Best Wearable Technology Companies in Austin, United States
The 43 best Wearable Technology companies in Austin, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Ambiq.
Our analysis of 50 Wearable Technology companies
$7.0b in tracked funding; 93% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Wearable Technology companies in Austin
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Stage | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ambiq Provider of AI-based system-on-chips for IoT applications 64Funding top 25%Growth top 25%News top 28%Moat top 31% All 10 signals ▾Fundingtop 25% Growthtop 25% Newstop 28% Moattop 31% Markettop 43% AItop 45% Techbottom 49% Fin. healthbottom 45% Talentbottom 40% Globalbottom 39% Funding: Raised $288M across 19 rounds · 19 rounds over 16 yrs (1.2/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100 | $288M | 35 mo ago | 250 | Scott Hanson Founder & CTO | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+17 | Public | — | 6 job openings |
| 2 | Happy Ring Smart ring for remote patient monitoring and personalised medical insights | $60M | 48 mo ago | 25 | Sean Rad Co-Founder | — | Series A | — | — |
| 3 | Rey Online platform offering VR-based therapeutic sessions for mental health management | $26M | 61 mo ago | 43 | Deepak Gopalakrishnan Founder & CEO | — | Deadpooled | — | — |
| 4 | OxfordVR Provider of virtual devices for the treatment of psychological health | $19M | 78 mo ago | 35 | Daniel Freeman Co-Founder | Apache HTTP ServerGoogle Font APIGoDaddy+1 | Series A | — | — |
| 5 | Fourth Frontier Provider of a connected wearable device for cardiac health monitoring | $15M | 61 mo ago | 48 48 → 76 (+58%) | Manav Bhushan Co-Founder & Co-CEO | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+28 | Series B | — | 5 job openings |
| 6 | Harmonic Bionics Developer of robotic rehabilitation systems designed for upper extremity therapy | $13M | 51 mo ago | 26 | — | — | Acquired | 21 patents Advanced exoskeleton and robotic joint technologies for medical rehabilitation and tele‑operation interfaces. | — |
| 7 | HeartSciences Provider of a screening device for the early detection of cardiac dysfunction | $8M | 33 mo ago | 12 12 → 23 (+92%) | Mark Hilz CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+21 | Public | 3 patents Non‑invasive ECG algorithms estimating echocardiographic cardiac function metrics | 3 launchs |
| 8 | Cipher Skin Provider of biometric apparels for 3D movement measurement | $8M | 65 mo ago | 13 | Phillip Bogdanovich Co-Founder & CEO | — | Series A | 103 patents Patents concentrated in health & consumer products | — |
| 9 | Cipher Shirt Smart shirt that can track body movements and along with heart rate and respiration rate | $8M | 65 mo ago | — | Phillip Bogdanovich Co-Founder | — | Series A | — | — |
| 10 | LVL Technologies Provider of wearable sensor to monitor hydration levels | $7M | 108 mo ago | 11 | — | — | Deadpooled | 3 patents Electrical wiring devices and connectors for lighting and power distribution. | — |
| 11 | UnaliWear Medical alert watch with fall detection for independent living | $6M | 74 mo ago | 19 | Jean Anne Booth CEO | WordPressMySQLZoho+47 | Series A | 14 patents Wearable assistive devices integrating haptic feedback and sensor-driven control systems. | — |
| 12 | Atlas Fitness tracker with on-wrist display to get live feedback on the workout | $4M | 127 mo ago | 4 | — | — | Acqui-Hired | 14 patents Economic development decision-support software, forecasting platforms, and competency assessment systems | — |
| 13 | Audiotoniq Provider of digital hearing aid for people wit hearing impairment | $1M | 181 mo ago | 11 | Russ Apfel CEO | — | Deadpooled | 45 patents Remote monitoring, battery management, and connectivity solutions for hearing aid devices | — |
| 14 | STRAP Technologies Provider of a wearable mobility tool for the visually impaired | $1M | 64 mo ago | 22 | Diego Roel Founder & CEO | — | Seed | 3 patents Integrated support garments for posture and load‑distribution in apparel | — |
| 15 | Plugged Brand of headphones | $1M | 128 mo ago | — | Shahzil Amin Co-Founder | — | Deadpooled | 6 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 16 | Vironix AI Provider of remote patient monitoring platform, devices, and clinician support | $756K | 22 mo ago | 2 | Sriram Ramanathan Founder and Advisor | SentryRadix UITailwind CSS+13 | Seed | — | — |
| 17 | Anatomotion Developer of a wearable technology solution for dental care | $505K | 121 mo ago | 3 | Shane Matt Founder & CEO | — | Seed | — | — |
| 18 | Clairvoyant Networks Provider of cloud-based data analytics platform for IoT applications | $505K | 62 mo ago | 15 | — | — | Seed | — | — |
| 19 | Brave Virtual Worlds Developers of 4D motion capture electronics | $274K | 35 mo ago | — | Dhyey Parikh Co-Founder | — | Funding Raised | — | — |
Top 12 Wearable Technology companies in Austin
#1
Public · Austin, Texas · founded 2010 · 250 employees$288.1Mraised▾
Provider of AI-based system-on-chips for IoT applications. It provides MCUs, SoC and RTCs that has applications in gaming, wearables, wearables, smartcards, intelligent remotes, smart home & buildings and industrial IoT applications. The products are built on the patented Subthreshold Power Optimized Technology (SPOT) platform that has the capability to reduce the total system power consumption on the order of nanoamps for all battery-powered endpoint devices.
- Aug 2023Series G$83.2M
- Feb 2022Series G$44.8M
- Oct 2020Series G$127.3M
- Mar 2020Series F$5.1M
#2
Seed · Austin, Texas · founded 2020 · 2 employees$756Kraised▾
Provider of remote patient monitoring platform, devices, and clinician support. The platform supports virtual care management services, including remote patient and therapeutic monitoring. It facilitates chronic and principal care management. The platform offers condition-specific care plans and health data tracking. It also provides automated claims tracking and audit reports. The system uses algorithms to identify patients at risk.
- Oct 2024Seed$1.8M
- May 2023Seed$1.1M
- Aug 2022Seed$276K
- Nov 2020Seed$25K
#3
Public · Austin, Texas · founded 2007 · 12 employees$8.2Mraised▾
Provider of a screening device for the early detection of cardiac dysfunction. The company has Continuous Wavelet Transform signal processing technology for developing MyoVista cardiac testing device to detect abnormalities of heart function. It provides doctors with a visual description of a cardiac cycle’s energy distribution.
- Nov 2023Post IPO$1.6M
- Sep 2023Post IPO$1M
- Feb 2021Conventional Debt$1.1M
- Nov 2019Series A$138K
#4
Series A · Austin, Texas · founded 2019 · 25 employees$60Mraised▾
Smart ring for remote patient monitoring and personalised medical insights. It uses biometric sensors and AI technology to deliver personalized medical insights to medical professionals. It is also used for decentralized clinical trials with remote patient onboarding, streaming of patient biomarkers and integration into eClinical platforms and EHR.
- Aug 2022Series A$60M
#5
Acquired · Austin, Texas · founded 2016 · 26 employees$12.9Mraised▾
Developer of robotic rehabilitation systems designed for upper extremity therapy. It offers devices intended to facilitate natural and comprehensive arm and shoulder rehabilitation. These systems are designed to increase movement repetitions during therapy sessions. The devices offer a range of motion intended to optimize patient recovery.
- May 2022Series A$3M
- Mar 2021Series A$7.4M
- May 2020Seed$2.5M
- Jan 2018Grant (prize money)$225K
#6
Series B · Austin, Texas · founded 2016 · 48 employees$15.1Mraised▾
Provider of a connected wearable device for cardiac health monitoring. The company offers a chest-worn smart heart monitor that provides high-quality continuous ECG and real-time feedback on your heart health.
- Jul 2021Series B$10.5M
- Sep 2020Seed$2.2M
- Jun 2019Seed$1.3M
- Mar 2018Seed$758.3K
#7
Deadpooled · Austin, Texas · founded 2020 · 43 employees$26Mraised▾
Online platform offering VR-based therapeutic sessions for mental health management. The platform provides wearable headsets & virtual reality therapeutic sessions (cognitive behavioural therapy) for the users. Also, it allows users to receive guided coaching sessions from experts/psychiatrists to manage their mental health-related conditions. The platform also helps in medication management.
- Jul 2021Series A$10M
#8
Series A · Austin, Texas · founded 2016 · 35 employees$19.2Mraised▾
Provider of virtual devices for the treatment of psychological health. The company offers VR-based devices for cognitive therapy based on therapeutic techniques.
- Feb 2020Series A$13.5M
- Sep 2018Seed$4.2M
- Jan 2017Seed$1.5M
#9
Series A · Austin, Texas · founded 2014 · 13 employees$7.8Mraised▾
Cipher Skin develops smart biometric apparels for 3D movement measurement. Its first product is a smart shirt (Cipher Shirt) embedded with water-resistant sensors to monitor bodily vitals like heart rate, respiratory rate and quality, and autonomic tone. The clothing article is flexible and washable; and is able to measure movement, positioning, and biometrics of the body. It allows users to monitor the collected data through an app on the phone connected via Bluetooth.
- Mar 2021Series A$5M
- Jun 2020Grant (prize money)$1.5M
- Apr 2019Seed$1.2M
#10
Series A · Austin, Texas · founded 2014$7.8Mraised▾
Cipher Shirt is a smart shirt developed by a company called Cipher Skin that can track 3D movements of the body. The shirt is developed using a patented mesh-grid that can measure variation in tension across the body which allows it to track 3-D body movement in real time. The shirt is also equipped with a 12-lead EKG that can measure heart rate and heart rate variability. By tracking the body movements the shirt is also able to measure respiratory rate. As of June 2017, the company has not revealed their product.
- Mar 2021Series A$7.8M
#11
Funding Raised · Austin, Texas · founded 2018$273.9Kraised▾
Developers of 4D motion capture electronics. Its platform presents coaches and athletes with core insights - position, force, velocity, and joint kinematics. It helps them do what they do coach and play. It works wirelessly via Bluetooth and can be used anywhere, even without Wi-Fi. The user can record high-quality motion capture, and view instant replays and metrics to understand movement.
- Sep 2023Grant (prize money)$273.9K
#12
Series A · Austin, Texas · founded 2013 · 19 employees$5.8Mraised▾
Medical alert watch with fall detection for independent living. This company provides wearable medical alert devices and personal emergency response systems designed to give independence, dignity, and protection. It offers a smartwatch that connects to a US-based monitoring center, providing voice-activated help and automatic fall detection. The product aims to avoid nursing homes and extend independence at home. It uses cellular and WiFi connectivity, swappable batteries, and a simple interface. The company focuses on easy-to-use technology for seniors, offering features like medication reminders and step counters. It provides a subscription-based service with a focus on safety and well-being.
- Jun 2020Series A$245K
- Oct 2016Series A$2.1M
- Feb 2016Series A$3.4M
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Wearable Technology coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
What Austin researches in wearable health
- Austin Health10
- Austin Hospital7
- The University of Texas at Austin4
- Austin College3
- Austin Independent School District2
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