Coach Welly secures pre-seed funding valuing company at $4.25 million

November 3, 2023

Queensland-based technology start-up Coach Welly has announced its recent success in raising pre-seed funding, valuing the company at $4.25 million.

Led by Angel Loop, Australia’s largest Angel Investor syndicate, alongside Brisbane Angels and a group of strategic investors from Australia, Singapore and the USA, the undisclosed round will back the expansion of the AI-powered wellness technology company’s growth into the global health and fitness market with its health and wellness personalisation platform.

The funding round, which closed on 27th October, attracted investors who share Coach Welly's vision for helping millions of people to measurably improve their health and wellness.

This capital injection will be instrumental in supporting the company’s go-to-market plan, including the completion of the platform development in preparation for a launch in the first quarter of 2024.

Commenting on the investment, Angel Loop Chief Executive, Simon Horne explained “despite the challenges in the current capital environment, Coach Welly's pre-revenue traction and deep domain expertise stood out to us.

"Their ability to attract some big-name initial customers both domestically and internationally at this stage in their journey is a strong signal of the founders’ tenacity and credibility and we are excited to be part of the future growth of Coach Welly.”

Coach Welly’s founders Owen Bowling and Graham Jensen, expressed gratitude and excitement about the successful funding round, stating, “this is a huge milestone for Coach Welly, and we are thrilled to have the support and confidence of our investors as we bring the evolution of health engagement technology to market.

“This funding will enable us to launch the Coach Welly platform in Q1 of 2024 with a growing list of innovative customers that have partnered with us to measurably improve their member’s health and wellness.”

Founded in 2019 in Brisbane, Coach Welly was recently named as one of the top 20 Australian AI start-ups to watch and is poised to rapidly grow into a technology leader to disrupt the global health and fitness market.

Coach Welly uses a combination of AI, fitness content, biometrics, and gamification with cloud-based software to provide a personalised user experience at scale.

Coach Welly products include a next-generation consumer-facing app that integrates with wearables, equipment, virtual content, and member management software to enable gyms to provide members with a complete solution that unifies their entire wellness experience and rewards them for all their health and wellness activities.

1st November 2023 - Fitness industry platform GoXPro secures funding from NAVIS Capital

26th October 2023 - Technogym releases touch and train gym display

21st October 2023 - ANZSTA awards celebrate sports tech industry innovators

17th October 2023 - GymAware named as ACT Exporter of the Year

14th October 2023 - Wexer acquisition of Intelivideo culminates in launch of significant new product

9th October 2023 - BFT and Hapana extend partnership

6th October 2023 - Bikini Body Training Company takes rival trainer to Court to halt launch of fitness app

3rd October 2023 - Audoo metering technology helps OneMusic accurately collect royalties for artists

29th September 2023 - ASTN releases new playbook to encourage sports tech startups

31st August 2023 - Chris Hemsworth-backed fitness app crashes as it announces own-branded fitness equipment

8th August 2023 - Gym owners must embrace digital integration

19th July 2023 - China’s biggest online fitness platform Keep Inc begins trading in Hong Kong

11th July 2023 - Virtuagym launches AI powered digital coaching solution

5th July 2023 - Keepme reveals first generative AI tool for fitness operators

24th May 2023 - New report reveals ongoing growth of Australia’s sports tech industry

6th February 2023 - Wexer Chief Executive Paul Bowman joins Coach Welly as Chairman

Support our industry news service
We hope that you value the news that we publish so while you're here can we ask for your support?

As an independent publisher, we need reader support for our industry news gathering so ask that - if you don't already do so - you back us by subscribing to the printed Australasian Leisure Management magazine and/or our online news.

Click here to view our subscription options.