Visible Health Inc. is a HealthTech startup that has developed a platform to help individuals manage energy-limiting chronic illnesses like Long COVID, ME/CFS, and Fibromyalgia. The company combines a mobile app for tracking symptoms with a wearable armband for continuous heart rate monitoring, enabling users to manage their energy levels and avoid post-exertional malaise. Its core mission is to make these invisible conditions more visible and manageable through data-driven insights.
Visible offers a freemium digital health platform. Its core is a free mobile app that allows users to track symptoms, log exertion levels, and measure morning heart rate variability (HRV) using their phone's camera. The premium 'Visible Plus' subscription adds a Polar™ wearable armband for continuous, research-grade heart rate monitoring, providing more detailed data and pacing insights.
The platform helps people with energy-limiting illnesses understand their personal energy limits to avoid 'crashes' or post-exertional malaise, a significant worsening of symptoms following even minor exertion. It provides objective data that helps users manage their condition and communicate more effectively with healthcare providers.
Customers struggle with managing daily activities to prevent symptom flare-ups, a lack of tools tailored for their conditions (as opposed to general fitness), and the need for objective data to validate their experience for healthcare providers.