Walk With Path

What Walk With Path does

Walk With Path Ltd is a London-based health technology company founded by Lise Pape in 2014 to develop wearable devices that address mobility impairment in neurological and sensory-deficit conditions. The company's product portfolio centers on smart insole and wearable cueing technology: Path Finder, a Class 1 medical device that projects a green laser line to trigger movement in Parkinson's patients experiencing freezing of gait; Path Feel, a smart insole system with pressure and temperature sensors, IMUs, AI gait analysis, and haptic feedback targeting diabetic foot ulcer prevention and sensory deficits; Floave, a wellness wearable; and Path Insight, a clinician-facing dashboard for remote patient monitoring. A newer product, IntellAge, is in development with the EU SHAPES Innovation Action targeting elderly balance and social connectedness.

The company operates a hybrid go-to-market model. Direct-to-consumer e-commerce at walkwithpath.com is the primary commercial channel, selling Path Finder 2.0 at $1,108 USD across the European Economic Area with international shipping. A parallel field-sales motion targets neurologists, physiotherapists, and hospitals, with named relationships including The Wellington Hospital in the UK and HM CINAC and Hospital La Moraleja-Sanitas in Spain. Strategic channel partners include AgeTech Collaborative by AARP (US market access), Roche Diabetes Care Italy (diabetes pilot), and the 36-partner SHAPES EU platform. Revenue is generated principally through one-time hardware sales of Path Finder; pricing on Path Feel is not yet disclosed as the product is pre-commercial. The company is privately held with no institutional venture capital disclosed, funded primarily through EU Horizon 2020 grants, SBRI Healthcare, Social Trust, and a series of innovation awards (MassChallenge Diamond, Innovate UK Women in Innovation, Roche HealthBuilders). Operations are based in London with a Danish subsidiary established post-Brexit, and a Canadian registration supporting North American expansion plans.

Name

Walk With Path

Legal name

Walk With Path Ltd

Website

https://walkwithpath.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Walk With Path is a London-based health technology company developing Class 1 medical wearables, including laser-cue shoes for Parkinson's freezing of gait and smart insoles for diabetic foot monitoring, sold direct-to-consumer and through healthcare professional channels across Europe and North America.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Wearables

NAICS

Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing (334510), Footwear Manufacturing (3162)

SIC

Orthopedic, Prosthetic & Surgical Appliances & Supplies (3842), Electromedical & Electrotherapeutic Apparatus (3845)

akta.pro primary industry

Neurological Monitoring (EEG, Seizure/Sleep/Neuro Wearables) (HLAHACAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Mobility Aids (Wheelchairs, Scooters, Walkers, Canes) (HLAHAMAA)

Keywords

• Wearable medical devices
• Assistive mobility technology
• Smart insoles
• Parkinson's gait aids
• Diabetic foot monitoring

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Path Finder Device Sales: One-time hardware sales of Path Finder 2.0, a Class 1 medical device priced at $1,108.00 USD per unit. Available in sizes M, L, XL with wireless charging. The company also offers additional straps for purchase separately.
2. Path Feel System: Path Feel is an insole system consisting of an insole pair, alongside an app and a clinician-facing dashboard. The system is available for pre-order/coming soon with pricing to be determined.
3. Smart Insole Products: Connected insoles and complementary apps for healthcare monitoring, including the new IntellAge product being developed with SHAPES. Targets elderly populations for balance improvement and fall prevention.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Walk With Path designs, manufactures, and sells Class 1 medical-grade wearable devices and smart insole systems that address mobility and foot health challenges. The Path Finder uses laser visual cues to overcome freezing of gait in Parkinson's patients, while Path Feel is a sensor-equipped smart insole that monitors foot pressure and temperature to help prevent diabetic foot ulcers. The company targets both individual patients/consumers and healthcare providers, with the Path Insight dashboard offering clinicians access to gait and foot health analytics.

Product overview

Walk With Path is a health technology company developing assistive and wellness devices centered on smart insole technology. The product portfolio includes Path Finder (a class 1 medical device with laser visual cues for Parkinson's freezing of gait), Path Feel (smart insoles with haptic feedback for diabetic foot ulcer prevention and sensory deficit assistance), Floave (a wellness device for foot pain and anxiety relief), and Path Insight (a clinician dashboard). IntellAge represents a newer product in development focused on elderly mobility and social connectedness. The products share a common foundation in sensor-based gait analysis, pressure/temperature monitoring, and connected mobile/dashboard applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Path Finder: Class 1 medical device providing visual cues (green laser line) for people with freezing of gait, primarily those with Parkinson's disease. The second generation (Path Finder 2.0) features a more compact device with improved stability components.
• Path Feel
• Floave
• IntellAge

Products and services

• Path Finder Class 1 medical device wearable that projects laser visual cues on the ground to help people with Parkinson's disease overcome freezing of gait episodes. Designed for individual patients and clinical deployment in movement disorder and rehabilitation settings.
• Path Feel Smart insole system with integrated pressure, temperature, and motion sensors that monitor foot health to help prevent diabetic foot ulcers and related sensory deficit complications. Targeted at individuals with diabetes and clinicians managing diabetic foot care, with data surfaced through the companion Path Insight dashboard.
• Floave Floave is a wearable fitness-oriented device in the Walk With Path product family, extending the company's wearable technology into general mobility and fitness use cases beyond its core clinical products.

Quantifiable outcome

• 50% reduction in freezing of gait episodes
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SHAPES (Smart & Healthy Ageing through People Engaging in Supportive Systems)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Walk With Path has been invited to join the SHAPES Innovation Action to progress the development of IntellAge. The SHAPES initiative intends to build, pilot and deploy a large-scale EU-standardised open platform with 36 partners across 14 countries. Collaboration will explore new IntellAge features including user interaction for community building and urban planning tools for fall-risk identification.
• Roche Diabetes Care ItalycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Walk With Path won the Roche HealthBuilders challenge and is currently assessing a pilot in the Italian market with Roche Diabetes Care Italy, working to understand reimbursement routes through collection of evidence for Path Feel in reducing ulcers for people with diabetes in Italy.
• The Wellington HospitalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Wellington Hospital has provided research into strokes to work towards finding relief for stroke symptoms.
• University of Queensland AustraliaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity of Queensland Australia has provided research on diabetes and peripheral neuropathy to help relieve symptoms.
• Manchester Metropolitan UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerManchester Metropolitan University has provided research towards finding relief for diabetes and peripheral neuropathy symptoms. Professor Neil Reeves leads a clinical pilot study on balance and gait improvement with Path Feel.
• Dr. Samuel StuartminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr. Samuel Stuart, a researcher devoted to helping people with Parkinson's, is collaborating with Walk With Path to include Path Finder in his current study on visual cueing.
• Professor Bas Bloem and Dr. Murielle FerrayeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch collaboration with Professor Bas Bloem and Dr. Murielle Ferraye at Radboud University in The Netherlands provides evidence that visual cues from laser shoes are effective for alleviating freezing of gait.
• AgeTech Collaborative by AARPcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerWalk With Path is officially part of the AgeTech Collaborative by AARP, an innovative platform where AgeTech startups focus on tackling challenges in aging. AARP has helped with US market research for Path Feel and enabled interviews with healthcare professionals and diabetics in the US.
• MassChallengeminorGTM or Marketing PartnerWalk With Path participated in MassChallenge HealthTech event in Boston, leading to networking opportunities and ultimately winning the MassChallenge Diamond Award.
• Bama TechnologyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBama Technology has provided research to help create products to relieve symptoms of incomplete spinal cord injury.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Digitsole: Digitsole produces smart, connected insoles with pressure sensing and activity tracking for consumer and medical use. Overlaps with Walk With Path on smart insole architecture, gait analytics, and consumer D2C e-commerce distribution.
• Sensoria Health: Sensoria Health develops smart socks and connected insoles with pressure sensors and a clinician dashboard for gait and foot-health monitoring. Highly comparable to Walk With Path's Path Feel product, with overlapping clinical use cases in diabetic foot monitoring and remote patient monitoring.
• Orpyx Medical Technologies: Orpyx makes sensor insoles (SurroSense Rx) and wearables for diabetic foot ulcer prevention and remote patient monitoring. Closest direct competitor to Path Feel in the diabetic foot-health smart insole space, with similar clinician-facing dashboards and reimbursement evidence strategy.
• Moticon: Moticon manufactures sensor insoles for sports, rehab, and clinical gait analysis. Comparable to Path Feel on the underlying pressure-sensor insole technology and clinical/research customer base.

Broad incumbents

• Ottobock: Ottobock is a global incumbent in prosthetics, orthotics, and mobility aids with deep reimbursement and clinical relationships. Overlaps with Walk With Path in mobility and orthopedic footwear/insert categories, though Ottobock serves a much broader portfolio.
• Garmin: Garmin's wearables include gait, activity, and health monitoring features that increasingly touch mobility and fall detection. Functions as a broad incumbent with overlapping consumer wearable distribution and analytics capabilities.
• Abbott: Abbott operates in Parkinson's therapy (e.g., Infinity DBS), diabetes monitoring (FreeStyle Libre), and broader neuromodulation. Comparable as a broad incumbent whose portfolio intersects with Walk With Path's Parkinson's and diabetes/foot-health focus.

Emerging players

• MedHab: MedHab builds wearable rehab devices for post-injury recovery and gait restoration. Comparable as an emerging wearable rehab player targeting similar neurological and orthopedic recovery use cases as Path Finder and Path Feel.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/walkwithpath
• Facebookfacebook.com/walkwithpath

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds7 records

Investors4 records

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M&A

Investments

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