Nanit has raised funding from investors including Flextronics and plans to begin shipping its advanced baby monitor in September.

Nanit, the US-based creator of a smart baby monitor, has raised $6.6m in a series A round featuring supply chain services provider Flextronics.

Venture capital firm Upfront Ventures led the round, which included RRE Ventures, 645 Ventures, Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute and AME Cloud Ventures.

Nanit has built an advanced baby monitor that incorporates machine learning and advanced high-definition camera sensors to track and contextualise sleep events like interruptions. It links to an attendant app and results can be shared with…