Sports Impact Technologies, an Irish startup which has developed a compact, behind-the-ear sports activities wearable that detects head impacts in real-time to reinforce participant security and efficiency by eliminating undetected concussions, as we speak introduced that it has secured €650,000 in pre-seed funding.
The younger firm was based in 2022 by Eóin Tuohy, is headquartered at NovaUCD in Dublin. This pre-seed funding spherical, led by non-public traders with the assist of Enterprise Eire Excessive-Potential Startup (HPSU) funding, might be utilized by Sports activities Impression Applied sciences to speed up the roll-out of the corporate’s beta product.
The wearable sensor, which is sport and participant agnostic and sits comfortably and discreetly behind the ear, displays head impacts throughout a sport by recording head accelerations. Information and alerts are transmitted in real-time by way of an app to coaches, medical employees, or security officers who can then make an knowledgeable choice to take a participant off the pitch to be assessed for concussion, lowering the chance of additional harm and making certain participant security on the sphere.
Eóin Tuohy, CEO and founder, Sports activities Impression Applied sciences stated: “It’s estimated that between 5% and 10% of gamers expertise a concussion in any given sports activities season, with 5 in 10 concussions going unreported or undetected resulting in gamers experiencing long-term well being implications. Utilizing our good sensor know-how to watch head impacts in real-time, our objective is to make unrecognised concussions a factor of the previous defending athletes, optimising their efficiency, and enabling participation.”
He added, “We’re thrilled to have closed this funding spherical with the backing of each non-public traders and Enterprise Eire. The funding will assist the ultimate phases of product growth and assist us deliver our beta wearable to market. We’re launching beta-testing programmes with pilot clients in sports activities starting from American soccer to rugby to soccer, hockey and GAA soccer this September, which is able to present invaluable real-world knowledge and place us for a full product launch early subsequent yr.”
Sports activities Impression Applied sciences beforehand accomplished the Enterprise Eire funded New Frontiers Programme at TU Dublin and secured €100k in Enterprise Eire PSSF funding. The corporate, additionally an ESA BIC shopper firm, was named the winner of the ‘Greatest New Begin’ Award within the Connacht and Leinster regional last of 2024 InterTradeIreland Seedcorn Investor Readiness Competitors.
