Oura, the company behind a health tracking ring wearable, announced Tuesday it had purchased digital identification startup Proxy in an all-equity deal.
Proxy offers digital identity tech that aims to replace keys, cards, badges, apps and passwords. The startup said it had been working to include its offerings on wearable devices as well as phones.
According to reporting by Bloomberg, the deal...
Oura, maker of a health tracking ring, announced a partnership with birth control app Natural Cycles to use its wearable to monitor body temperature changes.
Users will be able to sync temperature data recorded from the Oura Ring into the Natural Cycles app instead of taking their temperature manually each morning. Natural Cycles, which received FDA De Novo clearance in 2018, uses temperature...
Axios' Erin Brodwin published a new investigation which discovered healthcare automation startup Olive is exaggerating its capabilities and only uses "rough estimations" to gauge its cost savings. According to the report, Olive, which promises health systems cost savings, is only tracking savings if a client requests it. The report also highlighted Olive employees' concerns about how the company...
Oura Health Tuesday launched the newest version of its health tracking wearable, the Oura Ring Generation 3.
Oura said the Generation 3 includes daytime heart rate tracking, including live heart rate monitoring, improved temperature checks and menstruation prediction. The company said the period prediction feature is based on body temperature changes throughout the month.
Though not available at...
Oura Health, the health tech company behind Oura Ring, has completed a Series C funding round totaling $100 million.
The round was led by the Chernin Group and Elysian Park, the investment arm of the L.A. Dodgers, and included new investors Temasek, JAZZ Venture Partners and Eisai. Returning backers Forerunner Ventures, Square, MSD Capital, Marc Benioff, Lifeline Ventures, Metaplanet Holdings and...
The WNBA is teaming up with the Oura smart ring for the upcoming season as part of the initiative to prioritize the players' and league staff’s health, safety and privacy.
This comes just a month after the NBA announced it too would provide Oura rings to all teams and league staff members.
Today the NBA announced another partnership, this time with Masimo, to supply players, coaches and staff...
Amsterdam-based startup Shleep, maker of B2B sleep coaching technology, has raised €1.4m to further develop its existing platform, it was announced today. The raise came from investors including Global Founders Capital and Health Innovations.
Shleep, which boasts names like Spotify and Deloitte in its client base, aims to help employees and teams change their sleep habits in order to tackle ...
Oulu, Finland-based Oura Health, maker of a sleep- and activity-tracking smart ring, today announced that it has surpassed $20 million in total funding. Based on its previous announcements, this would mean that the company has raised roughly $6.5 million or more in new funding since its most recent round in July.
While the latest round was led by MSD Capital, it also featured YouTube cofounder...
