Top 29 Sports Medicine startups

Updated: Jan 13, 2026
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These startups develop innovative technologies and approaches to enhance sport injury prevention, diagnosis and rehabilitation.
1
Zimmer Biomet
Country: USA | Funding: $2.8B
Zimmer Biomet is a medical device manufacturing company that offers orthopedic reconstructive, spinal, and trauma devices.
2
Bioventus
Country: USA | Funding: $427M
Bioventus delivers clinically proven, cost-effective products that help people heal quickly and safely.
3
Aescape
Country: USA | Funding: $113M
Aescape is a technology company that builds data-driven massage therapy and wellness experiences.
4
Players Health
Country: USA | Funding: $94.1M
Player’s Health is an insurance agency that protects athletes and sports organizations with a risk management platform.
5
AlterG
Country: USA | Funding: $54M
AlterG is a company researching pressure-unweighting technology in producing Anti-Gravity Treadmill for physical therapy and training.
6
Monogram Orthopedics
Country: USA | Funding: $13.3M
Monogram Orthopaedics is a producer of surgical robotic equipment.
7
Orreco
Country: Ireland | Funding: $12.2M
Orreco develops AI analytics system for athletes and teams that analyzes athletes' biomarkers and suggests optimal training and performance regimens to reduce the risk of injury and achieve optimal season (and career) results. The system inputs include blood test results, athletic performance data, health state, sleep data (recorded by wearable devices), stress, muscle pain, fatigue, GPS data from games and training sessions, travel, game statistics, matches and much more. Based on this information, AI-app ​​generates personalized recommendations for each player to improve performance and prolong their career. For team managers, general recommendations are generated based on the players' average condition and season goals. The startup is also developing the Fitrwoman app, which helps female athletes train and compete according to their menstrual cycle and hormone levels.
8
Springbok Analytics
Country: USA | Funding: $11.2M
Springbok Analytics offers an AI-powered platform that transforms MRIs into three-dimensional analyses of muscle to enable true precision.
9
STRIVE
Country: USA | Funding: $10.4M
STRIVE is the data platform proven to optimize muscle performance for elite athletes and teams.
10
Hexoskin
Country: Canada | Funding: $8.4M
Hexoskin develops smart clothing with the ability to deliver predictive health analytics for health, fitness, and wellness.
11
Myocene
Country: Belgium | Funding: €6.3M
Myocene is a Liège-based sports technology company which creates unique and innovative devices for measuring muscle fatigue and performance.
12
CranioSense
Country: USA | Funding: $5.5M
CranioSense is developing a non-invasive intracranial pressure monitoring system. It's used to diagnose neurological diseases and monitor patients with traumatic brain injury (which is important in sports medicine). The system consists of a forehead patch that attaches two near-infrared optical sensors to the scalp and a portable device (the size of a tablet) for transmitting and processing the information. Special algorithm allows intracranial pressure to be determined in seconds without drilling a hole in the skull or inserting a sensor into the brain.
13
Rezzil
Country: UK | Funding: £1.8M
Rezzil is a platform for elite football player development and rehabilitation.
14
Biolyz
Country: Austria | Funding: $1.7M
Biolyz strives to build the most advanced saliva diagnostic service for athletes. Improving health and well-being by offering affordable and precise bioanalytics.
15
Theo Health
Country: UK | Funding: £1.2M
Theo Health is targeting elite athletes and coaches seeking advanced, data-driven tools for training and injury management.
16
Model Health
Country: USA | Funding: $1M
Model Health develops software to empower Physical Therapists, Athletic Trainers and Sports Organizations to improve Physical Health and boost Human Performance
17
Sports Impact Technologies
Country: Ireland | Funding: €650K
We are an early-stage start-up aiming to make unrecognised head impacts in sports a thing of the past.
18
DeepSport
Country: Turkey | Funding: $355K
DeepSport Athletic offers performance measurement and exercise guidance with AI-supported sports technologies.
19
Tepy
Country: Italy | Funding: €220K
Tepy is a digital platform that offers virtual physio-assistant and tailored healing programs to help individuals attain complete recovery.
20
Headsafe
Country: Australia | Funding: $130K
Headsafe offers face to face and online training programs which focus on the acute management of head injuries.
Paul Schäfer
Editor: Paul Schäfer
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