The valuation of Whoop has risen to $3.6 billion through a new $200 million Series E round of financing led by the SoftBank Vision Fund 2. “While we have experienced amazing growth in the past year, the potential of our technology and the vast market for health monitoring remains largely untapped,” commented Whoop’s CEO, Will Ahmed, who founded the connected fitness company in Boston in 2012. Late last year, Whoop had already collected $100 million in a financing round led by IVP that valued it at $1.2 billion. It had previously collected a similar amount. The company says it will use the new capital on R&D, to enter new markets, to acquire other leading technology companies and for other purposes. It plans to open offices around the world next year. Other investors in the latest funding round were IVP, Cavu Ventures, Thursday Ventures, GP Bullhound, Accomplice, NextView Ventures and Animal Capital.

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