StretchSense has been developing electroactive polymer technology for more than a decade. The company began in 2012 as a spinout from the Biomimetics Lab of Auckland University’s Bioengineering Institute. StretchSense has since evolved to give entrepreneurial motion capture professionals around the world the ability to rapidly create ‘third generation’ finger tracking data using the sensor.
Location: New Zealand
Employees: 11-50
Phone: +64 9-634 1927
Total raised: $10.04M
Founded date: 2012
Investors 3
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Plug and P... | plugandpla... |
| 02.05.2022 | Global Fro... | gd1.vc |
| - | Global Fro... | globalfrom... |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 24.12.2025 | - | $2.3M | Scottish E... |
| 09.11.2022 | - | $7.74M | - |
Mentions in press and media 21
| Date | Title | Description |
| 24.12.2025 | StretchSense: $2.3 Million Raised To Drive Global Expansion Of XR Training Gloves | Wearables technology firm StretchSense, which develops high-tech hand data capture gloves, has raised $2.3 million (£1.75 million) in a funding round led by PXN Ventures and supported by Scottish Enterprise as it pushes global expansion of ... |
| 21.12.2025 | StretchSense Raises $2.3M in Funding | StretchSense, an Edinburgh, Scotland, UK-based developer of high-tech data capture gloves for extended reality (XR) training, raised $2.3m in funding. The round was led by PXN Ventures, which was supported by Scottish Enterprise. The compan... |
| 21.12.2025 | HBox Receives Growth Investment from Charlesbank Capital Partners | HBox, a Boston, Massachusetts-based developer of a virtual care platform for specialty practices, raised a strategic growth investment from Charlesbank Technology Opportunities Fund II. The amount of the deal was not disclosed. The company ... |
| 20.12.2025 | XR Training Breakthrough: StretchSense Secures $2.3M for Haptic Glove Rollout | StretchSense, a leading wearable tech firm, secured $2.3 million for global expansion. This investment fuels the rollout of its advanced XR training gloves. These gloves immerse users in haptic-enabled virtual environments. They build real-... |
| 19.12.2025 | StretchSense Raises $2.3M For Wearable XR Training Tech | Wearable tech firm StretchSense has secured $2.3 million (£1.75m) in a fresh investment round led by PXN Ventures to accelerate the global rollout of its XR training glove, designed to let organisations immerse employees in realistic virtua... |
| 19.12.2025 | StretchSense Raises $2.3M to Drive Global Expansion of XR Training Gloves | Wearables technology firm StretchSense, which specialises in high-tech data capture gloves, has secured its latest external investment, a $2.3 million (£1.75m) round led by PXN Ventures and supported by Scottish Enterprise, as the company a... |
| 19.12.2025 | StretchSense raises $2.3M to drive global expansion of XR training gloves | StretchSense, a wearable technology company that develops data capture gloves, has secured $2.3 million in funding led by PXN Ventures, with support from Scottish Enterprise. The company has now raised nearly $20 million across three extern... |
| 13.03.2025 | StretchSense Unveils the Reality XR Glove: The Future of XR Training Begins Today | We see a world where real-time motion intelligence transforms not just training, but the way people work, operate, and perform.” — Sajeewa Dayaratne, CEO of StretchSenseAUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND, March 13, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- StretchSens... |
| 19.07.2024 | IntoFree Co., Ltd. Revised the retail price of the motion capture glove “StretchSense Studio Glove” for individuals. Also on sale at amazon.co.jp | [IntoFree Co., Ltd.] Motion capture gloves “StretchSense Studio” Glove” retail price for individuals has been revised. Also on sale at amazon.co.jp *IntoFree Co., Ltd.* Press release: July 19, 2024 ** Motion capture gloves “StretchSense Stu... |
| 19.07.2024 | IntoFree Co., Ltd. Revised the retail price of the motion capture glove “StretchSense Studio Glove” for individuals. Also on sale at amazon.co.jp | - |
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