What ComfTech s.r.l. does

ComfTech s.r.l. is an Italian Benefit Corporation headquartered in Monza that designs, manufactures, and sells Class IIb-certified smart textile medical devices for continuous, non-invasive monitoring of physiological parameters. Founded in 2010 as a spin-off from Politecnico di Milano and New Sirvip srl, the company's proprietary platform integrates conductive-yarn textile sensors into garments that capture heart rate, real-time ECG, respiratory rate, body position, and movement, transmitting data via an electronic unit to a companion Howdy App and Howdy Web App with cloud infrastructure. The core product ecosystem comprises HOWDY SENIOR for adults aged 16+ and HOWDY BABY for neonates, infants, and children up to 16 years, both certified Class IIb under MDR 2017/745 with ISO 13485:2016 quality management, alongside a Class I Medical Face Mask.

ComfTech generates revenue through three primary streams: (i) B2B direct sales of hardware systems to hospitals, RSA nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, and sports organizations under multi-year contracts priced by direct quotation; (ii) subscription and monitoring services through the cloud platform and telemedicine integrations; and (iii) professional services income from EU-funded research consortia, including Horizon 2020/Europe grants (ThrombUS+, SFIDA, HPC4Wearables). The go-to-market is sales-led enterprise field sales targeting healthcare professionals and clinical decision-makers, complemented by clinical-trial partnerships with academic hospitals (Politecnico di Milano, Università di Brescia, Meyer Florence, Carlo Besta, Fatebenefratelli) that drive validation and adoption. Customer segments span healthcare providers (primary), professional and amateur sports teams (AC Monza Primavera, FC Como Women), research institutions, and a now largely discontinued consumer wellness line under the BODEE brand. The company holds four patent families on textile sensor technology and is B Corp certified, with founders regaining full ownership in 2022–2023.

Name

ComfTech s.r.l.

Legal name

ComfTech s.r.l.

Website

https://comftech.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ComfTech s.r.l. is an Italian Benefit Corporation that designs Class IIb-certified smart textile medical devices (HOWDY SENIOR, HOWDY BABY) for continuous non-invasive vital sign monitoring, serving hospitals, nursing homes, sports organizations, and EU-funded research consortia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wearable Medical Devices

NAICS

Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing (334510), Apparel Accessories and Other Apparel Manufacturing (3159), Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (3345)

SIC

Electromedical & Electrotherapeutic Apparatus (3845), Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus (3841), Apparel & Other Finishd Prods Of Fabrics & Similar Matl (2300)

akta.pro primary industry

Maternal, Neonatal & Pediatric Remote Monitoring (HLACAPAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Wearable-Integrated & Smart Performance Apparel (CRAAAEAL), Maternal, Fetal & Neonatal Monitoring (CTG, Infant Wearables) (HLAHACAF)

Keywords

• Smart textile monitoring
• Wearable medical devices
• Continuous vital monitoring
• Neonatal health monitoring
• Textile-integrated sensors

Headquarters

HQ city

Monza

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Medical device sales (hardware): Sale of certified medical devices including sensorized garments (Class I) and electronic units with apps (Class IIb). Products include HOWDY SENIOR, HOWDY BABY, and accessories like thermometers and pulse oximeters. Revenue is generated through one-time hardware purchases by healthcare facilities, sports organizations, and individuals.
2. Monitoring services and software: Ongoing data monitoring, web app access, and cloud infrastructure services supporting continuous patient monitoring. Revenue derived from monitoring services for healthcare facilities and telemedicine integrations.
3. Research collaboration and project funding: EU and regional research project participation including Horizon Europe (ThrombUS+), with funding supporting technology development and clinical validation. Company serves as lead partner or consortium member on funded research initiatives.
4. Consumer wellness products: Bodee Breath and Bodee product line for consumer wellness and sleep monitoring, positioned for direct-to-consumer sales through e-commerce channels.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

ComfTech designs, manufactures and sells sensorized smart-textile garments and companion electronic devices that continuously and non-invasively monitor vital and motor parameters such as heart rate, ECG, respiratory rate, body position and movement. The portfolio includes the HOWDY SENIOR and HOWDY BABY certified Class IIb medical devices for adult and neonatal/pediatric monitoring, plus a consumer sub-brand (Bodee) for wellness products.

Product overview

ComfTech s.r.l. is a Benefit Corporation specializing in smart textile technology for continuous physiological monitoring. The core product ecosystem centers on the HOWDY platform, comprising the HOWDY SENIOR (adult monitoring) and HOWDY BABY (neonatal/pediatric monitoring) medical device systems, both Class IIb certified. These consist of sensorized garments (textile sensors), electronic transmission devices, and companion apps (Howdy App and Howdy Web App) for data visualization. The system integrates with third-party telemedicine platforms and supports use cases across hospitals, home healthcare, rehabilitation, and sports performance. The consumer-facing BODEE sub-brand offers products including reusable medical face masks. ComfTech also maintains active research projects including ThrombUS+ (DVT monitoring), SFIDA (elderly patient monitoring), and various sports applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• HOWDY SENIOR: Wearable medical device for continuous non-invasive monitoring of vital and motor parameters for adults (16+ years), certified as Class IIb medical device
• HOWDY BABY
• Somnus
• Senseme
• Bodee
• Witsense
• ThrombUS+

Products and services

• HOWDY SENIOR Class IIb certified medical device consisting of a sensorized garment, an electronic unit and a companion app providing continuous non-invasive monitoring of heart rate, real-time ECG, respiratory rate, body position and movement for adults aged 16+. Sold primarily to hospitals, nursing homes (RSA), rehabilitation centers and home-care providers.
• HOWDY BABY Class IIb certified medical device for newborns, infants and children up to 16 years that detects heart rate, real-time ECG, respiratory rate, body position, temperature and oxygen saturation through textile sensors. Designed for hospital neonatal wards, rooming-in and skin-to-skin contact scenarios, as well as home monitoring.
• ComfTech Medical Face Mask Reusable Class I medical device face mask with interchangeable filters, 98% bacterial filtration efficiency (BFE≥98%), made with X-Static metallic fiber for antibacterial and antiviral protection.
• Bodee (consumer sub-brand) Consumer-facing sub-brand offering home health and wellness products including the Bodee Breath home monitoring solution and reusable face masks, sold direct-to-consumer through the bodee.it e-commerce storefront.

Quantifiable outcome

• 30+ hours continuous monitoring on single charge
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability2 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

22 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• K-SportcoreTechnology or IntegrationCollaboration combining K-Sport's external load analysis (player tracking, acceleration, sprint intervals, metabolic activity, speed, distance) with ComfTech's physiological parameters (heart rate, breathing rate) for comprehensive athlete performance monitoring.
• Politecnico di MilanocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity spin-off origin and ongoing research partnership for smart textile development, HBHTA analysis, and technology validation. Multiple collaborative research projects including Somnus and DailyST.
• Fatebenefratelli Isola Tiberina - Gemelli IsolacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClinical partnership for hospital-based monitoring studies and technology validation in healthcare settings.
• Istituto Neurologico Carlo BestacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch collaboration with leading neurology institute for neurological monitoring applications and clinical studies.
• Meyer Children's Hospital FlorencecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPediatric hospital partnership for neonatal and children's monitoring technology validation.
• Università degli Studi di Genova (DIBRIS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSFIDA project partnership for AI-based data analysis in elderly patient monitoring. Collaboration under HPC4Wearables project for high-precision GNSS and smart textile integration.
• Athena Research CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThrombUS+ Horizon EU project lead coordinating 18 partners across Europe and USA for wearable deep vein thrombosis monitoring device development. 42-month project with €9.5M funding.
• MarellicoreTechnology or IntegrationVISM project collaboration for motorsport wearable monitoring system. Professional sensored garment integration with vehicle data acquisition systems.
• OMPcoreTechnology or IntegrationVISM motorsport project collaboration for integrated wearable monitoring system compliant with ISO15025.
• Dan EuropeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEXTREME project collaboration for extreme sports monitoring including transatlantic sailing with athlete Michele Zambelli.
• Università Cattolica di MilanocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAlzheimer's research collaboration with researcher Davide Cammisuli on spatial disorientation monitoring using Howdy Senior technology.
• ASL 5 LiguriacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSFIDA project pilot implementation for elderly fragile patient monitoring using Howdy Senior with 37 patients in AFA programs. Presentation at Forum Risk Management in Sanità.
• Università degli Studi di BergamominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSMART LIVING 4 ALL project partnership for smart home and IoT integration research.
• Università degli Studi di BresciacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHOWDY Senior adult product development and first tests (2019), clinical trial collaboration.
• CancliniminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerItalian partnership for smart business shirt development and fashion integration at Milano Unica.
• GtercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHPC4Wearables project partner for high-precision GNSS technology integration with smart textiles for cycling performance monitoring.
• TechnovacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHPC4Wearables project partner contributing to smart textile and GNSS integration research.
• NINA Neonatal Simulation Center PisacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNeonatal training and simulation collaboration for technology validation in neonatal care.
• UltraspecialistiminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTelemedicine services partnership for remote patient monitoring integration.
• Fondazione Politecnico di MilanominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSomnus sleep monitoring project partnership for research and development.
• Wondertech s.r.l.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSFIDA project consortium partner for elderly patient monitoring technology development.
• INSYDE s.r.l.s.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSFIDA project consortium partner for elderly patient monitoring technology development.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Empatica: Empatica develops medical-grade wearable sensors (e.g., EpiMonitor for epilepsy) with FDA-cleared biosensors for continuous physiological monitoring. Direct competitor to ComfTech in the certified wearable vital-sign monitoring space, sharing the same regulatory pathway and clinical positioning despite different form factors (wrist vs. textile).
• Hexoskin (Carré Technologies): Hexoskin makes smart shirts with embedded textile sensors for continuous cardiac, respiratory, and activity monitoring in clinical research, sports, and health applications. Closest direct peer to ComfTech's HOWDY platform in smart garment-based vital sign monitoring.
• Chronolife: Chronolife develops smart textile wearables integrating multiple biosensors for continuous remote patient monitoring in chronic disease management. Comparable to ComfTech in targeting continuous multi-parameter monitoring via textile-based sensors for clinical and home use.
• BioSerenity: BioSerenity produces smart textile wearable devices and remote monitoring solutions for neurology (epilepsy, sleep) and cardiology. Shares ComfTech's approach of embedding sensors into garments and supplying certified medical-grade remote monitoring to hospitals.
• Smartlife Health: Smartlife Health develops knitted smart textile garments with embedded biometric sensors for clinical-grade vital sign monitoring. Direct peer in textile-integrated ECG and respiration sensing with similar healthcare and sports applications.
• OMsignal: OMsignal makes biosensing smart apparel (shirts, bras) with embedded textile electrodes for heart rate, breathing, and activity tracking. Comparable in smart-textile vital monitoring category, though with stronger consumer/fitness positioning than ComfTech.

Emerging players

• Sensoria Fitness: Sensoria makes sensor-embedded smart socks, shoes, and garments focused on fitness, running gait, and rehabilitation. Adjacent to ComfTech in textile-integrated sensing with overlap in rehabilitation and sports use cases.

Broad incumbents

• AiQ Smart Clothing: AiQ Smart Clothing is a Taiwanese manufacturer of bio-sensing smart garments and conductive yarns used by apparel brands. Comparable in smart-textile manufacturing capability though primarily a component/material supplier rather than end-device medical company.
• Masimo: Masimo is a global leader in noninvasive patient monitoring technologies including pulse oximetry, capnography, and remote monitoring (Masimo SafetyNet, Radius PPG). Competes with ComfTech in continuous patient monitoring for hospitals, but at much larger scale and with broader device portfolio.
• Dräger (Drägerwerk): Dräger is a major medical and safety technology company with leading neonatal/pediatric patient monitoring systems and ICU ventilation. Competes with ComfTech in neonatal monitoring hospital segment, though Dräger's portfolio is much broader and its installed base in NICUs is global.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ComftechSrl

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors3 records

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M&A

Investments

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