Milbotix
Milbotix is a venture-backed digital health company based in Bristol, UK, specializing in AI-enabled wearable devices embedded in everyday clothing items for research, social care, and healthcare. Their flagship product family, SmartSocks®, are comfortable, non-stigmatizing socks with e-textile and silicon sensors that measure pulse, temperature, sweat, and motion. The proprietary Physiometrix® cloud software analyzes these signals to detect stress biomarkers and emotional distress using advanced machine learning. Milbotix targets researchers and care providers, especially for dementia care, with products like SmartSocks®DISCOVERY for research and SmartSocks®COMFORT for monitoring distress in dementia patients. The company has strong academic and charitable partnerships, including Alzheimer's Society, and is scaling with multiple grants and awards, positioning itself as an innovative leader in physiological monitoring wearables for vulnerable populations.
Milbotix
Milbotix is a venture-backed digital health company based in Bristol, UK, specializing in AI-enabled wearable devices embedded in everyday clothing items for research, social care, and healthcare. Their flagship product family, SmartSocks®, are comfortable, non-stigmatizing socks with e-textile and silicon sensors that measure pulse, temperature, sweat, and motion. The proprietary Physiometrix® cloud software analyzes these signals to detect stress biomarkers and emotional distress using advanced machine learning. Milbotix targets researchers and care providers, especially for dementia care, with products like SmartSocks®DISCOVERY for research and SmartSocks®COMFORT for monitoring distress in dementia patients. The company has strong academic and charitable partnerships, including Alzheimer's Society, and is scaling with multiple grants and awards, positioning itself as an innovative leader in physiological monitoring wearables for vulnerable populations.
TL;DR
Headquarters: Bristol, UK
Core product: SmartSocks® — AI-enabled wearable socks measuring pulse, temperature, sweat, and motion
Primary markets: Research, social care, healthcare (focus on dementia care)
Founding: Founded Feb 2020; spin-out from Bristol Robotics Laboratory
Funding: Venture-backed; most recent reported round closed 2023-09-26 (equity crowdfunding)
Company Overview
Problem Domain
Physiological monitoring and early detection of agitation/distress in research, social care, and healthcare contexts
Founded
2020
Industry
Digital health / Medtech
Tech Stack
Funding Track Record
Closed equity crowdfunding round referenced in company profiles
Recipient of grants including Innovate UK and multiple awards; reported grant funding totals cited in profiles
Investor Signal
“British Design Fund listed among backers in public profiles”