Quell is an immersive fitness game where players get fit fighting their way through a fantasy world. Our low-cost wearable uses smart resistance bands to guide you through an exciting, effective combat workout at home. We’re Peloton meets gaming at 1/10th of the price
CEO of Quell. Ex-McKinsey consultant turned design engineer. Passionate about making boring things fun.
CPO of Quell. Italian design engineer from Imperial College London / Royal College or Art. Experience in product development in sports tech and medical devices. Innovation Design Engineering MSc/MA, Imperial College London & Royal College of Art. Product Design BSc, University of Leeds.
Co-Founder/COO at Quell. Former Start-Up Adviser at UCL and Red Bull Brand Marketeer. Has founded businesses in the adventure travel and professional development sectors, with start-up experience across fintech, sports retail and marketplace platforms. Hosted a series of remote work/adventure retreats in 2016-19 for founders and Fortune 500 leadership teams based around philosophy of 'Development Through Adventure'.
I spent 10 years studying Materials Science at the University of Oxford, initially as an undergraduate, before building novel sensor technology from graphene and other 2D materials as a graduate student. Quell brings together my technical background and interests in gaming and fitness (although we still haven't worked out how to work graphene into this project...).
Location: United Kingdom, England, London
Member count: 11-50
Total raised: $3M
Founded date: 2020
Investors 2
Date | Name | Website |
18.08.2020 | Y Combinat... | ycombinato... |
07.10.2020 | Social Imp... | social-imp... |
Funding Rounds 1
Date | Series | Amount | Investors | Deal News |
07.12.2020 | - | $3M | Social Imp... | techcrunch... |
Mentions in press and media 3
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07.12.2020 | Quell, Inc. announced that it has received $3 million in fun... | Quell, Inc. announced that it has received $3 million in a round of funding on December 7, 2020. The... | marketscre... |
07.12.2020 | Quell raises $3M to turn home fitness into a game | Do people want their at-home fitness to come in video-game form? The incredible popularity of games ... | techcrunch... |
27.08.2020 | Here are the 197 tech startups from Y Combinator’s Summer 20... | We wrote about Y Combinator (YC) back in June after the startup incubator relaunched its Startup Sch... | techstartu... |