# Mladen Barbaric

> Mladen Barbaric is a seed investor at Pearl Studios Inc. backing Wearables. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: Pearl Studios Inc.
- Location: Montréal, Canada
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Mar 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/mladenbarbaric
- Website: https://x.com/mladenbarbaric
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pearlstudiosinc

Mladen Barbaric is a brand and product craftsman. He is the Founder & CEO of Pearl Studios, an award winning brand and product development firm, known for elegantly disruptive brands and products such as Misfit SHINE and 360fly.Starting his career at 19, Mladen began by designing cars for Ford. He holds a degree in Industrial Design fromCCS in Detroit, and serves as chief of brand and product, board director, advisor and investor for several friends of Pearl.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $4.5M–$6.1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Wearables | 1 | 50% |
| Health Care | 1 | 50% |
| Medical Device | 1 | 50% |
| Personal Health | 1 | 50% |
| Health Diagnostics | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hilo | Founded in Switzerland in May 2018 out of a passion to turn insights into action in the fight against hypertension, Aktiia’s groundbreaking medical technology provides people and their physicians comprehensive insights into blood pressure patterns that will inform the diagnosis and management of hypertension. Now available in the United Kingdom,Aktiia has received its CE Mark as a Class IIa medical device - signifying that the device has been assessed to meet high safety, health and environmental protection requirements in Europe. To learn more, visit Aktiia.com. | $6.1M | Seed | Mar 24, 2020 |  |
| Hilo | Founded in Switzerland in May 2018 out of a passion to turn insights into action in the fight against hypertension, Aktiia’s groundbreaking medical technology provides people and their physicians comprehensive insights into blood pressure patterns that will inform the diagnosis and management of hypertension. Now available in the United Kingdom,Aktiia has received its CE Mark as a Class IIa medical device - signifying that the device has been assessed to meet high safety, health and environmental protection requirements in Europe. To learn more, visit Aktiia.com. | $4.5M | Seed | Sep 25, 2018 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [redalpine](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/redalpine-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Translink Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/translink-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [HumanCo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/humanco-23da) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Sparks Street Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sparks-street-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Verve Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/verve-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Pearl Studios Inc.

VC Fund



1 contacts available at Pearl Studios Inc..

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mladen Barbaric | Founder and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mladen-barbaric |

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## FAQ

### What does Mladen Barbaric invest in?

Mladen Barbaric invests primarily in Wearables, Health Care and Medical Device startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Switzerland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Mladen Barbaric's check size?

Mladen Barbaric typically joins rounds of $4.5M–$6.1M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Mladen Barbaric participates in.

### How do I contact Mladen Barbaric?

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### When did Mladen Barbaric last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Mladen Barbaric closed in Mar 2020. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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