All the funding deals in the wearable technology market
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The wearable technology market is attracting investors because smart rings, smart glasses, smartwatches, hearables, and AI wearables are moving closer to daily consumer use.
We conducted deep research and collected 27 funding deals covering the wearable technology market from 2024 to 2026.
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Insights
- Smart glasses dominate the largest wearable technology market rounds, with RayNeo, XREAL, VITURE, Rokid, Sesame, IXI, and Mira showing that investors expect eyewear to become a major interface.
- Smart rings are now a serious wearable technology market category, with Oura, Ultrahuman, Sandbar, Afference, and Origami Labs raising capital across health, voice, and haptics.
- Oura alone raised more than $1.1 billion across two rounds, which shows how strongly investors value proven consumer health data in the wearable technology market.
- AI is changing the wearable technology market from tracking devices into assistant devices, with Bee AI, Tab, Sesame, Mira, NeoSapien, and Sandbar all focused on personal context.
- 2026 funding is already large because WHOOP, RayNeo, XREAL, VITURE, and Temple each raised more than $50 million in the wearable technology market.
- The wearable technology market is not only about fitness anymore, because hearing, brain signals, stress, safety, kids, vision, and haptics now attract dedicated funding.
- Several wearable technology market deals are repeat rounds from the same companies, which suggests that category leaders still need capital to scale hardware, software, and distribution.
- AR and XR glasses show the clearest funding momentum, because the wearable technology market now includes entertainment, productivity, spatial computing, and AI assistance.
This chart, included in our wearable technology market deck, illustrates yearly VC funding for wearable technology startups
Summary table of the funding deals for the wearable technology market since 2024
We define the wearable technology market as all consumer electronic devices that are designed to be worn on the body and connect digitally to other products or services.
We include smartwatches, fitness bands, hearables (such as connected earbuds and headphones), AR/VR headsets and smart glasses, as well as smart clothing, footwear, and jewelry with embedded sensors.
We exclude purely clinical medical devices and implants, and non-worn connected devices such as smart scales, home fitness machines, or other smart home equipment.
We focused exclusively on pure players, defined as companies with at least 70–80% of their business directly tied to the wearable technology market.
Our analysis has been done at a global level with a minimum funding threshold of $300k.
You can also read our detailed analysis to understand how funding activity in the wearable technology market has evolved recently.
If you want a longer-term view, we also have a study of how funding activity in the wearable technology market has changed over the years.
Also, you should know that we have a dedicated page, updated weekly, with all the latest fundraising deals in the wearable technology market.
| Name | What they do | Amount in $ | Quarter | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patronus | Senior emergency smartwatch and family app for safety support. | $12.5M | Q2 2026 | EU-Startups |
| WHOOP | Screenless fitness wearable band with subscription performance analytics. | $575M | Q1 2026 | WHOOP |
| RayNeo | Consumer AR smart glasses with AI and eSIM features. | $137M | Q1 2026 | PR Newswire |
| XREAL | Consumer AR smart glasses and spatial-computing eyewear. | $100M | Q1 2026 | Bloomberg |
| VITURE | XR glasses for entertainment, gaming, and spatial display. | $100M | Q1 2026 | VITURE |
| Temple | Temple-worn performance wearable measuring cerebral blood flow. | $54M | Q1 2026 | The Economic Times |
| Sandbar | Private voice smart ring for notes and AI interaction. | $23M | Q1 2026 | PR Newswire |
| myFirst | Kids technology ecosystem centered on a watchphone. | $8M | Q1 2026 | Vertex Ventures |
| Mave Health | Wearable headset for focus, mood, and stress support. | $2.1M | Q1 2026 | Business Wire |
| ŌURA | Smart ring and app for sleep and health insights. | $900M+ | Q4 2025 | Business Wire |
| Sesame | Conversational AI smart glasses for daily voice assistance. | $250M | Q4 2025 | TechCrunch |
| NextSense | EEG smart earbuds for sleep, focus, and brain health. | $16M | Q4 2025 | Business Wire |
| Mira | AI smart glasses for listening, transcription, and memory. | $6.6M | Q4 2025 | Pulse 2.0 |
| Hearvana AI | AI hearing enhancement for hearables and smart glasses. | $6M | Q4 2025 | Axios |
| NeoSapien | AI-native wearable assistant designed as a second brain. | $2M | Q4 2025 | Inc42 Media |
| VITURE | Consumer XR glasses and immersive display hardware. | $100M | Q3 2025 | VITURE |
| IXI | Autofocus smart eyewear with dynamic lenses and eye tracking. | $36.5M | Q2 2025 | IXI Eyewear |
| UNA Watch | Repairable GPS sports smartwatch built to reduce e-waste. | $0.386M | Q1 2025 | Scottish Financial News |
| Oura | Smart ring for sleep, activity, readiness, and health tracking. | $200 million | Q4 2024 | Business Wire |
| Afference | Neural-haptic smart ring for XR tactile feedback. | $3.5 million | Q4 2024 | afference.io |
| RayNeo | Consumer AR smart glasses with AI features. | $70 million | Q3 2024 | vrarexpo.cn |
| Bee AI | Wearable AI assistant for reminders and recorded context. | $7 million | Q3 2024 | Yahoo Finance |
| Origami Labs | Voice-powered smart ring for audio interaction. | $2.5 million | Q3 2024 | ORII |
| Rokid | AR smart glasses and augmented-reality hardware. | $70 million | Q1 2024 | Forbes |
| Xreal | Consumer augmented-reality glasses maker. | $60 million | Q1 2024 | Bloomberg |
| Ultrahuman | Health-tracking smart ring and wellness platform. | $35 million | Q1 2024 | Business Standard |
| Tab | AI necklace that records context for personal assistance. | $1.9 million | Q1 2024 | Fast Company |
This market map, featured in our wearable technology market deck, highlights top companies and startups in the wearable technology market
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