TechCrunch Startup News Deepinder Goyal returns with a $54M brain-monitoring bet; plus, Ultrahuman bets on redesigned smart ring to win back U.S. market
Feb 27, 2026
A founder leaves a food-tech giant to build a brain-monitoring wearable and raises a $54M friends-and-family round at a steep valuation. The conversation also covers a redesigned smart ring promising 15-day battery life and a $479 price as the company races to resolve patent import issues and reclaim U.S. market share.
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Zomato Founder Builds Brain‑Monitoring Wearable
- Deepinder Goyal pivoted from Zomato to build Temple, a wearable aimed at elite athletes measuring cerebral blood flow.
- Temple raised $54M in a friends-and-family round at a ~$190M post-money valuation and is hiring in embedded systems and computational neuroscience.
Temple's Sensor Sits On The Wearer's Temple
- Goyal described Temple's sensor as designed to sit on the wearer's temple and continuously track cerebral blood flow.
- He announced an expansive hiring push across embedded systems, computational neuroscience, and brain-computer interface engineering.
Differentiation Is The Main Question For Temple
- Temple enters a crowded performance-wearables market dominated by Whoop, Oura, and Garmin.
- Differentiation depends on whether Temple's cerebral-blood-flow metrics provide actionable advantages over existing sleep and recovery trackers.