Eccrine Systems is developing advanced, wearable, sweat sensing systems based on research and intellectual property that originated from Cincinnati University and the Air Force Research Labs at Wright Patterson Air Force Base.
Eccrine Systems, a US-based medical device maker, has raised $5.5m in its series A round from public-private seed fund CincyTech’s fourth fund and other sources within the CincyTech local, regional and national investor community.
Eccrine Systems is developing advanced, wearable, sweat sensing systems based on innovative research and intellectual property that originated from the University of Cincinnati and the Air Force Research Labs at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. The company’s technology platform addresses a spectrum of monitoring applications including industrial toxicity, fitness-for-duty, stress management, treatment effectiveness and various medical conditions.
The company has recently been awarded a $3.96m contract by the US Air Force Research Laboratory that is focused on the development of a next generation, non-invasive sensing system for the monitoring of specific molecular biomarkers in human sweat.
Since raising a $1.5m seed round in early 2015, Eccrine Systems, which is based in the HCDC Business Center, has grown its staff to over 20 team members.
Mike Venerable, managing director of CincyTech, said: “Eccrine is defining the future of sweat sensing in a variety of modes that seem exotic today, but will be commonplace in a few years.”
