We are a digital health company that developed the Brace App, a community based rehabilitation platform leveraging social support, physical and wellbeing tracking, and gamification to empower people during the rehabilitation process, while also serving as an engagement and welfare tool for practitioners and sporting bodies. The Brace app is available on both Apple & Android and to date has had users in over 70 countries around the world. In 2022/23 we were shortlisted for Irish Early Stage Startup of the Year at the National Startup Awards and Best New Business in Sport at the Sport Industry Awards.

Recent Media Coverage

Smart D8 Irish Times Coverage: https://www.irishtimes.com/health/your-family/2023/08/01/smart-d8-tech-innovations-tackling-health-and-social-challenges-in-dublin/

Smart D8 Announcement: https://smartdublin.ie/smart-d8-announces-four-new-pilot-projects-to-transform-health-and-wellness-outcomes/

IRFU Pilot Announcement: https://www.enterprise-ireland.com/en/News/PressReleases/2023-Press-Releases/Enterprise-Ireland-and-IRFU-strategic-partnership-selects-three-companies-to-test-and-develop-their-products.html

Brace Founder's Story: https://www.bracesocial.com/post/founder-s-story

Market Serve: UK, Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific, Middle East, Nordics, Africa, Latin America, Rest of World

Why work with us

Rehabilitation success is dependant on physical engagement while away from the practitioner, so there’s a huge reliance on the buy-in, self-management and discipline of the individual during this time. However, research shows the overarching emotions felt by people during the rehabilitation process are isolation, anxiety, loss of identity and low motivation. When you combine these challenges it leads to proven adherence rates to rehabilitation programs of 50%. These low adherence rates result in poor clinical and mental health outcomes for the individual, a greater burden on the healthcare system, and treatment challenges for practitioners who are already stretched for client time. At Brace, we understand that rehabilitation is an inherently mental, as well as physical, process. The Brace platform takes an industry leading approach to building for the physical and mental needs of the end user, and what supports their engagement and wellbeing. Through our innovative leveraging of social support and gamification, we're not only empowering improved engagement and wellbeing for the individual, but also driving increased efficiencies for practitioners and member organisations. You can read about the positive user experience from the glowing testimonials on our website.