South Korean health tech startup Sky Labs has raised 20.7 billion won ($15.3 million) in a Series C funding round led by the government-run Korea Development Bank.
K2 Investment Partners, Devsisters Ventures, SJG Partners, and OpenWater Investment also joined the investing round.
This brings its total investment to 54.8 billion won ($40.5 million). It last raised $20 million in a Series B round...
Continuous blood pressure monitoring wearable system Aktiia landed $17.5 million in Series A funding this morning. Draper Esprit led the round with participation from 415 Capital, Redalpine Venture Partners and Verve Capital, and Translink Capital.
This news comes roughly a year after the Swiss-based startup announced a $6.1 million funding round led by Redalpine. As of today, the company has...
Quanttus, a startup that has been working since 2012 on a wristworn wearable that offers continuous blood pressure monitoring, launched a blood pressure tracking app this week, called Q Heart.
The app allows users to manually enter blood pressure readings or sync them from Apple’s HealthKit. Users can also enter notes about specific readings, review older readings, and access a chart that shows...
Quanttus's original research device. The current prototype is worn on the wrist.
Quanttus, the stealthy Cambridge, Massachusetts-based startup that raised $19 million last year for a wearable vitals monitor is deep into clinical tests for its wristworn device, which is tackling the intractable problem of continuous blood pressure monitoring.
"Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer in...
Sotera Wireless has received yet another FDA 510(k) clearance for its ViSi remote patient monitoring system, this time for its novel continuous noninvasive blood pressure (cNIBP) monitoring software. The technology, which enables continuous blood pressure monitoring without a cuff or catheter, has been part of Sotera's pitch from the beginning, but was not included in the company's April 2012...
