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Kalogon

Smart seating with advanced pressure management

Overview

Kalogon develops smart seating solutions to prevent pressure injuries from prolonged sitting, focusing on wheelchair users and expanding into aviation and automotive sectors. Its Advanced Pressure Management (APM) system uses sensors, machine learning, and adjustable air cells to monitor and redistribute pressure in real time, integrated into the Orbiter and Orbiter Med cushions with a connected app for user customization. The Orbiter Med received Medicare approval; Kalogon sells directly and through medical distributors and licenses its technology, supported by in-house manufacturing that enables rapid prototyping and scaling through partnerships (e.g., U.S. Air Force SBIR, Hyundai, Collins Aerospace). The goal is to reduce health risks from long sitting, improve blood flow, and broaden access to smart seating across mobility, aviation, and automotive markets.

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About Kalogon

Simplify's Rating
Why Kalogon is rated
B-
Rated B on Competitive Edge
Rated B on Growth Potential
Rated C on Differentiation

Industries

Industrial & ManufacturingConsumer SoftwareAI & Machine LearningHealthcare

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$10.1M

Headquarters

Melbourne, Florida

Founded

2020

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What believers are saying

  • Kalogon raised $5.75 million on June 4, 2026, led by Enable Ventures.
  • Medical revenue more than tripled year-over-year, showing real commercial traction.
  • Verro launched July 20, 2026, expanding Medicare-coded offerings for complex postural support.

What critics are saying

  • HiPR Innovation sued Kalogon in Delaware; patent fights drain cash and delay product launches.
  • Medicare-coded sales depend on reimbursement rules, prior authorizations, and DME distributor execution.
  • Aviation and automotive validation cycles run long; one failed pilot kills expansion momentum.

What makes Kalogon unique

  • Kalogon fuses sensor-driven pressure control with adaptive air cells and machine learning.
  • Verro Lattice adds 3D-printed variable-density seating, beyond static foam and gel cushions.
  • In-house Melbourne manufacturing lets Kalogon iterate quickly with clinicians, distributors, and Air Force users.

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Funding

Total Funding

$10.1M

Below

Industry Average

Funded Over

4 Rounds

Series A funding typically happens when a startup has a product and some customers, and now needs funding to scale. This money is usually used to grow the team, expand marketing, and improve the product. Venture capital firms are frequently the main investors here.
Series A Funding Comparison
Below Average

Industry standards

$15M
$5.8M
$8.2M
$15M
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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Paid Holidays

Paid Vacation

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Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

-2%

2 year growth

-2%
Citybiz
Oct 5th, 2026
Kalogon names Marty Evans first chief technology officer.

Kalogon names Marty Evans first chief technology officer. October 5, 2026 Marty Evans Kalogon has named former Meta and Magic Leap executive Marty Evans its first chief technology officer, adding a veteran hardware engineer to lead product development as the company expands its adaptive seating technology from wheelchair applications into aviation and other markets. Evans brings more than 25 years of hardware development experience spanning Microsoft, Meta, Magic Leap, HP and Valve. At Kalogon, he will lead engineering and product development, overseeing technology from initial design through manufacturing and production. The appointment gives the Melbourne, Florida-based company a dedicated technology executive as it works to scale a platform combining real-time sensors, adaptive seating surfaces and personalized controls to manage pressure and reduce the physical effects of prolonged sitting. Evans most recently served as vice president of engineering at Magic Leap. Before that, he was director of electrical engineering at Meta's Reality Labs and previously worked on hardware at Valve and Microsoft's Surface business. He holds more than 20 patents covering technologies including pressure sensing, wireless charging, electromechanical actuation, power management and accessory usability. His career began in the U.S. Air Force as an avionics technician maintaining F-16 fighters and F-117A stealth aircraft. After earning an electrical engineering degree, Evans moved into consumer electronics in 1999. That combination of aviation and consumer hardware experience aligns with Kalogon's current expansion strategy. Founded in 2019, Kalogon initially developed its technology around the needs of wheelchair users. Its seating systems dynamically manage pressure using sensors and adaptive surfaces, with the goal of improving circulation, protecting skin integrity and reducing fatigue for people who remain seated for extended periods. The company is now applying that technology to aviation, where pilots, crew members and passengers can spend extended periods in seats that provide limited ability to change pressure distribution. Kalogon has secured multiple U.S. Air Force Small Business Innovation Research Phase II grants totaling $3.5 million to adapt its technology for B-52 and E-4B aircrews. Personnel aboard those aircraft can spend 30 to 40 hours seated during long-duration missions. According to Kalogon, Air Force testing found its cushions reduced peak pressure by 51% and significantly reduced pilot fatigue. The company sees those results as a potential pathway into broader aviation applications, including long-haul commercial aircraft. For Evans, moving that technology into additional markets will require translating specialized engineering into products that can be manufactured reliably and integrated into environments where weight, power, durability and usability can impose significant design constraints. "Adaptive seating calls for the same mindset - understanding what each person needs, then using hardware and thoughtful design to improve their daily experience," Evans said. His experience developing consumer electronics could also be important as Kalogon seeks to make the underlying sensing and actuation technology largely invisible to users. "Marty has built some of the most sophisticated consumer devices on the market, and he knows how to make advanced technology disappear into the background of someone's day," founder and CEO Tim Balz said. "His experience will help us move faster as we take what we've learned from wheelchair users into new places people sit, including the airplane cabin." Kalogon manufactures its products in-house and reaches customers through clinical partnerships, durable medical equipment distributors and direct sales. Maintaining internal manufacturing gives the company another point where Evans' product-development experience can influence execution. Moving hardware from prototype to commercial scale requires coordination across electronics, mechanical systems, software, sourcing, testing and production rather than engineering the technology in isolation. As Kalogon's first CTO, Evans will be responsible for connecting those functions as the company broadens its product portfolio. His appointment marks a shift from developing adaptive seating primarily for clinical and wheelchair applications toward building a technology platform that can be deployed across multiple environments where prolonged sitting creates pressure, circulation and fatigue challenges.

Yahoo Finance
Oct 5th, 2026
Former Meta and Magic Leap executive Marty Evans joins Kalogon as CTO, secures $3.5M in Air Force grants

Kalogon, a smart seating company based in Melbourne, Florida, has appointed Marty Evans as its first chief technology officer. Evans brings over 25 years of consumer hardware experience from Microsoft, Meta, Magic Leap, and HP. Evans, a former US Air Force avionics technician, will lead engineering and product development as Kalogon expands into aviation and new consumer markets. He holds more than 20 patents in areas including pressure sensing and wireless charging. Kalogon has secured multiple SBIR Phase II grants totalling $3.5 million to adapt its seating technology for B-52 and E-4B aircrews. In Air Force testing, the company's cushions reduced peak pressure by 51% and decreased pilot fatigue. The company, founded in 2019, manufactures adaptive seating solutions for wheelchair users, pilots, and passengers.

SBIR.gov
Sep 13th, 2026
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WTWH Media, LLC
Aug 25th, 2026
Future Leader: evan Rosenberg, Co-Founder and Lead Engineer, Kalogon.

Future Leader: evan Rosenberg, Co-Founder and Lead Engineer, Kalogon. Evan Rosenberg, Co-Founder and Lead Engineer at Kalogon, has been named to the Future Leaders Class of 2026 by Mobility Management. To become a Future Leader, an individual is nominated by their peers. The candidate must be a high-performing employee who is 40 years of age or younger, a passionate worker who knows how to put vision into action, and an advocate for older adults and the committed professionals who ensure their well-being. Rosenberg sat down with Mobility Management to share what drew him to the complex rehab technology (CRT) industry, the biggest leadership lessons he has learned, his thoughts on the future of CRT, and much more. To learn more about the Future Leaders Awards program, visit https://futureleaders.wtwhmedia.com/. MM: What drew you to the complex rehab tech (CRT) industry? Rosenberg: I'm an engineer, so I'm always asking where I can have the most impact on a real, significant need. Coming from aerospace, you're often responsible for one small part of a very large system - which is meaningful work, but the feedback loop between what you build and what it does for a person is long and abstract. In CRT, that distance collapses. When I saw its first prototype work - when I understood that this could take someone who was essentially in permanent bedrest and give them back the ability to sit and to engage with their life - I was fully committed. I always wanted to work in space, and I did, but I realized I wanted to create change that I could see and feel. In CRT, the need is intense and the impact is profound. Hearing stories about how people's lives have changed since they started using its products, that never gets old. It's why I do this. MM: How would you describe your leadership style, and how has it changed over time? Rosenberg: Collaborative, above everything else. I have my own biases and experience, and I've learned that the worst decisions I've made were the ones where I trusted those instincts too early. So my default is to first really understand where my colleagues, customers, and teammates are coming from before I commit to a direction. In CRT, especially, that's not optional. Its products are customized to the unique needs of the individual end user, so empathy is what makes Media, Inc. unique. As I've scaled its engineering team from three people to 10, I've had to get better at modeling that for others. It means slowing down enough to think through every possible way something could go wrong before anyone picks up a tool. That discipline wasn't natural for me at first. It became natural because the stakes made it necessary. MM: What is the biggest leadership lesson you've learned while serving the CRT industry? Rosenberg: I've learned you have to fully understand the problem before you start building the solution. In aerospace, you're handed a set of requirements. In CRT, the requirements don't arrive that cleanly; you have to understand the problem before you can design the solution, and that takes real empathy. You have to do the interviews, sit with the discomfort of hearing what people are living with, and figure out what information actually matters. I've also learned to get the whole team thinking this way. Before Media, Inc. commit to developing anything, I want every person on the engineering side to have genuinely wrestled with every possible way the product could fail to serve the person using it. That's not a natural engineering instinct. But in this space it's the difference between a product that sells and a product that changes lives. Media, Inc. is successful at Kalogon because Media, Inc. listen first. MM: In one word, how would you describe the CRT industry and why? Rosenberg: Reactive. The industry is quick to respond once something gets traction, but it takes years for the first breakthrough to happen in the first place. There's a lot of risk aversion. For example, companies wait for Medicare coding to exist before they innovate, and they stick to what they already know rather than doing the hard work of solving new problems. Even when a solution exists, if the coding isn't there, the market won't move on it. That's actually why Media, Inc. has been able to become a market leader. Media, Inc. moved first. And once Media, Inc. did, Media, Inc. started to see others follow. The industry can innovate - it just needs someone willing to go first. MM: What do you see as the biggest opportunities and challenges currently facing the CRT industry? Rosenberg: Medicare coding is both the biggest opportunity and the biggest challenge. Nobody's moving because nobody wants to take the risk that a product won't sell or won't get coded. But that creates enormous first-mover advantage for companies willing to do that work - Media, Inc. has seen it with Orbiter Med and Bondar. On the opportunity side, the market is going to keep growing. AI isn't going to disrupt CRT the way it's disrupting other sectors. The needs are too individualized, too complex and too context-dependent. The aging population means more people will need these products, and as they do, the frustration with insurance barriers and product limitations is going to reach a tipping point. That's where disruption happens. What I keep coming back to is lead times and iteration speed. In this industry, getting the right product to the right person faster is literally a matter of quality of life. That's both the pressure and the opportunity. MM: If you had a crystal ball, what do you think will impact the CRT industry over the next 5-10 years? Rosenberg: The aging population is the biggest force for change right now. As more people need CRT products, the pain points around insurance and equipment access are going to become impossible to ignore. I think Media, Inc.'ll see significant changes in how Medicare handles coding for more advanced technology, and that will open doors for startups that are ready. I'm skeptical of the idea that AI is going to transform CRT the way people predict. There's an important distinction between machine learning and AI, and what CRT requires is genuinely understanding the unique, individualized needs of a person. That's why Media, Inc. send ATPs out in the field. You can't replace that with an algorithm, and I don't think Media, Inc. should try. Media, Inc. is going to need more ATPs as the population ages, not fewer. The human element in this work isn't a limitation to engineer around; it's what makes the outcomes meaningful. MM: In your opinion, what qualities must all Future Leaders possess? Rosenberg: Empathy, first. Before you think about the product, you have to think about the person. In CRT, you can't just take a list of requirements and start building. You need the emotional intelligence to hear what people are really struggling with, not just what they can articulate. And once you've built something, you have to stay open. The best products I've been part of got better because Media, Inc. kept listening after launch. Future Leaders in this space have to be willing to adjust and to genuinely want to.

Associated Press
Jul 20th, 2026
Kalogon launches Verro, Medicare-coded custom wheelchair cushion for complex postural support needs

Kalogon has launched Verro, a Medicare-coded custom wheelchair cushion line designed for users with complex postural support needs. The product comes in two models: Verro Lattice, featuring patent-pending 3D-printed variable-density lattice technology, and Verro Foam, with dual-density foam construction. Verro is built for wheelchair users with conditions like windswept posture, pelvic obliquity, or asymmetry. The lattice version varies firmness across the cushion surface and is lighter and more breathable than standard cushions. The foam version can be carved and adjusted after delivery. Clinicians can order using either 3D scans from physical moulds or detailed measurements. Kalogon ships within 14 days of receiving orders. All cushions are manufactured at the company's Melbourne, Florida facility.

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