Simple Contacts, a New York City-based ocular telemedicine company, has raised $8 million in its second round of funding. The round was led by Goodwater Capital with participation from existing investors Justin Kan, Notation Capital, and Autonomous Ventures. Along with the company's $2 million raise last fall, this bring's Simple Contacts' total funding to $10 million.
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University of Washington's Babak Parviz believes that the future platform for wireless health will be the contact lens -- that's right, the same ones we visually impaired people wear to improve our vision. If Parviz succeeds contacts will do a lot more than just improve vision (even though they will be able to do that a whole lot better, too.) Here's the opportunity in Parviz's own words:
"The...
