A Glasgow-based SportTech has raised 拢1.2m and teamed up with two-time major winner and golf鈥檚 world number three Xander Schauffele.
Theo Health is set to continue the development of its clothing platform designed to help elite athletes and their strength and conditioning coaches with lab-grade data in real time.
Schauffele, an Olympic gold medallist, has joined the startup as both an investor and one of the founding 鈥楢lpha Athletes鈥� in its elite testing programme that aims to support athletes around injury prevention and recovery.聽
The company鈥檚 CEO and founder, Jodie Sinclair, had been scouted for a US soccer scholarship before rupturing her ACL the week before starting university, which ended her competitive sporting career.
鈥淭here was no feedback during my recovery – I had no way of knowing if I was doing the right thing, or making it worse,鈥� she explained.
鈥淭heo is the system I wish I had when I was injured, one that makes recovery measurable, progress visible, and elite performance possible again.
鈥淎fter a couple of years in stealth mode where we deliberately stayed under the radar, focusing on IP protection, product development, and building a world-class team, it鈥檚 great to now be back in the spotlight.鈥�
The 鈥楾heo Alpha Shorts鈥� – the firm鈥檚 first product – embed inertial measurement units within high-performance compression wear to track every rep in real time.
Fusing advanced biomechanics with wearable tech, it turns every rep into actionable feedback 鈥� with post-session reports to match.聽
David Sundberg, personal trainer to Schauffele, added: 鈥淚t all makes sense – I didn鈥檛 expect it to be this easy to understand.聽
鈥淭hese components help with form, others with strength, and others with speed. It鈥檚 simple for the athlete, but there鈥檚 so much information underneath.鈥�
Theo Health is also looking to tackle the gender data gap in sports. Female athletes are up to eight times more likely to suffer ACL injuries, yet less than 5% of injury studies focus on women.
Sinclair noted that it is 鈥榯he first smart-clothing system truly built with female physiology in mind, without compromising on performance鈥�.聽
The company is on the countdown to its Alpha launch – an intensive testing phase with a hand-selected group of world-class athletes and their coaches – and preparing for Beta pilots with one of the world鈥檚 top European football clubs.聽
After testing with elite athletes and teams, a mass market launch is expected by the summer of 2027.