Brawn
Brawn is on a mission to make lifting better by solving problems for those that lift competitively, or recreationally. Brawn achieves this by developing tools, information and support to the global lifting community. The first tool being the Brawn app – the ‘Strava for Strength’.
brand facts
- Founded in 2020 by Sohail Rashid and Andy Smith. Sohail is an award-winning tech entrepreneur, a former lawyer and data strategist.
- Andy is a leading figure in the Health and Fitness industry and is an elite powerlifter - having previously won the European Powerlifting Championships.
- Sohail says the idea for the app was bourne out of the difficulties of lockdown - he wanted to develop a way to allow users of all levels to compete against each other.
Brand categories
- venture capital
- health-fitness-beauty
- UK
- current
Our journey with Brawn
True led a fundraising round in 2021 to help support development of the Brawn platform.
brand updates
News
The International Powerlifting Federation partners with Brawn.
Brawn will support the IPF's digitisation strategy through the partnership, enabling the global powerlifting community to come together more easily.
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News
Keeping fit: How Brawn is playing to its strengths.
Health Tech World spoke to Brawn CEO Sohail Rashid about funding, and his exciting plans for the Brawn app's development.
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