Smart Ring Maker ŌURA is doubling down on privacy and acquiring stealth-mode startup Proxy, who has developed digital identity signal technology that can be stored on mobile devices and replaces the multitude of keys, cards, badges, apps, and passwords to enhance data privacy in an increasingly decentralized world. The all-equity deal valued Proxy at $165M according to reporting by Bloomberg; the Proxy team, including…
It’s been two years since we last spoke to Liz Gazda, CEO of Embr Labs. Back then the company had just released Wave 2, the second iteration of its wearable and app. The bracelet, designed to help women going through menopause with hot flashes, deploys cooling or warming sensations or “waveforms” to the temperature-sensitive skin on the inside of the wrist, detected…
Avation Medical, the company behind the Vivally System, a smart bladder control system, received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance. Vivally is a non-invasive, bladder control therapy device and mobile application to treat patients with the conditions of urinary urgency and urge urinary incontinence (UUI) caused by overactive bladder (OAB) syndrome. It allows patients to contuct therapy at home without…
When my Co-Founder and I started Bellabeat, we were motivated by a vision of providing women around the globe with easy-to-use and beautiful tools to track their lifestyle and health. Tools that were not simply a gimmick to sell to women. The goal has consistently been to bring visibility in measuring all aspects of a woman’s health in every stage of life…
Since its founding in 2018, Movano Health, has been focused on the development of healthcare solutions that bring medical-grade, high-quality data to the forefront of consumer health devices. Now the company is taking on Oura with Evie, a smart ring has been specifically designed for women. The wearable provides users with medical grade health data, and personalized health insights delivered through…
WHOOP has uncovered a new pregnancy digital biomarker for noninvasive prescreening for premature birth. In the United States, preterm birth is the second leading cause of infant mortality and 35.8% of all infant deaths are preterm-related. In a new study in peer review led by WHOOP Senior Vice President of Data Science & Research, Emily Capodilupo, WHOOP analyzed the physiological data of 241 pregnancies and found that…
Oura, the company behind the famous Oura Ring that recently celebrated the sale of its 1,000,000 ring and is values at $2.5B, is teaming us with Inception Fertility, a North American fertility services provider for a research study that observes the physiological changes that occur throughout the menstrual cycle. Oura’s smar ring combines advanced sensor technology with an easy-to-use mobile app to…
2021 was an exciting year at Bellabeat. About a year ago the company first launched the pre-sale for Ivy, the newest addition to its family of health trackers and successor to Bellabeat’s Leaf, which according to the company had sold more than 2.2 million times at the time of the announcement. Last fall Ivy finally started to ship receiving somewhat mixed reviews…
