Portland digital health startup makes engineered athletic wear

 

Big news for Motusi, client of Jon Summers!

A new Portland digital health company has launched: Motusi Corp. which makes engineering athletic wear, with continuous data capture and a performance analysis platform.

The product is intended to be assess injuries, track progress and provide personalized care for athletes.

The company launched with five early adopters in physical therapy, research and the military. It has raised $1 million so far, with a $10 million Series A funding round in progress, said founder and CEO Marc Alexander.

"The general market is digital health and return-to-sport," Alexander said. "That’s the bucket we fall into. Who we typically market to is the professional, the clinic owner, trainer, the physical therapist."

The Motusi platform consists of “engineered compression-fit athletic wear, a full-body sensor network with two integrated on-body computer modules, a mobile application and cloud-based services,” according to the company’s announcement.

The Motusi kit collects three-dimensional movement data and renders it into an immersive game-like application on the wearer’s mobile device. Motusi partnered with Bosch Sensortec and Unity Software Inc. for the technology. The Unity tech enables users of the Motusi app to visualize their real-time movement data with a 3D avatar.

The kit will retail for $500 or less, Alexander said. Motusi will also sell subscriptions to clinics, with the pricing still being worked out, he said.

The company currently has eight full-time employees and is headquartered in downtown Portland, where it also has a performance lab, Alexander said. It is collaborating with two universities, George Fox University and Carnegie Mellon. And Motusi has been awarded to $50,000 grants from the U.S .Air Force.

 
Samantha Gee