VALD Performance
Provider of tech for measuring and improving musculoskeletal health and performance.
Updated April 2026
Overview
- Website
- valdperformance.com
- Founded
- 2016
- Headquarters
- Newstead, Australia
- Segment
- Robotics & Physical AI
Product overview
VALD Performance develops hardware and software tools like ForceDecks, SmartSpeed, and HumanTrak to objectively measure strength, power, movement quality, speed, and balance in athletes and patients. It centralizes data from these systems for analysis, benchmarking against large normative datasets, and AI-driven insights to support training, rehabilitation, and performance monitoring. Trusted by elite sports, healthcare, and tactical organizations worldwide, VALD streamlines workflows and enhances decision-making.
Revenue model
Sales of performance measurement devices, software, and digital health platforms
Moat
VALD Performance's key competitive moat is its proprietary hardware-software suite of human measurement technologies (e.g., ForceDecks, NordBord, HumanTrak) that deliver centralized, benchmarked data from millions of athlete data points, creating high switching costs through integrated workflows for elite sports teams, universities, and defense organizations. This is reinforced by specialized onboarding support and a multidisciplinary team, fostering lock-in among over 4,000 global clients reliant on its validated insights for performance monitoring and decision-making.
Headwinds
Dependence on specialized hardware market and potential competition from broader health tech platforms.