Sword Health
- 22/11/2021
- Series D
- $163,000,000
Sword Health is a mission to free 2 billion people from pain.
The company’s clinical-grade virtual therapy platform pairs expert physical therapists with FDA-listed wearable technology to deliver a personalized treatment plan that is more effective, easier and less expensive than traditional physical therapy. Sword Health believes in the power of people to recover at home, without resorting to imaging, surgeries or opioids. Since launching in 2015, Sword Health has worked with insurers, health systems, and employers in the U.S, Europe and Australia to make quality physical therapy more accessible to everyone.
Sword Health has offices in New York City, Chicago, Atlanta, Salt Lake City, Sydney and Port
- Industry Wellness and Fitness Services
- Website https://swordhealth.com/
- LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/swordhealth/
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Virgílio (“V”) BentoFounder
Having realized from an early age that there was so much to do and so little being done in the field of Healthcare, V knew he had step in to change that.
He knew that the future of healthcare depended on the combination of better patient experience, better value and better outcomes that properly built technology was bound to deliver. He soon understood that AI and its ability to digitally augment clinical teams had enormous, untapped potential.
That is why, during his PhD in Electrical Engineering, V invented the novel concept of a Digital Therapist, shifting the musculoskeletal care paradigm and empowering patients with access to unrivaled treatment from their own home.
Following his PhD, he founded SWORD Health, where he’s pioneering the design and development of AI digital therapists that shift Healthcare from Analog to Digital.
Besides owning 12 patents at the age of 30, V has already authored and co-authored more than 40 research papers. Having his footprint in fields as diverse as sensor fusion algorithms, motion tracking systems or neuroplasticity, he was featured in some of the most relevant scientific publications in the world and took part in the most important MedTech conferences.
Daring in design, cautious in execution, Virgílio's path is being shaped by his will to make a dent in the universe, having technology as his major ally.