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iBeat Closes Additional $5.5M to Bring Wearable Heart Monitoring Smartwatch to Market

by Fred Pennic 05/02/2018 Leave a Comment

iBeat Extends Seed Round to $4.5M for Wearable Heart Monitoring Smartwatch

iBeat, makers of the heart monitoring smartwatch wearable that perpetually monitors and detects cardiac arrest, heart attack, and atrial fibrillation has closed another $5.5 million in seed funding, bringing to the total funding round to $10 million. The second tranche of funding includes new investors Kairos, 8VC, City Light Capital, Plug and Play Ventures, ChinaRock Capital Management, as well as angel investors Tony Robbins, Josh Kazam, Shlomo Ben-Haim, Dr. Fred St. Goar, and Dr. Uma
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Dr. Oz Invests in iBeat to Launch Heart Monitoring Smartwatch on Indiegogo

by HITC Staff 09/29/2016 Leave a Comment

Mehmet Oz, famously known as Dr. Oz, has invested and partnered with digital health startup iBeat to launch a new heart monitoring smartwatch that empowers people to live longer lives on Indiegogo. The partnership with Dr. Oz kicks off with pre-orders for its iBeat Life Monitor – a watch that continuously monitors one’s heart for life threatening emergencies and notifies loved ones and emergency responders in such an event.As part of the investment partnership with iBeat, Dr. Oz, a world
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iBeat Raises $1.5M To Commercialize Its Heart Monitoring Smartwatch

by Fred Pennic 08/02/2016 Leave a Comment

iBeat Extends Seed Round to $4.5M for Wearable Heart Monitoring Smartwatch

iBeat, makers of the heart monitoring smartwatch wearable that perpetually monitors and detects cardiac arrest, heart attack, and atrial fibrillation has raised $1.5M in seed funding. The oversubscribed seed round was led by Maveron, Subtraction Capital, and Correlation Ventures. Other investors include super-angels Ali and Hadi Partovi, NFL offensive tackle Russell Okung, KKR founding partner Henry Kravis, Band of Angels, and award-winning industrial design firm Ammunition Group. The digital
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Practice Fusion Founder Launches Heart Monitoring Smartwatch – iBeat Life Monitor

by Jasmine Pennic 05/24/2016 Leave a Comment

Practice Fusion Founder Launches Heart Monitoring Smartwatch – iBeat

After stepping down as the CEO of cloud-based EHR platform Practice Fusion in mid-2015, founder Ryan Howard is back with a new digital health startup focused on a life-saving Wearable-as-a-Service. The startup is currently developing its first product, iBeat Life Monitor, a heart monitoring smartwatch wearable that perpetually monitors and detects cardiac arrest, heart attack, and atrial fibrillation. Similar to your average medical alert system for seniors, in the case of a life-threatening
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