Grandly

What Grandly does

Grandly Co., Ltd. is a South Korean AgeTech company founded in October 2022 by Hwang Hyosik and headquartered in the Songdo International Business District of Incheon (Yeonsu-gu). The company develops an IoT-based connected platform for senior mobility and preventive healthcare, anchored by its flagship product, the Grandly AI Smart Cane (그랜들리 AI 스마트 지팡이). Target users are seniors experiencing reduced mobility, balance concerns, or fall risk, with secondary beneficiaries being family members, caregivers, and clinicians who consume device-derived health insights. The company's stated long-term ambition targets the global senior population ("10억 명 시니어 시장") and a broader AgeTech life-care platform beyond the cane form factor.

The Grandly AI Smart Cane is a foldable, single-button device weighing 230g (290mm folded, extending 770-920mm) with a body of AL 7075 aluminum alloy. Floor-contact pressure sensors capture gait telemetry in real time: pressure distribution, balance, speed, stride length, and movement patterns. This telemetry feeds the AX Healthcare data platform, which applies AI-based anomaly detection and predictive analytics to surface early warning signals for fall risk, muscle weakness, and balance deterioration, supporting a three-stage preventive-diagnosis-management care cycle. The device has received KC (Korea Certification) safety certification and is registered as a senior-friendly product. Multiple patents have been filed, including a PCT international application for the ultra-compact cane design, a registered patent (10-2022-0167074), and additional applications covering walking assistance device control systems, anti-slip cane devices, dehydration devices, and a senior healthcare system.

Revenue mechanics combine one-time hardware sales of the smart cane with a future subscription/data-services layer on the AX Healthcare platform. Distribution relies primarily on South Korea's welfare device (복지용구) government-subsidized procurement channel, enabled by KC certification and senior-friendly registration, supplemented by direct online and phone-based sales via the corporate website. Institutional partnerships with Heepsanghan Hospital (healthcare, August 2024), Suwon Dongwon Nursing Home (2023), the Gachon University AAL Center (Active Assisted Living, March 2025), and Welfare Device LKTOP (distribution, August 2024) support clinical validation and channel reach. The company launched the PEACHUS sub-brand in October 2024 to extend into adjacent senior healthcare smart devices, signaling intent to broaden the product surface and addressable market beyond the core cane.

Name

Grandly

Legal name

Grandly Co., Ltd.

Website

https://grandly.co.kr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Grandly is a South Korean AgeTech company founded in 2022 that makes an ultra-compact IoT smart cane with floor-pressure sensors, paired with the AX Healthcare AI platform, to monitor senior gait, predict fall risk, and deliver preventive health insights to seniors, caregivers, and clinicians.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Senior mobility and AgeTech healthcare devices

NAICS

Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing (334510), Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (33451)

SIC

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

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLAHAMAA

Mobility Aids (Wheelchairs, Scooters, Walkers, Canes)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Medical Devices & Diagnostics/Rehabilitation & Mobility Aids (DME)

SECONDARYHLACAPAB

Connected Medical Devices & Wearables (Sensors, Patches, Implantables)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Digital Health & Health IT/Healthcare IoT & Remote Patient Monitoring

SECONDARYCRACAIAF

Health Monitoring Wearables (ECG, BP, SpO2, CGM-compatible)

Consumer Products & Retail/Consumer Electronics & Appliances Retail/Wearables & Personal Tech Retail

Keywords

• Smart mobility aids
• Senior healthcare devices
• IoT gait monitoring
• AgeTech connected platform
• Welfare device distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Incheon

HQ country

South Korea

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Smart Cane Hardware Sales: One-time sale of the Grandly smart cane hardware. Sold directly to consumers and through welfare device (복지용구) government subsidy programs. Primary revenue driver at founding.
2. Healthcare Data Platform / Subscription Services: Future revenue stream from the AgeTech Connected Platform — AI health reports, real-time health monitoring, personalized health management, and family sharing features. Model based on data-driven preventive care platform subscription.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Grandly designs, manufactures, and sells an ultra-compact (290mm folded, 230g) one-button AI Smart Cane that serves as both a walking aid and an IoT-ground-contact sensor capturing real-time gait data (pressure, balance, speed, stride, movement patterns). The hardware is paired with the AX Healthcare data platform, which applies AI analytics to convert gait data into preventive health insights, fall risk detection, and personalized health management, with data sharing for caregivers and medical professionals. Products are sold directly and through South Korean welfare device (복지용구) government-subsidized channels.

Product overview

Grandly offers a unified AgeTech product portfolio centered on its AI Smart Cane as the core hardware platform, paired with the AX Healthcare Data Solution platform. The Grandly AI Smart Cane is an ultra-compact (290mm folded, 230g), one-button smart cane made with AL 7075 aluminum alloy that serves as both a walking assist device and an IoT sensor collecting gait and health data. The AX Healthcare platform then processes this walking data to provide predictive health analytics, fall prevention, and personalized healthcare management. The PEACHUS sub-brand, launched in October 2024, represents additional smart devices for seniors. The ecosystem connects users, caregivers, and medical professionals through real-time data sharing and health reports, enabling preventive, diagnostic, and post-care health management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• PEACHUS: Brand launched in October 2024 for smart cane products.

Products and services

• Grandly AI Smart Cane (그랜들리 AI 스마트 지팡이) Ultra-compact one-button IoT-enabled smart cane weighing 230g with adjustable length (770–920mm); folded length 290mm. Built with AL 7075 aluminum alloy body, PC handle, and TPU & AL rubber tip. Collects real-time gait data (pressure, balance, speed, stride, movement patterns) via floor-contact sensors and connects to the AX Healthcare platform for AI-driven health monitoring, fall risk detection, and caregiver/family data sharing. Sold directly and through Korean welfare device (복지용구) channels for eligible seniors.
• Grandly AX Healthcare (Data Solution Platform) AI-driven healthcare data platform that processes walking/gait data collected from the smart cane's ground-contact sensors to deliver predictive analytics, anomaly detection, fall risk identification, and personalized health reports. Connects seniors, caregivers, and medical professionals through real-time health data sharing for preventive-diagnosis-aftercare health management.
• PEACHUS Brand Smart Cane Line PEACHUS is Grandly's sub-brand launched in October 2024 for its line of senior healthcare smart devices, extending the company's offerings beyond the core smart cane into broader smart-device products for seniors.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• 가천대 AAL센터 (Gachon University AAL Center)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2025Business agreement signed in March 2025 for collaboration in the Active Assisted Living (AAL) domain. Gachon University's AAL Center focuses on technology solutions for healthy aging, aligning with Grandly's AgeTech mission.
• 희망찬병원 (Heepsanghan Hospital)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2024MOU signed in August 2024 for healthcare collaboration, integrating Grandly's gait monitoring technology with hospital healthcare services for seniors.
• 인천창조경제혁신센터 ICCE (Incheon Creative Economy Innovation Center)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2024ICCE selected Grandly for multiple programs including IP나래 (August 2024), ICCE IR Demo Day (September 2024), and as a welfare device MOU partner (August 2024). ICCE serves as a key government innovation support partner.
• 복지용구 엘케이탑 (Welfare Device LKTOP/LK Top)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 August 2024MOU signed in August 2024 for welfare device (복지용구) distribution partnership, enabling Grandly's product to be procured as an approved welfare aid.
• 수원동원요양원 (Suwon Dongwon Nursing Home)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023MOU signed in 2023 for collaboration in senior care technology deployment within a nursing home setting.
• 창조경제혁신센터 (Creative Economy Innovation Center)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Selected for preliminary startup package program (예비창업패키지사업) in 2022, and selected for new concept generation convergence (신개념 세대융합) program in 2023. Government-backed startup support organization.
• 인천지식재산센터 (Incheon IP Center)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Grandly CEO completed IP entrepreneurship program (IP창업) at Incheon IP Center in 2021, prior to company founding.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Carex Health Brands: US-based health products company offering mobility aids (canes, walkers, rollators), bathroom safety, and daily living aids. Comparable as an established senior mobility brand in the same product category, targeting similar end users through retail and online channels.
• Medline Industries: Large-scale medical equipment and supplies manufacturer including mobility aids (canes, walkers, crutches). Comparable distribution channels into hospitals, nursing homes, and home health that overlap with Grandly's institutional partnerships.
• Sunrise Medical: Global mobility device manufacturer specializing in wheelchairs, power chairs, and walking aids. Comparable as a major mobility aids incumbent serving seniors and rehabilitation patients, with established distribution into clinical and home health channels.
• Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare: One of the largest US mobility and medical device companies, offering walkers, rollators, canes, and related aids. Comparable to Grandly as a provider of mobility aids, though operating at much larger scale with traditional (non-IoT) products in the same end-user category.
• Invacare Corporation: Global manufacturer of mobility and rehabilitation products including walkers, canes, and wheelchairs. Comparable to Grandly as a major mobility aids provider serving seniors and rehabilitation patients, though with a primarily mechanical product portfolio.

Direct peers

• TOPRO: Norwegian manufacturer of rollators and walking aids with a focus on design-forward mobility products for seniors. Comparable to Grandly's premium design approach and European senior demographic, though primarily mechanical without integrated IoT gait analytics.
• Trust Care (Swereco): Swedish designer and manufacturer of rollators and walking aids emphasizing lightweight, modern design for seniors. Comparable to Grandly's ultra-compact, design-forward philosophy and senior-focused positioning, though without the IoT data layer.

Emerging players

• Owlytics Healthcare: Wearable health monitoring company focused on elderly fall detection and activity tracking via wearable devices. Comparable to Grandly's AX Healthcare data platform in capturing continuous gait and movement data for senior preventive care, though via wrist-worn hardware rather than a cane.
• Walk with Path: UK-based startup developing smart mobility aids and footwear with embedded sensors for gait and fall prevention. Directly comparable to Grandly in combining mobility hardware with health-monitoring data, though focused on different form factors (shoes, insoles, walking frames).

Others

• Apple (Health & Watch): Apple Watch with built-in fall detection, gait analytics, and health monitoring represents an adjacent competitive threat to Grandly's smart cane. While not a mobility aid competitor, Apple's wearable captures overlapping gait and balance data for seniors already in the market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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