OMsignal develops functional smart apparel and biometric textile technology, including the OMbra smart sports bra and the biometric system behind the OMrun running app. Its proprietary smart textile and software platform also powers apparel collections such as Ralph Lauren’s PoloTech. The company received US$10M in growth financing and intends to use the funds to bring OMbra to consumers worldwide and to further its market and technological leadership in smart apparel. Stephane Marceau is CEO and Co-Founder and Joanna Berzowska is Head of Electronic Textiles. OMsignal supplies technology to apparel brands and focuses on integrating electronics into clothing to deliver actionable health and activity insights. The company is based in Montreal, Canada. OMsignal designs biometric smartwear that monitors fitness performance, health and wellness via sensors embedded in the fabric. Its flagship product is a collection of shirts that connect to a small electronic module and send activity, physiological stress and fitness data to a mobile app in real-time. The company was founded in 2011 by Frédéric Chanay and Stéphane Marceau, who serves as CEO. OMsignal is based in Montreal, Canada. It raised $10m in Series A funding and will use the proceeds to continue scaling operations. OMsignal is a Montreal-based developer of bio-sensing clothing designed for everyday wear. Led by CEO Stéphane Marceau, the company’s apparel acquires and filters physiological signals from the body and connects with mobile devices. OMsignal delivers information and actionable insights to consumers, health and medical practitioners, and researchers across human-related fields. The system captures data including ECG, activity and respiration rhythms, and provides a measure of tension level or emotive states. Financially, the company completed a $1M seed financing. OMsignal plans to open its bio-sensing apparel platform to external parties this summer.

Total raised

$21M

Funding rounds

3

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

Sep 2016