Former Apple chief executive backs Misfit Wearables, new health sensor start-up
The new company, based in Salem, NH (with software development being done in Vietnam), is also working on a health-related sensor. Vu says that Misfit is designing both hardware and software, and while he won't say exactly what the sensor will measure, he did divulge that it will be more sophisticated than a Fitbit-style exercise monitor. Vu says it's for a chronic health condition, and he expects it will have a reimbursement code so that insurers will cover its cost.
Vu says the new product will ship by the end of 2012. Misfit Wearables has so far raised $750,000 from investors including Vu; Sridhar Iyengar, his co-founder at AgaMatrix; and John Sculley, the executive who replaced Steve Jobs as Apple's leader in the 1980s.
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