US-based connected baby monitor producer Owlet Baby Care has raised $15m in funding from investors including e-commerce and cloud computing company Amazon, which participated through its Alexa Fund.

The round’s other backers included Eclipse, Eniac Ventures, Trilogy Equity Partners, RTP-HC, Capital Integral and Broadway Angels. It also included a $1.5m grant provided by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Founded in 2013, Owlet Baby Care has created a smart sock that is worn by infants that monitors their oxygen…