BOUGER

What BOUGER does

Bouger SAS is a French health-technology startup founded in 2020 and headquartered at the Bio-incubateur Eurasanté in Loos, France. The company develops a modular connected seating cushion equipped with a matrix of 25 pressure sensors that capture real-time pressure distribution via Bluetooth, paired with a mobile application that acts as a virtual posture coach. Bouger's software layer uses in-house trained convolutional neural networks to identify improper postures, deliver vibration alerts, and provide personalized exercises and ergonomic advice.

The company operates three verticalized solution lines built on the same sensor-and-AI backbone: an e-health platform for pressure ulcer (escarre) prevention in care facilities with predictive risk analytics and remote patient monitoring; an occupational health solution targeting musculoskeletal disorders (TMS) among office and remote workers; and a rehabilitation solution for patients regaining autonomy. For enterprise clients, Bouger offers an IoT fleet management platform with workspace ergonomics insights and team incentive programs, supported by APIs for integration into third-party systems.

Bouger generates revenue through a combination of hardware sales of the connected cushion and recurring subscription revenue from its mobile coaching application, enterprise fleet management services, and healthcare remote patient monitoring platform. Distribution is direct, running through an enterprise field-sales motion targeting healthcare facilities and corporate HR buyers alongside a direct-to-consumer / SMB channel via the company website, with free trials on request and Calendly-based demo booking. The company maintains partnerships across the French clinical and corporate ecosystem, including Eurasanté, EuraSenior, APF France handicap, Pôle Saint-Hélier, a Living Lab, and SNCF, and currently employs approximately 16 people.

Name

BOUGER

Legal name

Bouger SAS

Website

https://bouger.io

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Bouger SAS is a French health-technology startup that sells a connected seating cushion with 25 pressure sensors and AI-driven posture analytics. It serves healthcare facilities, enterprises, and individuals for pressure ulcer prevention, musculoskeletal disorder reduction, and rehabilitation support.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Connected Seating / Smart Posture Health Devices

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)

akta.pro primary industry

Seating & Positioning Systems (Cushions, Backs, Pressure Relief) (HLAHAMAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Smart Fitness & Training Devices (Connected Fitness Sensors, Smart Jump Ropes, etc.) (CRACAQAH)

Keywords

• Connected seating solutions
• Pressure ulcer prevention
• Posture monitoring sensors
• Musculoskeletal disorder prevention
• Ergonomic workplace health

Headquarters

HQ city

Loos

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Connected Cushion Hardware: Sale of the physical connected seating cushion device, a modular solution that adapts to all types of seating.
2. Software Application & Virtual Coach: Mobile application that identifies poor posture and provides personalized advice, exercises, and stretching tips to prevent back pain. Functions as a virtual coach.
3. Enterprise Fleet Management Services: Dedicated enterprise services including IoT fleet management, workspace ergonomics insights, and employee motivation/incentive programs for postural correction.
4. Remote Patient Monitoring (Healthcare): Healthcare-focused platform service for remote monitoring of at-risk patients in care facilities, with follow-up, prediction, and alert capabilities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Bouger designs, manufactures and sells a connected seating cushion integrating a proprietary 25-sensor pressure matrix with artificial intelligence to monitor sitting posture in real time, alert users to improper prolonged positioning via vibration, and predict adverse effects such as pressure ulcers. The hardware is paired with a mobile virtual-coaching application and vertical-specific platforms (e-Santé for healthcare pressure ulcer prevention and an enterprise fleet management platform for workplace ergonomics).

Product overview

BOUGER offers a modular connected seating ecosystem consisting of a hardware cushion with 25 pressure sensors, a companion mobile application, and specialized platforms. The core product is the connected cushion (Coussin connecté Bouger) combined with the mobile application, which together provide real-time posture monitoring, vibration alerts for improper positioning, and a virtual coaching feature. For healthcare, there is the Plateforme e-Santé dedicated to escarre (pressure ulcer) prevention with predictive analytics. For enterprise customers, the Espace Bouger pour Entreprises platform enables fleet management of IoT devices, workspace optimization, and employee incentive programs. All solutions share the same sensor technology and AI analytics, differentiated by target segment (individuals, healthcare facilities, enterprises).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Coussin connecté Bouger A connected seating cushion featuring a proprietary matrix of 25 pressure sensors that map pressure distribution in real time, analyze sitting posture, alert users to improper prolonged positioning via vibration, and transmit data to the mobile application via Bluetooth every second. The cushion is designed to fit any type of seating surface and is sold to both individual consumers and enterprise customers.
• Application mobile Bouger A mobile application that receives pressure sensor data via Bluetooth every second, analyzes sitting position, identifies improper postures, and acts as a virtual coach providing personalized advice, exercises, and stretching tips to prevent and relieve back pain for individual users and office workers.
• Plateforme e-Santé Bouger (Escarre) An e-health platform designed for hospitals, care homes, and healthcare facilities to prevent pressure ulcers (escarres). Features include real-time pressure monitoring, predictive analytics for escarre risk assessment using clinical data and improper postures, automated alerts for soft falls and prolonged inactivity, and remote patient monitoring capabilities for at-risk seated patients, with APIs available for integration with existing healthcare systems.
• Espace Bouger pour Entreprises An enterprise platform that enables organizations to manage fleets of connected Bouger cushions across teams, optimize workspace ergonomics, track employee posture improvement, customize workstation arrangements, and run internal competitions and incentive programs to gamify postural correction for sedentary employees.

Quantifiable outcome

• Observable benefits from the first week of use for postural improvement
• +3 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• EurasantécoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEurasanté is the health innovation ecosystem and bio-incubator where Bouger is based. The company operates from the Bio-incubateur Eurasanté in Loos, France, suggesting a strategic hosting and support partnership within the health innovation campus.
• EuraSeniorminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuraSenior is a partner of Bouger, listed in the partners section of the website. The nature of the partnership is not explicitly detailed but appears to be related to the senior/elderly care vertical.
• APF France handicapminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAPF France handicap is listed as a partner of Bouger, suggesting collaboration in the disability and mobility assistance space, aligned with Bouger's rehabilitation and escarre prevention solutions.
• Living LabminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLiving Lab is listed as a partner, likely referring to a healthcare or technology living lab where Bouger's solutions are co-developed and tested with real users.
• Pôle Saint-HélierminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPôle Saint-Hélier is listed as a partner, suggesting a collaboration in the rehabilitation, care, or senior living sector, potentially providing clinical validation or user testing environments.
• NSL (Nouvelle Société Lyonnaise)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNSL is listed as a partner of Bouger. The partnership may relate to ergonomic seating or healthcare equipment distribution and co-development.
• SNCFminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSNCF (France's national railway company) is listed as a partner, potentially related to occupational health solutions for employees working in sedentary or semi-seated environments, or as a testing environment for Bouger's technology.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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