OMAHA, Nebraska (February 23, 2026)—Impower Health, Inc., a startup company built on an innovation developed at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, recently secured an undisclosed investment from Boomerang Ventures while adding a new CEO.
Boomerang Ventures, an Indiana-based investment group aimed at Midwestern companies, is a top digital and tech health fund and now leads Impower’s current pre-seed round, according to a press release issued last week.
The announcement also included the addition of Trent McCracken as the new CEO.
“Bringing on the right CEO at this stage is about preparing the company for growth,” Impower’s founder and Chief Product Officer, Doug Miller, said in the release. “Trent brings the operational leadership and decisive discipline needed to translate our technology into real-world impact, while staying true to the vision that inspired our founding.”
Miller founded Impower in 2021on the back of an innovative research project in UNO’s biomechanics department that eventually created the world’s first truly self-pacing motorized treadmill. The device, a long-sought innovation in the fitness industry, is a treadmill that matches speed with the user without any inputs other than the users rate of stride or gait. A jogger using an Impower treadmill can slow to a walk or speed to a sprint without touching any controls. Yet the treadmill will automatically match pace, making the device much safer and ideal for rehabilitation and other clinical uses.
“Impower Health represents exactly the type of category-defining innovation we look to support,” Boomerang Ventures Chief Medical Officer Eric Beier, MD, said. “Their technology sits at the intersection of rehab, fitness, and long-term mobility health, turning everyday treadmills into clinical-grade diagnostic tools.”
The release also noted that the cornerstone technology will enable clinicians to chart and track patient progress while giving them real-time feedback into their mobility and possible decline, before it can lead to injury or loss of independence.
“One of the most compelling aspects of Impower Health is the opportunity to make a tangible difference in people’s lives by restoring and preserving mobility, a core component of health and independence,” McCracken said. “The healthcare market is demanding integrated, data-driven solutions, and we are uniquely positioned to accelerate growth and convert these gait metrics into clinical intelligence.”
