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Kinsa
Creates smart thermometers and a disease-tracking network to detect and prevent illness spread.
What they do
The company manufactures smart ear and temple thermometers that sync with a mobile app. The aggregated, anonymous temperature and symptom data is used by public health departments, school systems, and health agencies to map and predict the spread of infectious illnesses in real time.
The record
- Vertical
- Remote Monitoring & Wearables
- Sub-segment
- Infectious disease monitoring
- Product type
- Device
- Stage
- Series C+
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, United States
- Region
- North America
- Founded
- 2012
- Total funding
- $82M raised
Notable investors: GSR Ventures, FirstMark Capital, Founders Fund, Kapor Capital.
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