Company: Optizone
CEO: Mina Baniasad
Website: https://optizone.ch
About Optizone
OptiZone is a DeepTech company, spin-off from EPFL (Switzerland), pioneering a new category: musculoskeletal “”RiskTech”” for professional sports. Our mission is to transform athlete management from a reactive, injury-based model to a proactive, predictive financial risk management framework. We safeguard the most valuable assets of sports clubs: their players.
The Problem: A Multi-Billion Dollar, Unmanaged Financial Risk
Only in top-tier European football, the cost of injuries exceeds CHF 3.5 billion annually. A single Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) tear represents a multi-million loss for a club, factoring in salaries, medical costs, team underperformance, and player value depreciation. The current major technological “”Blind Spot”” is that existing solutions (GPS, heartrate, etc.) measure external workload but are blind to the internal biomechanical mechanisms that are the direct cause of over 80% of non-contact injuries.
Existing preventive strategies are often ineffective in practice, as they take valuable time, lack individualisation, and increase players’ workload, while fatigue itself is another risk factor.
The Solution: Lab-Grade Accuracy, Deployed On-Field
OptiZone bridges this gap with a unique wearable technology. We are the only solution capable of estimating the “”dynamic knee valgus loading”” on the field. No matter the contributing factor, whether stress, fatigue, poor sleep, nutrition, or physical deficits, the mechanism of ACL rupture remains the same: Dynamic Knee Valgus Loading. Our AI-powered platform analyses data from wearable sensors to:
1. Identify high-risk players.
2. Diagnose the source of the risk (e.g., technique, fatigue, muscle strength).
3. Recommend personalised and targeted prevention plans.
The ROI is direct and massive: preventing a single major injury can fund our solution for the entire club for several years. Our solution has been trusted and validated by FIFA Medical Center of Excellence with 1’500 professional players involved in two years. Only during the last season in Swiss Super League we prevented two ACL injuries and reduced the time lost from two years to nine months.
Check out what TechRound can do for your business: SEO, PR, HR Software, Payroll Software, IT, VoIP.
