Empatica
Empatica develops medical-grade wearable devices and an AI platform for continuous health monitoring, used by thousands of institutional partners in clinical trials and studies. The company has raised $36M in funding and employs 135 people.
The growth story
Empatica grew from 77 to 135 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $36M along the way, most recently a Series B in August 2022.
About
Empatica sells wearable devices and a software platform that collects and analyzes health data for clinical research. Its FDA-cleared products, including the EmbracePlus and EmbraceMini wearables, are used in studies on epilepsy, sleep, and stress.
The company raised $36M in a Series B round in August 2022, backed by investors including Black Opal Ventures and Innogest Capital. With 135 employees, it operates from offices in Boston, Milan, and Seoul.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is Empatica's largest function, with 30 employees. The company has a median tenure of 3 years, suggesting moderate employee retention.
The Empatica org chart
Matteo Lai (Co-founder and CEO) leads 36 mapped leaders with 3 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 37 (0% YoY), Operations 11 (+10% YoY), Quality Assurance 10 (0% YoY), Information Technology 10 (+11% YoY), Business Development 8 (0% YoY), Customer Success and Support 8 (+33% YoY).
Talent flow
Empatica recruits heavily from Politecnico di Milano, which accounts for 10 of its employees. Alumni often move to companies like Sysdig and Takeda.
Most common previous employers of Empatica staff: Politecnico di Milano (10), Accenture (3), e-Novia (3), Zambon (2), Nexi Italy (2), Taaac (2). Former Empatica employees most often moved to Sysdig (3), Takeda (2), TMC Italia | Technology and engineering services (2), compri (2), Radical Partners (1), Airbag Studio (1).
Alumni worth knowing
The Empatica mafia
Empatica alumni have founded at least 8 companies, including Cargoful, which uses AI for transportation planning, and Alomana, both of which employ 14 people.
8Filippo Tamburini, was Intern OpsTeam until 2016Giuseppe Ettorre, was Head Of Finance until 2021Zoe Watson, was Clinical Ops Intern until 2022Chelsea Trengrove, PhD, was Director of Business Development until 2022Nicolás Quintero Altare, was Customer Happiness Specialist until 2019Francesco Corazza, was Director Of Product until 2023
Michele Simonato, was Co-founder and CSO until 2016
Daniel Bender, was Product Manager until 2019Web traffic
Traffic mix: 32% direct, 41% search, 4% social, 8% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Empatica: Microsoft Office (49), Project Management (42), Microsoft Excel (37), English (36), Teamwork (35), Python (Programming Language) (34), Research Skills (32), Data Analysis (31).
Where the team actually sits
Empatica people are concentrated in Lombardy, Italy (50), Italy (11), Massachusetts, United States (8), Greater Milan Metropolitan Area (8).
Search footprint
Empatica attracts about 4,083 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $14K a month if bought through ads. It gained 483 ranking keywords and lost 202 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.90 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.70 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.80 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.90 / 5
Frequently asked
Empatica has 135 employees as of September 2026.
Empatica has raised $36M in total, most recently a Series B round in August 2022.
Empatica was founded in 2011 by Matteo Lai, Rosalind Picard, Simone Tognetti.
Matteo Lai (Co-founder and CEO) sits at the top of Empatica's reporting structure, with 3 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Empatica staff are Politecnico di Milano (10 people), Accenture (3 people), e-Novia (3 people).
Former Empatica employees most often move to Sysdig (3), Takeda (2), TMC Italia | Technology and engineering services (2).
At least 8 companies have a founder who previously worked at Empatica, including Cargoful | AI for transportation planning, Alomana, Microvitality.
Empatica attracts about 4,083 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $14K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Empatica staff are Microsoft Office, Project Management, Microsoft Excel, English, Teamwork.
Empatica staff are concentrated in Lombardy, Italy (50), Italy (11), Massachusetts, United States (8).
Empatica has about 37 people in Engineering, up 0% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Empatica has about 11 people in Operations, up 10% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 94 current and 185 former Empatica profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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