Terra Research / Substack · Apr 2026
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API for developers to access health data
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 30, 2026
Overview
Terra API is a London-based health and fitness data API platform that lets developers connect apps to 500+ wearables, health apps, sensors, and medical/lab data through one unified integration. It positions itself as usage-based B2B infrastructure for digital health, wellness, insurance, clinical research, and related enterprise use cases.
Primary product
Unified health and fitness data API for wearables, sensors, and health/lab integrations
Founded
2020
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Team size
11-50
Work style
Onsite
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
Health & fitness data API / wearable data infrastructure
Offices
London, United Kingdom
San Francisco, United States
Cyprus
Business model
usage-based SaaS
subscription
enterprise sales
Funding
Stage
Seed
Total raised
$2.9M
Latest round
Seed · Jun 2021
Latest amount
$2.8M
Jun 2021
Mar 2021 · Y Combinator
People & investors
Leadership
CEO and Founder
George
Head of Engineering Strategy
Head of Product Engineering
Head of Design Engineering
Head of Strategic Partnerships
Strategy & Customer Operations
Head of Infrastructure Engineering
Alistair Brownlee
Terra Research Lead
Founders
Co-Founder
Work & culture
First-principles, candid, transparent, and high-ownership culture with little bureaucracy; the company says it defaults to yes, expects fast execution, and hires for strong ownership.
Work style
Onsite
Benefits
High autonomy and ownership
Small teams
Regular team dinners and social outings
Product & market
Pricing
Usage-based, credit-based subscription pricing; Quick Start starts at $499/month monthly or $399/month annually with 100,000 credits included, plus enterprise custom pricing and add-on modules.
Differentiators
- —Single integration to 500+ providers
- —5,000+ standardized health metrics
- —Wearables, apps, sensors, and lab/biomarker data in one API
- —Real-time streaming via WebSockets
- —HIPAA, GDPR, and SOC 2 Type II compliance
- —Usage-based credits with included monthly allowance
- —No separate Garmin developer approval required
- —Brandable widget plus SDKs and API support
Technology
Next.js
React
TypeScript
Python
Ruby
PostgreSQL
MySQL
Redis
Terraform
Kubernetes
Docker
React Native
Kotlin
Flutter
Swift
OAuth 2.0
Google Analytics 4
Segment
Google Tag Manager
LinkedIn Insight Tag
Customers
health and fitness apps
wellness apps
sleep apps
enterprise health platforms
insurance companies
clinical research organizations
sports and athlete-performance applications
AI health products
Competitors
Human API
Validic
1upHealth
Apple HealthKit
Health Gorilla
Scale & contact
Latest news
Terra Blog · Oct 2025
Announced Terra Research, Lab Reports in the dashboard with PDF/Image to JSON, and migration to Samsung Health’s new Data SDK for cleaner Android integrations.
Terra Blog · Aug 2025
Highlighted reliability improvements, WHOOP V2, Garmin and Fitbit fixes, faster SDKs, and bulk blood-report uploads with smarter reference ranges.
Terra Blog · Jul 2025
Introduced Terra MCPs for AI-driven setup and knowledge access, plus Fern-powered Python/JS SDKs and Expo plugin support.
Terra Blog · May 2025
Expanded the Blood Reports API to about 4,200 biomarkers and opened the Biomarkers API to semi-public beta for Terra customers.
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