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Best Wearable Technology Companies in San Jose, United States

The 35 best Wearable Technology companies in San Jose, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Ensurge.

35companies tracked
$768.2Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
14have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY × SAN JOSE

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.

50companies analysed
93%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
2unicorns
2013median founding year
159kcombined LinkedIn audience
85%of audience held by top 3
2companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Wearable Technology companies in San Jose

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundEmployeesFounderStagePatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Ensurge
Developer of energy storage solutions for wearable devices
50Funding top 15%News top 30%Growth top 34%Tech top 37%
All 9 signals ▾
Fundingtop 15%
Newstop 30%
Growthtop 34%
Techtop 37%
Globaltop 48%
Talentbottom 49%
Fin. healthbottom 46%
Marketbottom 28%
Moatbottom 24%
Funding: Raised $349M across 24 rounds · 24 rounds over 4 yrs (6.0/yr)
News: 6 BI events in 12 mo (of 16 tracked, 6 types) · +100% YoY
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 50/100
$349M15 mo ago39
39 → 64 (+64%)
Lars Eikeland
CEO
Public——
2Eargo
Provider of hearing aids for people with hearing disabilities
$217M51 mo ago45Florent Michel
Co-Founder
Public92 patents
Wireless-enabled hearing aid devices with flexible tips, magnetic charging, and diagnostic testing
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3C8 MediSensors
Continuous glucose monitoring products
$70M172 mo ago25—Deadpooled64 patents
Advanced optical reflection and spectroscopic sensors for biomedical imaging and analysis
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4InvenSense
MEMS and magnetic sensor solutions for consumer, industrial, and automotive applications
$38M221 mo ago288
288 → 682 (+137%)
—Acquired2,221 patents
MEMS inertial and acoustic sensors, capacitive pressure devices, and integrated packaging solutions
—
5mCube
Provider of MEMS motion sensors for smart and wearable devices
$37M147 mo ago20Charles Yang
Founder
Acquired224 patents
Low‑power MEMS inertial sensors and motion‑detection devices for portable electronics
—
6Zepp Labs
Developer of wearable devices and digital health management platform solutions
$20M153 mo ago94Wayne Huang
Founder & CEO
Acquired110 patents
Wearable multimodal health monitoring and feedback devices, including smart rings and earplugs
—
7BAM Labs
Innovating sleep technology with SleepIQ for personalized sleep experiences
$17M142 mo ago25Steve Young
Co-Founder
Series A47 patents
Smart inflatable mattress systems with integrated sleep monitoring and adaptive control
—
8Corventis
Medical technology company providing healthcare solutions and support
$10M202 mo ago67—Acquired129 patents
Wearable bioelectric impedance and multi‑sensor monitoring devices for cardiac patient care
—
9Wellcore
Emergency response system for elderly care
$7M195 mo ago—Vijay Nadkarni
Co-Founder
Deadpooled11 patents
Wearable health monitoring sensors for activity, motion, energy, and breathing analysis
—
10Even
Manufacturer of adaptive earphones and headphone
$2M122 mo ago14—Series A——
11AiCare
Provider of AI & cloud-based senior care and home monitoring solutions
$1M117 mo ago1Sean Tan
CEO
Seed14 patents
Real-time patient survival monitoring and blood pressure trend estimation technologies
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12AkibaH
Innovative smartphone case glucose meter for convenient diabetes care
$288K115 mo ago1—Seed——
13GogglePal
Heads up display for snowboarders and skiers
$100K112 mo ago—Peng Shao
Founder & CEO
Deadpooled——

Top 12 Wearable Technology companies in San Jose

#1
Public · San Jose, California · founded 2005 · 39 employees
$348.7Mraised
▾

Developer of energy storage solutions for wearable devices. It provides users with a microbattery manufacturing company that specializes in developing solid-state lithium microbattery technology. The company's innovative technology enables the production of ultra-thin, flexible, and safe energy storage solutions for various applications, including wearable devices and connected sensors.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 50how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 15%
News
top 30%
Growth
top 34%
Tech
top 37%
Global
top 48%
Talent
bottom 49%
Funding: Raised $349M across 24 rounds · 24 rounds over 4 yrs (6.0/yr) · Last round Post IPO (Jul 2025)
News: 6 BI events in 12 mo (of 16 tracked, 6 types) · +100% YoY · 1 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo
Growth: Headcount 29 → 39 (+34%) across vintages · Web rank 10,000,000 → 50,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 12k LinkedIn followers — 7.7% of this cohort's audience · 29 engagements/post (2.6× cohort median)
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 partnerships · 2 awards (incl. Ensurge) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2025Post IPO$4.9M
  • Apr 2025Post IPO$5.5M
  • Feb 2024Post IPO$5.6M
  • Oct 2023Post IPO$4.3M
Founders & team
Lars EikelandCEO
Investors
Invesco Mutual Fund, Ferd, Norwegian Research Council, FlexTech, a SEMI Strategic Association Partner, Europa, Woodford Investment Management
Tech stack
AmpCloudflareCloudflare ZarazCore-JsDatocmsGodaddy
#2
Public · San Jose, California · founded 2010 · 45 employees
$216.6Mraised
▾

Eargo provides hearing aids for people with hearing disabilities. It offers a rechargeable hearing aid that completely fits inside the ear. It is made out of Flexi fiber, small pieces of soft, medical-grade silicon which suspend a tiny speaker in the ear. It offers eargo mobile app that allows personalized settings for different listening environments. Its products include eargo neo, eargo max, and many more.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 12k LinkedIn followers — 7.5% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2022Post IPO$125M
  • Sep 2020Series E$81.6M
  • Jan 2019Series D$52M
  • Oct 2017Series C$45M
Founders & team
Florent MichelCo-FounderChristian GormsenCEO
Investors
Maveron, Birchmere Ventures, Crosslink Capital, Dolby Family Ventures, Future Fund, New Enterprise Associates
Tech stack
Adobe Experience ManagerAmazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailCallrailCloudflare
#3
Deadpooled · San Jose, California · founded 2003 · 25 employees
$69.6Mraised
▾

C8 MediSensors develops non-invasive continuous glucose monitoring products for diabetic patients.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2012Series C$19M
  • Mar 2012Series C$390K
  • Sep 2011Series C$24M
  • Jul 2011Series B$10.6M
Investors
General Electric, San Jose Redevelopment Agency
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpYoast SeoJquery MigrateJquery
#4
Acquired · San Jose, California · founded 2003 · 288 employees
$38Mraised
▾

MEMS and magnetic sensor solutions for consumer, industrial, and automotive applications. They provide sensing solutions, including MEMS motion sensors, ultrasonic Time-of-Flight sensors, MEMS microphones, and MEMS pressure sensors. These sensors cater to diverse applications like gaming, smart homes, automotive systems, industrial IoT, mobile devices, and robotics. Their offerings include development kits, software, and services to support developers. They focus on humanizing sensor technology, offering products like SmartMotion, SmartSonic, SmartSound, SmartPressure, SmartAutomotive, SmartIndustrial, and SmartRobotics. They also provide location software and services, and emphasize product longevity with extended support for select products.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 34k LinkedIn followers — 21.6% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2008Series C$19M
  • Jan 2007Series B$11M
  • 2004Series A$8M
Investors
Qualcomm Ventures, Artiman, Partech Partners, Sierra Ventures, Foxconn Electronics, SkyLake Investment
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpNginxHsts
#5
Series A · San Jose, California · founded 2006 · 25 employees
$17.3Mraised
▾

Innovating sleep technology with SleepIQ for personalized sleep experiences. The company focuses on enhancing sleep through its SleepIQ technology integrated into its beds. This technology provides users with data and insights to optimize their sleep experience. It develops and manages the SleepIQ feature, aiming to deliver personalized comfort and improve sleep quality. The company is dedicated to advancing sleep science and technology, offering a range of beds designed to cater to individual sleep preferences and needs. This is a B2C business model, offering a single product with multiple features. The company is focused on sleep technology and personalized sleep experiences.

Funding rounds
  • Dec 2014Series A$3.5M
  • Feb 2013Series A$3.5M
  • Jan 2013Series A$4.1M
  • Nov 2012Series A$1M
Founders & team
Steve YoungCo-Founder
Tech stack
RequirejsAmazon Web ServicesAmazon S3Amazon CloudfrontAws Certificate Manager
#6
Acquired · San Jose, California · founded 2009 · 20 employees
$37Mraised
▾

Provider of MEMS motion sensors for smart and wearable devices

Founders & team
Ben LeeCEO & PresidentCharles YangFounder
Investors
MediaTek, SK Telecom Americas, DAG Ventures, Keytone Ventures, ID Ventures America, Kleiner Perkins
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsDartFlutterHttp/3Microsoft 365
#7
Acquired · San Jose, California · founded 2011 · 94 employees
$20Mraised
▾

Developer of wearable devices and digital health management platform solutions. The company provides smart watches, bands, hearables, and soundscape services. Its platform includes an operating system, artificial intelligence chips, biometric sensors, and data algorithms. The platform delivers cloud-based insights and guidance. The company develops intelligent healthcare tools and utilizes generative artificial intelligence solutions.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 90k LinkedIn followers — 56.1% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 4 product launches · 2 partnerships (incl. Chris Burkard) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2014Series B$15M
  • Jan 2013Series A$5M
Founders & team
Wayne HuangFounder & CEO
Investors
GGV Capital, Legend Capital, Bertelsmann, Cherubic Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Shunwei Capital
Tech stack
AdrollAdroll Cmp SystemAmazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAnt Design
#8
Funding Raised · San Jose, California · founded 2021
$99.9Kraised
▾

Wearable smart rings. It helps users to control their home appliances remotely.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2024Grant (prize money)$99.9K
Founders & team
Dhaval PatelFounder & CEO
Investors
HHS
Tech stack
American ExpressApple PayBabelBugsnagCart FunctionalityCloudflare
#9
Acquired · San Jose, California · founded 2007 · 67 employees
$10Mraised
▾

Medical technology company providing healthcare solutions and support, dedicated to improving lives through innovative medical technologies. The company focuses on developing and delivering a wide range of therapies and solutions. They are committed to advancing healthcare by addressing diverse medical conditions. The company offers support and resources to healthcare professionals and patients, ensuring optimal outcomes. They are involved in research and development, constantly seeking to improve existing technologies and create new ones. The company's solutions aim to enhance the quality of life for individuals worldwide. They are dedicated to ethical practices and regulatory compliance, ensuring the safety and efficacy of their products. The company is a B2B provider, offering solutions to hospitals and healthcare providers.

Funding rounds
  • Dec 2009Series C$10M
Investors
Mohr Davidow Ventures, PTV Healthcare Capital, TriplePoint Capital
Tech stack
Adobe Experience ManagerJavaApache Http ServerOnetrustModernizrCoveo
#10
Deadpooled · San Jose, California · founded 2007
$7.5Mraised
▾

Wellcore Corporation provides wellness and safety solutions for seniors. It offers mobile personal emergency response system for seniors, which offers automatic fall detection, online monitoring, and text-to-speech messaging. The company's solutions detect and communicate safety and distress situations. Wellcore Corporation was formerly known as Laburnum Networks.

Funding rounds
  • Jul 2010Venture Debt$2M
  • Jun 2009Venture Debt$5.5M
Founders & team
Casey PittockPresident and CEOVijay NadkarniCo-FounderJeetendra JangleCo-Founder & CTO
Investors
Menlo Ventures
#11
Series A · San Jose, California · founded 2014 · 14 employees
$2Mraised
▾

Wear Even is a developer and manufacturer of adaptive earphones and headphone. It designs customized earphone wherein every ear plug is calibrated as per the hearing profile of both the ears separately. Their products are wireless. It delivers personal audio hardware products and software solutions.

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2016Series A$2M
Investors
Firstime, TheTime, Bridge Investments
Tech stack
WebflowJqueryGoogle Tag ManagerGoogle AnalyticsCrazy EggOpen Graph
#12
Seed · San Jose, California · founded 2016 · 1 employees
$1Mraised
▾

Provider of AI & cloud-based senior care and home monitoring solutions. The product AiPortal, is the senior home management system that helps staff members to monitor the care provided for senior care residents. Rockband is a wearable device with an SOS feature that uses an accelerometer-based motion analysis for an accurate section of abnormality in behavior. Rockbox is an IoT device that can be mounted at home for monitoring. Both the devices can be integrated into the AiPortal for location tracking, reporting, and real-time alerts. AiCare alert app is the platform that uses machine learning analytics for detection and care.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 179 LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2016Seed$1M
Founders & team
Sean TanCEO
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpJquery MigrateJqueryGoogle Font Api

Funding & investor landscape

$768.2Mtotal disclosed funding
14companies funded
64disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Techstars2 rounds
5Y Capital1 rounds
Artiman1 rounds
BAI Capital1 rounds
Banyan1 rounds
Bertelsmann1 rounds
Birchmere Ventures1 rounds
Bridge Investments1 rounds
Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation1 rounds
Cherubic Ventures1 rounds

Notable founders

Lars Eikeland
CEO · Ensurge
Florent Michel
Co-Founder · Eargo
Christian Gormsen
CEO · Eargo
Steve Young
Co-Founder · BAM Labs
Ben Lee
CEO & President · mCube
Charles Yang
Founder · mCube
Wayne Huang
Founder & CEO · Zepp Labs
Dhaval Patel
Founder & CEO · Lotus
Casey Pittock
President and CEO · Wellcore
Vijay Nadkarni
Co-Founder · Wellcore
Sean Tan
CEO · AiCare
Peng Shao
Founder & CEO · GogglePal
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 974,504 docs

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

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 · Wearable computerConcern · 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 Wearable Technology companies are there in San Jose, United States?
Radar tracks 35 indexable Wearable Technology companies headquartered in San Jose, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Wearable Technology companies in San Jose, United States?
The Wearable Technology companies in San Jose, United States on this list have raised a combined $768.2M in disclosed equity funding across 14 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Wearable Technology company in San Jose, United States?
Ensurge is the highest-funded Wearable Technology company in San Jose, United States, with $348.7M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Wearable Technology companies in San Jose, United States are funded?
14 of the 35 Wearable Technology companies in San Jose, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Wearable Technology unicorns are there in San Jose, United States?
None of the Wearable Technology companies in San Jose, United States on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in San Jose, United States Wearable Technology companies?
The most active investors in San Jose, United States Wearable Technology companies on this list include Techstars, 5Y Capital, Artiman, BAI Capital, Banyan.
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