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The company is using the funding to grow its product development and research teams, and expand the clinical services offered by its nurse support team. The Series C round was led by D1 Capital Partners and two new investors: the Medtech Convergence Fund and an undisclosed strategic investor.
Image: Courtesy subject. Illustration: Chloe Krammel When Ran Ma told her parents she was dropping out of her master's program in business administration to work on a sock prototype for diabetic patients, their reaction wasn't exactly encouraging. "My dad said, 'We're not going to talk until you figure out your life,' " says Ma. "I don't think my parents understood what I was doing." Ma, who had left a biotech master's program to pursue her business degree, had avoided a career in medicine despite coming from three generations of physicians. While working as an engineer at Northwester...