Scanadu, based in the Singularity University, has raised over $1.3m in crowdfunding to develop a real life version of Star Trek’s tricorder device.
Originally stating a goal of $100k, the firm flew past its target within 2 hours, and continues to rise with 12 days left of the fundraising campaign.
The investment comes on the back of a $2m venture round raised in 2011 from a network of global angel investors, which the firm used to relocate from Belgium to…
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