

Lymber is a online marketplace for fitness and wellness centers. Users can find fitness classes and activities including gyms, cycling, massage among others. Operates as a pay-as-you-go plan without any requirement for membership.

Funding rounds
  • Dec 2016Grant (prize money)$5K
  • 2016Seed$1.1M
Investors
SDVG, Seed San Diego, Crescent Ridge Partners
#9
Seed · San Diego, California · founded 2015
$150Kraised
▾

Wearable tech optimizing sun exposure and health behaviors for wellness. This is a health technology company focused on developing digital health monitoring platforms using wearable technology and machine learning. The company provides personalized digital guidance to users, helping them optimize their time in the sun and improve overall health-related behaviors. The mission is to design hardware and software that enhances personal healthcare and data access. They advocate for melanoma research, supporting efforts to accelerate research and prevent melanomas. The company offers solutions for UV protection, activity tracking, heart monitoring, and digital health, promoting a balanced lifestyle and improved personal wellness. They provide a new standard in wearable technology, focusing on biometrics, activity, and environment monitoring.

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2019Seed$150K
  • May 2016Seed—
Founders & team
Nicolas GonzalezCo-Founder & CEOEnrique GuadarramaCo-Founder & VP Business DevelopmentNishant SoodCo-Founder & CTO
Investors
EvoNexus, Franklin Templeton Investments, JLABS
#10
Funding Raised · San Diego, California · founded 2010
$381.2Kraised
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Cognionics develops mobile EEG solutions neurophysiological monitoring. Its offerings are EEH headsets, Quick series (available in 8, 20, 30 channel configuration) and Mobile Series (64 and 128 channel configuration), in-ear 2 channel EEG and an 8 channel dry/wet development kit. Its sensor offerings are Drypad (for skin), Flex (for hair), and HydroFlex (for skin and hair). Other offerings are accessories and software support for the devices. Its sponsors are NASA, DARPA, etc.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 614 LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2012Grant (prize money)$181.2K
  • Aug 2012Grant (prize money)$200K
Founders & team
Mike ChiFounder & CEO
Investors
HHS
#11
Seed · San Diego, California · founded 2016 · 3 employees
—raised
▾

Cella digital health solution for home use that accurately measures absolute level of water retention in heart and kidney disease. It measures body composition and hydration status. It measures lean muscle and fat. The device is integrated with its app to check the graphical status.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2018Seed—
Founders & team
Jim MatthieCo-Founder
Investors
EvoNexus

Funding & investor landscape

$84.9Mtotal disclosed funding
10companies funded
22disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Crescent Ridge Partners3 rounds
Nex Cubed3 rounds
Crescent Ridge2 rounds
EvoNexus2 rounds
HHS2 rounds
Able Partners1 rounds
Ad Astra Ventures1 rounds
Ankona Capital1 rounds
BARBARELLA Ventures1 rounds
BFG1 rounds

Notable founders

John Levan
Co-Founder & Owner · FuturHealth
Dave French
Founder & CEO · BetterNight
Jon Carder
Co-founder · Vessel
Laura Munkholm
President and Co-Founder · Walla
Doug Hecht
Co-Founder & CEO · Walla
Li Shen
Founder & CEO · GB HealthWatch
Debbie Chen
Founder & CEO · Hydrostasis
Colin Lawlor
Founder & Chief Executive Officer · SleepScore Labs
Nicolas Gonzalez
Co-Founder & CEO · Stella Wearables
Enrique Guadarrama
Co-Founder & VP Business Development · Stella Wearables
Mike Chi
Founder & CEO · Cognionics
Jim Matthie
Co-Founder · Cella Medical
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 242,059 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Fitness & Wellness Tech coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · United States

How research on Wearable Health Tech is moving in the United States

A read on the academic research around Wearable Health Tech — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 2,695 United States-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
200820172026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and steady — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 45% → 45% across 2008–2026.
top research entities
  • Harvard University122
  • Dexcom110
  • Stanford University92
  • Diabetes Care Center87
  • Jaeb Center for Health Research80
leading researchers
Richard M. Bergenstal · Irl B. Hirsch · Roy W. Beck · Boris Kovatchev · Marc D. Breton · Christopher G. Parkin · Timothy S. Bailey · Bruce A. Buckingham
▲ Breakthroughs236 · 9%
▲ 7%→10% share
▲1.4× share momentum3 median citations61% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (7%→10% of field), led by Continuous glucose monitoring.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Continuous glucose monitoring38→94
  • Diabetes mellitus27→60
  • Type 1 diabetes6→27
  • Glycemic12→31
  • Wearable computer1→18
Newly emergingSWEAT 0→7 · Reinforcement learning 0→7 · Population 0→6
Landmark Microneedle-Based Detection of Ketone Bodies along with Glucose and Lactate: Toward Real-Time Continuous Interstitial Fl · 261 cites
◆ Advancements1,290 · 48%
▼ 49%→46% share
▼0.9× share momentum7 median citations53% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are cooling (49%→46% of field), led by Continuous glucose monitoring.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Continuous glucose monitoring239→480
  • Diabetes mellitus223→392
  • Glycemic106→226
  • Type 2 diabetes52→152
  • Type 1 diabetes98→170
Newly emergingPrimary care 0→15 · Prediabetes 0→15 · MEDLINE 0→15
Landmark Continuous Glucose Monitoring: A Review of Recent Studies Demonstrating Improved Glycemic Outcomes · 463 cites
▼ Concerns737 · 27%
▼ 32%→25% share
▼0.8× share momentum9 median citations50% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are cooling (32%→25% of field), led by Continuous glucose monitoring.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Continuous glucose monitoring149→261
  • Diabetes mellitus154→224
  • Type 2 diabetes23→81
  • Glycemic71→115
  • Type 1 diabetes60→100
Newly emergingWearable computer 0→8 · Medicaid 0→8 · Socioeconomic status 0→8
Landmark Clinical Targets for Continuous Glucose Monitoring Data Interpretation: Recommendations From the International Consensus · 3,642 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · United States

Where wearable health is researched across United States

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Boston193 · +0.24
Hot · Diabetes mellitusAdvancing · MealOpportunity · Retrospective cohort studyConcern · Cohort study
SF Bay Area141 · +0.31
Hot · Diabetes mellitusAdvancing · FingerstickOpportunity · CohortConcern · Continuous glucose monitoring
Atlanta120 · +0.24
Hot · Diabetes mellitusAdvancing · Interquartile rangeOpportunity · Mortality rateConcern · Critically ill
New York103 · +0.30
Hot · Continuous glucose monitoringAdvancing · BiosensorOpportunity · Clinical PracticeConcern · Gestational diabetes
Seattle73 · +0.30
Hot · Intensive care medicineAdvancing · Metric (unit)Opportunity · Randomized controlled trialConcern · Diabetes management
San Diego61 · +0.32
Hot · Blood Glucose Self-MonitoringAdvancing · Biomedical engineeringOpportunity · Critically illConcern · Intensive care medicine
Los Angeles59 · +0.24
Hot · Diabetes mellitusAdvancing · Continuous glucose monitoringOpportunity · Health careConcern · Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring
Chicago49 · +0.19
Hot · Sleep (system call)Advancing · Continuous glucose monitoringOpportunity · Insulin deliveryConcern · Pregnancy
Philadelphia49 · +0.13
Hot · Gestational diabetesAdvancing · Type 1 diabetesOpportunity · PregnancyConcern · Ethnic group
Pittsburgh25 · +0.11
Hot · Blood glucose monitoringAdvancing · Psychological interventionOpportunity · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Concern · Type 2 diabetes
PATENT SIGNAL · United States

Who's filing wearable health patents in the United States

United States wearable health patent filing is accelerating — 1,004 filings from 310 assignees (2016–2025), led by Dexcom, Medtronic Minimed, SONY America; annual filings 81→125.

1,004 filings310 assigneespeak 128/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
  • Dexcom196
  • Medtronic Minimed78
  • SONY America62
  • SONY58
  • Becton Dickinson49
  • UNIV Virginia Patent Foundation44
  • Verily LIFE Sciences41
  • Abbott Diabetes CARE37

Common questions

How many Fitness & Wellness Tech companies are there in San Diego, United States?
Radar tracks 62 indexable Fitness & Wellness Tech companies headquartered in San Diego, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Fitness & Wellness Tech companies in San Diego, United States?
The Fitness & Wellness Tech companies in San Diego, United States on this list have raised a combined $84.9M in disclosed equity funding across 10 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Fitness & Wellness Tech company in San Diego, United States?
BetterNight is the highest-funded Fitness & Wellness Tech company in San Diego, United States, with $39M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Fitness & Wellness Tech companies in San Diego, United States are funded?
10 of the 62 Fitness & Wellness Tech companies in San Diego, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Fitness & Wellness Tech unicorns are there in San Diego, United States?
None of the Fitness & Wellness Tech companies in San Diego, United States on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in San Diego, United States Fitness & Wellness Tech companies?
The most active investors in San Diego, United States Fitness & Wellness Tech companies on this list include Crescent Ridge Partners, Nex Cubed, Crescent Ridge, EvoNexus, HHS.
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