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2024-05-21

Headquarters

Edinburgh šŸ“ó §ó ¢ó ³ó £ó “ó æ

Employee Count

10

Year Founded

2020

Amount raised

$4.7M

Business model

Currently B2B with plans to roll out a consumer offering

Early traction

Adopted by 1 in 4 U.S. sports teams, 14k sessions logged a month, 36% of hardware used daily, endorsed by major athletes including Dak Prescott and Justin Rose

Setting the Scene
  • Chronic musculoskeletal pain (MSK) affects more than 50% of the adult population, inhibiting daily activities and quality of life.

  • Improving muscle strength is a modifiable factor for reducing MSK pain, however, most solutions fall short.

    • Strength training isn’t hyper-targeted.

    • Recovery products fail to provide insights.

    • Physical therapy is ongoing, costly, and inconvenient.

  • This week’s company provides technology to strengthen muscle groups, accelerate recovery, and relieve MSK.

In a Sentence

Suji develops devices and a companion platform that utilizes targeted compression training to measure and improve muscle strength as well as accelerate recovery.

  • Compression Training: A portable device is worn during exercise and controlled via smartphone, isolating muscles during low-intensity workouts to strengthen them.

  • Platform: The app tracks and guides workouts to accelerate recovery, endurance, and strength training.

Bulleted Version

Think of Suji as a blend between the techniques of a physical therapist and WHOOP, utilizing a wearable device to track and improve muscle strength with targeted compression therapy.
Due Diligence
What We Like
  • Market Opportunity: With roughly 50% of Americans suffering from MSK pain, Suji’s unique product capitalizes on sports medicine, consumer health, and healthy aging markets.

  • Early Insights: Early studies have shown that Suji’s ability to quantify muscle states has led the average user to improve muscle strength by up to 31% in just six weeks.

  • Defensible Moat: With multi-patent pending hardware on this new kind of therapy and an increasing dataset of public muscle state, Suji creates barriers to entry among competitors.

Potential Risks
  • Liability: As Suji’s technology involves physical health interventions, there is the potential liability of users experiencing adverse effects or injuries, necessitating robust safety protocols and insurance.

  • Data and Security: Handling and storing vast amounts of user data could pose significant data privacy and security risks, requiring stringent measures to protect sensitive information from breaches and misuse.

  • Regulatory Compliance: Navigating the complex landscape of health regulations across different markets can be challenging, potentially impacting Suji's ability to operate smoothly and increasing the risk of non-compliance penalties.

Founder Profile
AB
Alex Birks
 CEO: Former national boxing champion with a background in robotic engineering.
CM
Connor McGuile, CTO
Previously an algorithms engineer at Thales with an MS in AI.

WhySuji

Suji’s patented, cutting-edge technology has gained traction by working with top players and teams, showing the company’s strength as it continues to scale.

*Nothing in this content constitutes investment or legal advice. Conduct independent diligence and consult professional advisers before making investment decisions.*

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