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From military exoskeletons, Superflex pioneers powered clothing to help the elderly move better

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Superflex has raised $9.6 million to introduce “powered clothing,” or apparel that enhances your strength just the way military exoskeletons do. But in this case, the Menlo Park, California-based company is targeting elderly people and others who need extra muscular help for tasks such as walking upstairs or getting up from a chair.

Superflex has spun out of research think tank SRI International, and its venture investors include Japanese venture firm Global Brain, Horizons Ventures, Root Ventures, and new investor Sinovation Ventures. Zak Murase of Global Brain and Wendy Yu of Horizons will join Manish Kothari, president of SRI Ventures, and Rich Mahoney, CEO of Superflex, on the board.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.