Ghent-based OnTracx has secured €1.2 million in seed funding to develop technology that helps runners and health professionals better understand the body’s response to running.
The funding round included imec.istart fund, PMV, KBC, and a group of business angels combining sports medicine expertise with entrepreneurial experience from Belgium and the Netherlands, complemented by a VLAIO innovation grant.
OnTracx is a Ghent University spin-off founded in 2023, which brings science-based innovation to the global running and sports-medicine market. Its smart sensor platform serves individual runners, especially those prone to overuse injuries, as well as physical therapists, podiatrists, athletic trainers, and running coaches. By turning award-winning research into scalable products, the company enables data-driven training, injury prevention, and rehabilitation in a market of more than 110 million runners worldwide.
Rather than promising to eliminate injuries, OnTracx makes hidden biomechanical load visible, with a distinctive focus on cumulative load over time, widely recognised as critical to better outcomes. A lightweight sensor worn on the lower leg measures load on tendons, muscles, and joints, targeting the lower-extremity overuse injuries most runners face. It can support screening, yet the emphasis remains on understanding how load accumulates to guide smarter training and rehab decisions.
OnTracx captures everyday running and training, offering a clear view of load and capacity without oversimplifying human movement. The platform supports safer ongoing training and more informed return-to-run after injury, combining objective sensor data with runner-reported inputs such as symptoms.
By bridging the needs of runners, therapists, and coaches, and with growing ecosystem support, OnTracx is closing the long-standing gap between care, training, and performance.
Senne Bonnaerens, CEO and Co-founder of OnTracx, shared:
Our goal is to give athletes and caregivers a clearer understanding of loading patterns so they can make informed choices. Most runners just want to keep running – whether for health, performance, or enjoyment – and understanding hidden loads is an important step toward that.
With 110 million runners worldwide, and many struggling with overload injuries, OnTracx helps runners and clinicians collaborate on safer, more sustainable training. As the industry shifts toward load-based insights, the company is shaping that transition, creating opportunities for runners, professionals, and partners to help define the next wave of training and rehab.
The new funding will refine OnTracx’s wearable sensor and digital platform, scale commercialisation, and prepare for market entry in Europe and the US.
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