baby monitor

Person holding another small person while feeding them with a bottle
By  Anthony Vecchione 11:20 am October 3, 2024
Health technology company Royal Philips, launched Philips Avent Premium Connected Baby Monitor, which comes with the company's proprietary SenseIQ sleep, breathing-tracking and cry-detection and translation technologies.  A baby unit camera, parent unit and the Philips Avent Baby Monitor+ mobile app allows parents to view the baby, while SenseIQ tracking technology evaluates millions of pixels...
Miku
By  Laura Lovett 02:25 pm April 22, 2021
A new baby monitor company called Miku has just rolled out a new tool that helps parents track a baby's breathing and sleep patterns without physical contact. The new tech, called Miku Pro Smart Baby Monitor, pairs up the company's propriety tools with an 8-core Qualcomm processor and 1080p HD, in order to relay real-time information and analytics to caregivers. Parents can access information...
A product shot of the Owlet Smart Sock V3 on an infant
By  Dave Muoio 03:30 pm February 16, 2021
Editor's note: This article has been updated with original quotes from the heads of Owlet Baby Care and Sandbridge Acquisition. Owlet Baby Care, the maker of connected infant-monitoring products targeted at consumers, today announced its plans to merge with Sandbridge Acquisition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) backed by Sandbridge Capital and PIMCO private funds, and to...
By  Laura Lovett 04:12 pm May 12, 2020
Nanit, maker of wearable baby sleep-trackers and monitors, scored $21 million in new growth funding. Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP), Upfront Ventures, RRE Ventures and Rho Capital Partners led the round.  This new infusion of cash brings the New York-based startup’s total funding pot to $50 million.  WHAT THEY DO  Nanit specializes in tracking infants' sleep and breathing. Last June it released...
By  Laura Lovett 01:24 pm June 24, 2019
Baby-focused tech company Nanit released a new line of infant clothing called Breathing Wear that, when combined with its smart camera and app, lets new parents keep tabs on their child’s sleep and breathing patterns.  In order for it to work, parents place Nanit's camera above their baby’s crib. The camera can then interpret the customized pattern on the baby’s clothing item, and translate that...
By  Aditi Pai 07:29 am February 9, 2015
San Francisco-based Sproutling has raised $3.9 million, according to an amended SEC filing. The company started the round in August 2013 and has raised at least $6.5 million total to date. Existing investors include First Round Capital, Forerunner Ventures, FirstMark Capital, Accelerator Ventures, Lemnos Labs, BoxGroup, and Napster co-founder Shawn Fanning. Sproutling has developed a health...