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UK health tech startup Zedsen has announced a $12M (£8.7M) Series B round of funding at a $110 valuation.
The London-based firm makes non-invasive sensors which use key biological signals from consumers’ bloodstreams to provide personalised health insights.
Investors include Joseph R Grano, former chairperson and CEO of UBS Financial Services Inc, Nasser Kazeminy, founder of NJK Holding and chairperson of the Ellis Island Honor Society (EIHS), Tony Rice, former CEO of Cable and Wireless, Bonnie Mcalveen Hunter, chairperson of the Red Cross and Jim Harpel, investor at Palm Beach Capital.
Zedson also announced that Caroline Hargrove, formerly of Babylon Health and McLaren Applied Tech, has joined the firm as chief technology officer (CTO).
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14 February 2021.
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