CTIA Wireless Foundation today announced the six finalists in Catalyst, its competitive grants program accelerating social entrepreneurs using 5G innovations to enhance American communities.
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Startup the Week Series. Today we are introducing you to the founder of Oxiwear, Shavini Fernando.
Because exercising at high altitudes increases the risk of hypoxia or low oxygen levels in the body, OxiWear has created an ear-wearable pulse oximeter for continuous oxygen monitoring and low-oxygen alerting.
We doubt this will be the last time you’ll hear from these standouts.
OxiWear, the Arlington, Virginia-based startup that developed a wearable vital monitoring and emergency alert device, is making strong moves in its latest bridge round.
Oxygen transportation and utilization are 2 critical factors in athletic performance and endurance. However, the lack of accuracy demonstrated by wrist-worn tracking devices creates the need for an alternate device providing more accurate and personalized analytics.
The final round featured two local health care startups, both Halcyon accelerator companies — and both putting up a good fight.
Currently, none of the most popular smartwatches have been well validated in measuring SpO2, although millions of people are using them daily to monitor SpO2 at home, some even for clinical purposes.
OxiWear announces it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Gibraltar-based E.P. Global Events Limited and company-owned brands World’s Highest OCR (Obstacle Course Racing) and ALTITUDE OCR World Series, World Finals and World Championships, which include altitude trekking ascents, obstacle course and endurance distance races on Mount Everest, Mount Kilimanjaro and other planned extreme altitude locations […]
Device to monitor oxygen levels during races on Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Everest 2022 and beyond
