Athos raises $35.5M

What does Athos do?

Athos, is an innovator in next generation fitness apparel. The company offers workout clothing completely integrated with wearable technology and capable of tracking heart rates, breathing level and a lot more. The company’s mission is helping people train more effectively for reaching their fitness goals. They do this by bringing together the most relevant fitness data and cutting edge exercise science for delivering simple, actionable insights which help users in getting the most of the every minute which they spend working out. Whether the user is attempting to lose weight, to get stringer or just feel healthy the company wants to help them get the most of their time and effort so that it is easier for the users in attaining their goals.

How much Athos was funded?

Athos raised $35M in Series C funding on November 18^th, 2015 from Joe Lacob, True Ventures, DCM, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Felix Capital, Social Capital and MAS Holdings

Previous funding

$3.5M Seed funding on November 26, 2013 from Social Capital.

$12.2M in Series B on August 12, 2014 from DCM, Joe Lacob, True Ventures, Social Capital and Jermaine O’Neal

What is next for Athos?

Athos plans to use the latest funding raised for continuing to drive innovation in wearable fitness technology, scale to support increasing customer demand to grow its team.

More about Athos

Athos was founded in 2012 by Chamath Palihapitiya, Dhananja Jayalath and Chris Wiebe. Some of the country’s top sports performance institutes have been implementing the technology of this company into their training programs for sports teams and elite athletes. ProActive, based in Los Angeles and Fast Twitch in Miami use this company’s technology in the training regimens of some of the world class athletes which include Clay Matthews, Karl Anthony Towns and Elvis Dumervil. The company  is on a mission to bring its innovation to anyone who care about their fitness. The company’s insights allow users in setting benchmarks and tracking progress, aiding people of all levels of fitness to get the most of their training and accomplish their goals more effectively.