Orion
Orion makes an AI-powered smart mattress cover that senses body temperature and heart rate and adjusts heating and cooling through the night to keep each sleeper at their ideal temperature.
- Category
- Bio and Healthcare
- Fund
- NZVC II
- Website
- www.orionsleep.com
- On TechMates
- 1 episode
What Orion does
Orion fits the mattress a household already owns, gives each side of the bed its own climate, and tracks sleep and biometrics without a wearable. Harry Gestetner founded the company after his own sleep problems, and Orion sells the cover with a one-night sleep test that sets a buyer's temperature profile before the device ships.
The secret
Temperature is one of the strongest levers on sleep quality, and it has to move through the night rather than be set once. Orion measures a sleeper's disruptions for a night first and ships the cover already programmed to that person's temperature profile, so the device arrives tuned instead of learning for weeks.
Why NZVC invested in Orion
We backed Orion because temperature is one of the strongest levers on sleep quality, and Orion delivers active, personalized climate control at a price that opens the category to far more households. The team ships hardware with strong industrial design, and the cover works on the mattress a household already owns. Sleep sits at the base of the growing longevity and health market, and a well-priced, well-designed product can win a large share of it.
Orion in the press
- Alum dreams big with AI-powered mattress coverTulane Freeman News · 20 July 2026
- Orion was reported to have passed eight figures in revenue three months after launchEntrepreneur · 16 June 2026
- Orion launched its next mattress cover after an $18 million seedPR Newswire · 11 December 2025
- Sleep tech mattress cover startup 'Orion' takes on Eight SleepMugglehead · 21 November 2025
- Orion raised $18 million for its cooling mattress coverForbes · 14 November 2025
Orion on TechMates
A Dynasty of Inventors: From the Photocopier to Orion
You hear a founder whose great-great-grandfather invented the photocopier explain why he sold Fanfix for eight figures at 21 and whether he regrets it. You follow him from founder burnout into longevity and into Orion, a mattress topper built to take on Eight Sleep. You learn why he thinks a month of software is easier than an hour of hardware.
“a month of software is easier than an hour of hardware”Harry Gestetner
- A 150-year family legacy of invention, from photocopiers to ballpoint pens.
- Selling a startup for eight figures at 21 years old.
- Building Orion: the Tesla of Sleep vs. Eight Sleep.