Rock Weekly: Will smart watches win wearables?
September 9rd, 2013
Last week, as Samsung launched the Galaxy Gear, the smart watch conversation continued, and dove into what type of impact smart watches might have on the wearable fitness market.
Hot off the press: our exclusive footage of Aaron Levie’s keynote at HiSum. Enjoy!
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Funding
| Name | Amt | Investors | Source |
| Ingram Medical | $30M | Mercato Partners & others | Dow Jones |
| ZeOmega | $21.5M | Bregal Sagemount & others | Fort Mill Times |
| QuantiaMD | $10M | Safeguard Scientifics & Fuse Capital | MedCityNews |
| Agilum Healthcare | $1.43M | Undisclosed | Nashville Biz Journal |
| ZappRX | $1M | Atlas Ventures, Life Sciences Angel Network, Hakan Satiroglu | TechCrunch |
| ChartSpan | $250K | Multiple angels | FinSMEs |