{"id":3488961,"date":"2026-03-31T16:58:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T16:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/31\/whoops-worth-has-just-surged-to-10-billion\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T16:58:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T16:58:25","slug":"whoops-worth-has-just-surged-to-10-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/31\/whoops-worth-has-just-surged-to-10-billion\/","title":{"rendered":"Whoop’s worth has just surged to $10 billion."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Whoop, the wearable tech company focused on fitness and health monitoring, has successfully completed a $575 million Series G funding round at a valuation of $10.1 billion \u2014 nearly three times its previously reported valuation of $3.6 billion \u2014 in a deal involving sovereign wealth funds, leading health organizations, and some of the globe’s most famous athletes.<\/p>\n

The funding round was spearheaded by Collaborative Fund and saw participation from Mubadala Investment Company, Qatar Investment Authority, 2PointZero Group, Abbott, Mayo Clinic, Macquarie Capital, IVP, Foundry Group, Accomplice, Affinity Partners, Glade Brook, B-Flexion, Promus Ventures, and Bullhound Capital. Notable individual investors include Cristiano Ronaldo, LeBron James, Rory McIlroy, Reggie Miller, and Niall Horan, alongside various other high-profile athletes and celebrities.<\/p>\n

The company has accumulated around $900 million in total funding since its inception.<\/p>\n

A significant player joining the cap table is Abbott, the prominent medical device company. Whoop’s founder and CEO Will Ahmed indicated that this partnership represents a larger initiative aimed at enhancing health and medical capabilities, though he mentioned there is \u201cmore to come\u201d regarding that particular announcement.<\/p>\n

This funding is timely as Whoop reaches several important business milestones, according to Ahmed. The company closed last year with a bookings run rate of $1.1 billion, reflecting a 103% increase year over year. In a conversation with TechCrunch last week, Ahmed emphasized why bookings should be the metric of focus: When you are distributing millions of hardware units globally while managing a subscription model, investors must comprehend the financial dynamics of simultaneously handling inventory, hardware expenses, and recurring revenue. It presents a more intricate scenario than a traditional software company, and bookings effectively encapsulate that complexity.<\/p>\n

Regarding the future utilization of this capital, Ahmed mentioned priorities like talent acquisition and recruitment, elevating marketing and brand recognition, ongoing R&D investments, alongside expediting international growth.<\/p>\n

The pressing question surrounding such a substantial funding round at this valuation: Is an IPO on the horizon? (Competing firm Oura is reportedly discussing plans with bankers for its own IPO this year.) Ahmed stated that the company is engaged in \u201ca lot of the no-regrets work to be a public company,\u201d but refrained from indicating any immediate intentions to go public.<\/p>\n

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Techcrunch event<\/p>\n

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Considering that Whoop is a consumer brand with significant recognition among health-focused and performance-driven individuals, it’s the sort of enterprise that could spark genuine enthusiasm among retail investors whenever it opts to take that step. Meanwhile, Whoop has plenty of runway ahead and a much larger figure next to its name.<\/p>\n

You can tune in to our comprehensive dialogue with Ahmed, where we also discussed the company’s foundational days, its extensive hiring strategy at present, and how Whoop is integrating AI into its operations. Alternatively, you may read about Whoop’s ambitious foray into healthcare and its implications for the brand here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Whoop, the wearable tech company focused on fitness and health monitoring, has successfully completed a $575 million Series G funding round at a valuation of $10.1 billion \u2014 nearly three times its previously reported valuation of $3.6 billion \u2014 in a deal involving sovereign wealth funds, leading health organizations, and some of the globe’s most famous athletes.<\/p>\n

The funding round was spearheaded by Collaborative Fund and saw participation from Mubadala Investment Company, Qatar Investment Authority, 2PointZero Group, Abbott, Mayo Clinic, Macquarie Capital, IVP, Foundry Group, Accomplice, Affinity Partners, Glade Brook, B-Flexion, Promus Ventures, and Bullhound Capital. Notable individual investors include Cristiano Ronaldo, LeBron James, Rory McIlroy, Reggie Miller, and Niall Horan, alongside various other high-profile athletes and celebrities.<\/p>\n

The company has accumulated around $900 million in total funding since its inception.<\/p>\n

A significant player joining the cap table is Abbott, the prominent medical device company. Whoop’s founder and CEO Will Ahmed indicated that this partnership represents a larger initiative aimed at enhancing health and medical capabilities, though he mentioned there is \u201cmore to come\u201d regarding that particular announcement.<\/p>\n

This funding is timely as Whoop reaches several important business milestones, according to Ahmed. The company closed last year with a bookings run rate of $1.1 billion, reflecting a 103% increase year over year. In a conversation with TechCrunch last week, Ahmed emphasized why bookings should be the metric of focus: When you are distributing millions of hardware units globally while managing a subscription model, investors must comprehend the financial dynamics of simultaneously handling inventory, hardware expenses, and recurring revenue. It presents a more intricate scenario than a traditional software company, and bookings effectively encapsulate that complexity.<\/p>\n

Regarding the future utilization of this capital, Ahmed mentioned priorities like talent acquisition and recruitment, elevating marketing and brand recognition, ongoing R&D investments, alongside expediting international growth.<\/p>\n

The pressing question surrounding such a substantial funding round at this valuation: Is an IPO on the horizon? (Competing firm Oura is reportedly discussing plans with bankers for its own IPO this year.) Ahmed stated that the company is engaged in \u201ca lot of the no-regrets work to be a public company,\u201d but refrained from indicating any immediate intentions to go public.<\/p>\n

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Techcrunch event<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSan Francisco, CA<\/span>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t|<\/span>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOctober 13-15, 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Considering that Whoop is a consumer brand with significant recognition among health-focused and performance-driven individuals, it’s the sort of enterprise that could spark genuine enthusiasm among retail investors whenever it opts to take that step. Meanwhile, Whoop has plenty of runway ahead and a much larger figure next to its name.<\/p>\n

You can tune in to our comprehensive dialogue with Ahmed, where we also discussed the company’s foundational days, its extensive hiring strategy at present, and how Whoop is integrating AI into its operations. Alternatively, you may read about Whoop’s ambitious foray into healthcare and its implications for the brand here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3488962,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3488961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3488961"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3488961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3488961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3488962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3488961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3488961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3488961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}