Multi-university venturing fund Uniseed has invested $500,000 in smartphone cardiac monitoring developer Cardihab.

Cardihab, an Australia-based patient management platform aimed at sufferers from a cardiac arrest, has spun out from research institute Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Csiro) with $1.35m in funding from investors including venture fund Uniseed.

Uniseed supplied $500,000 for the round, which also included the Slingshot Venture Fund and undisclosed cardiology groups.

Founded in 2016, Cardihab is the first spinout to be based on research conducted by the Australian eHealth Research Centre (AEHRC), a Queensland state-government partnership with Csiro.

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