StartX, the investment fund affiliated with Stanford University, has participated in a $5.5m series A round for US-based wearables producer Spry Health.
Venture capital firm Grove Ventures led the round, while Ovo Fund and Think+ also took part.
Spry Health has developed a clinical-grade wristband wearable called Loop that is able to continuously collect cardiovascular and respiratory data.
Loop generates electromagnetic waves that penetrate the skin and then detects the concentration of specific molecules in the blood. That data is…