Strain and recovery wearable, the WHOOP strap, recently announced series 3 funding of $25million.
WHOOP (Review) has got some serious heavy-weights on their board including ex-PUMA and ex-UBER execs. Not to mention significant levels of usage amongst high-profile NBA and NFL players.
Source: whoop.com and sporttechie
Resources: WHOOP manual
Detailed review: below
WHOOP 5.0 Review: Accuracy Tests, Strain Science & Is MG Worth the Subscription for Athletes? (Nov 2025)
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Those people have money but neither puma or Uber do technical devices
Mr Bertone is marketing, Mr Stern headed ‘engineering’ at Uber…whatever ‘engineering’ means in the context of Uber I don’t know. App maybe?