Whoop raises $575M
Wearable company Whoop closed a $575 million Series G round and is now valued at about $10.1 billion — the syndicate included athletes, celebrities and institutional backers as the company doubles down on real‑time physiological data (news.crunchbase.com). Investors are signaling growth appetite for health‑data platforms that blend hardware, subscriptions and performance analytics (news.crunchbase.com).
The financing was led by Collaborative Fund and included participation from 2PointZero Group, Qatar Investment Authority, Mubadala Investment Company, Abbott, Mayo Clinic and Macquarie Capital alongside several VC and growth investors. (businesswire.com) Named individual investors in the round include Cristiano Ronaldo, LeBron James, Rory McIlroy, Reggie Miller, Niall Horan, Karen Wazen, Virgil van Dijk, Mathieu van der Poel and Shane Lowry. (businesswire.com) WHOOP reported it has grown to more than 2.5 million members and said bookings rose 103% in 2025, finishing that year at a roughly $1.1 billion annualized run rate. (businesswire.com) The company said it was operating cash-flow positive in 2025, has previously raised capital, and was last reported at a $3.6 billion valuation after a 2021 financing, bringing its total capital raised to over $950 million to date. (bloomberg.com) WHOOP told investors the new proceeds will be used to strengthen its balance sheet, accelerate R&D and marketing, expand third‑party, wholesale and retail channels, and fund international growth across Europe, the GCC, Latin America and Asia while hiring for more than 600 new roles. (businesswire.com) Founder and CEO Will Ahmed framed the plan as building a personal health platform to extend healthspan, and he has described a longer-term vision of evolving WHOOP into a “health operating system” that leverages continuous biometric data and AI. (businesswire.com)
