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<\/p>\nThe US-based health platform, which now has a valuation of \u20ac8.8bn, is set to expand its Limerick base of 150 people\n<\/p>\n
The new funding round includes investment from Rory McIlroy, Niall Horan and Shane Lowry.<\/p>\n
Whoop currently employs 150 people in Limerick.<\/p>\n
\u201cIreland is a natural fit for Whoop,\u201d founder and CEO of Whoop, Will Ahmed, told the Irish Independent.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a strong culture of performance, sport and innovation that aligns closely with what we\u2019re building. We\u2019re seeing growing adoption across the country. That momentum is being supported by our strong team on the ground, who are helping us scale in the market and around Europe. We\u2019re committed to continuing to invest in Ireland as a key part of our broader European expansion.\u201d<\/p>\n
As well as McIlroy, Horan and Lowry, other global high-profile athletes to invest in Whoop include Cristiano Ronaldo, LeBron James and Virgil van Dijk.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur raise brings together the world\u2019s most sophisticated investors, leading health institutions and iconic global athletes behind the mission to unlock human performance and healthspan,\u201d Mr Ahmed said.<\/p>\n
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Whoop founder and CEO Will Ahmed with Niall Horan<\/p>\n
Today’s news in 90 Seconds – Tuesday, March 31<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are building the personal health platform that people use to improve their health and livelihood.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Ahmed said the company intends to accelerate global expansion and scale its platform as a new standard for \u201cpersonalised, preventive health\u201d.<\/p>\n
He said that Whoop is \u201cbuilding the world\u2019s leading personal health platform, an intelligent, unified system designed to extend healthspan, optimise performance and prevent disease before it begins\u201d.<\/p>\n
Whoop was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Boston. The company has raised more than \u20ac785m in venture capital, sells in 56 countries and operates in six languages.<\/p>\n
It sells a wearable membership to a band with a 14-day battery life that tracks sleep, recovery, strain, fitness and longevity. Its health platform includes an FDA-cleared ECG feature.<\/p>\n
The company recently announced 600 new roles globally as part of its growth plans as it continues to scale internationally.<\/p>\n
The company\u2019s Series G funding round was led by Collaborative Fund and includes global participation from 2PointZero Group, Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), Mubadala Investment Company, Abbott, Mayo Clinic, Macquarie Capital (entities administered by Macquarie Capital), Glade Brook, B-Flexion, IVP, Foundry, Accomplice, Affinity Partners, Promus Ventures, and Bullhound Capital alongside a group of prominent global athletes and individual investors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The US-based health platform, which now has a valuation of \u20ac8.8bn, is set to expand its Limerick base…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375002,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[8819,72,15561,61,60,23656,1394,1395,251,812],"class_list":["post-375001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-adrian-weckler","tag-business","tag-cristiano-ronaldo","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-niall-horan","tag-rory-mcilroy","tag-shane-lowry","tag-technology-news","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}