4impact leads €1.4M seed round in Regulate to bring breathwork to the workplace

Munich, 12 May 2026

Regulate, the science-backed breathwork platform built for the demands of the modern workday, today announced the closing of its €1.4M seed round. The round is led by 4impact capital and backed by an angel syndicate which includes Hanno Renner (Co-Founder & CEO, Personio), Mike Wax (Co-Founder, Forto), Marlena Hien (Co-Founder, Bears with Benefits), and Felix Haas (10x Group, IDnow, Bits & Pretzels).

Regulate will use the fresh capital to accelerate growth, deepen product capabilities, expand its live format offering, and grow its team.

Science-backed tool for sustainable peak performance

As productivity tools multiply and expectations accelerate, the human nervous system, which allows people to think clearly, decide well, and lead under pressure, has not changed. The result is a widening gap between what is being demanded of organisations and what humans can sustain.

Regulate was founded on the conviction that breathwork is the most direct, science-backed lever for addressing this gap. Used by elite athletes such as Novak Djokovic and LeBron James, CEOs and military units for its measurable effects on focus, stress response and resilience, breathwork has been validated by research from Harvard Medical School, Stanford Medicine, and Frontiers in Psychology.

Peter van Woerkum, Co-Founder & CEO of Regulate, says:
‍"Breathwork is a proven way to shift from stress to clarity in real time. It's accessible and it builds resilience that compounds over time. As pressures mount and AI raises the bar for what organizations can produce, expectations on professionals have never been higher. We're building Regulate to help people meet these demands sustainably by embedding it into the way teams already work, not adding another source of stress."

Founded in 2024 by Peter van Woerkum, a certified breathwork coach and executive coach with over a decade of C-level advisory experience, and Paul Laechelin, former Product Lead for the BMW App, Regulate has rapidly built enterprise traction. In under a year the platform has completed over 50,000 sessions across organisations and is used by companies including Raiffeisen Bank International, Personio, Vattenfall and globally leading strategy consultant firms and enterprises.

Victor Straatman, Partner at 4impact.vc, adds:
"We back companies where business model and positive impact align. Regulate improves how people perform and how they feel, allowing them to thrive in a fast changing work environment. The data shows that at scale, this is a very compelling combination and solution for overall wellbeing."

Direct measurable impact during the workday

Regulate brings breathwork into the everyday flow of work via an intelligent app, with a library of over 60 science-backed sessions, ranging from 90 seconds to 60 minutes. Rather than offering generic mindfulness sessions that sit unused in corporate benefits portals, the platform surfaces the right intervention at the right moment: a focus protocol before a high-stakes meeting, a breathing exercise after an intense discussion, or a team session before a workshop.

This contextual intelligence is powered by wearables and workday systems. By reading physiological signals from connected devices and understanding the structure of the user's workday, Regulate can recommend personalised sessions aligned to the user's current state and the demands of the workday, making it the first breathwork platform that functions as an on-demand performance tool.

The investment in Regulate benefits from support from the European Union under the InvestEU Fund.