Walkify
Safer aging in place and senior independence through smart mobility assistance and machine-learning analytics
- Stage Product In Development
- Industry Medical Devices and Equipment
- Location Oakland, CA, USA
- Currency USD
- Founded August 2015
- Employees 3
- Incorporation Type C-corp
- Website walkify.ai
Company Summary
Walkify is a PaaS for safer aging in place, with a focus on mobility, the #1 physical challenge for seniors. The debut product introduces the "walkable" -- a smart mobility aid with integrated sensing, remote communications and cellular emergency alert. Walkify's technologies are designed to reduce falls, enhance senior independence and provide data analytics for family and professional care teams.
Team
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CEOLew is a 30-year consumer electronics veteran, with particular focus on IoT. He has led multiple rounds of funding with successful liquidity events. As co-founder and CEO of the MiOS smart home platform, he successfully grew the company from start-up phase through multi-million dollar global revenues, with 110 employees and white-label engagements with Tier 1 companies such as Telmex, Constellation Energy and Orange.
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Founder - Chief Product OfficerRon has 25 years of channel development experience in the consumer electronics industries. A prior National Spokesman for the Consumer Technologies Association (CTA), he has been worked at the intersection of independent aging and technology since 2006. He serves as a U.S. representative to the global IEC standards body for wearable technologies, and on CTA standards groups for physical monitoring and artificial intelligence in healthcare.
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Avi RosenthalCTOAvi is a renowned technologist with 20 years of experience in the IoT convergence space with start-ups through Fortune 50 companies. As VP of Security and Control for Nortek Security & Control, he oversaw all product design, technical services and overseas manufacturing, growing the portfolio sales from $30m to $250m in 4 years and establishing the company as the OEM leader in home security and personal emergency response system (PERS) devices.
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John StumpVP EngineeringJohn has 23 years of experience in product innovation and lifestyle design for medical devices, consumer electronics and personal fitness equipment. He is the inventor/co-inventor of over 40 patents and applications, with expertise in full scope hardware and software develppment, and cloud integration for medical & biosensor applications.
Previous Investors
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Harry SomerfieldUnconfirmed
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