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Cardiac health-monitoring smart toilet seat maker Casana (formerly Heart Health Intelligence) has raised $14 million in a Series A funding round led by General Catalyst and the Outsiders Fund. Also participating was Bemis Manufacturing Company, a toilet seat manufacturer that led the startup s $2.2 million round last April.
In addition to the fundraise, Casana announced that Austin McChord, the founder and former CEO of cybersecurity technology company Datto, will be stepping in as the startup s new CEO.
WHAT IT DOES
Rochester, New York-based Casana s lead product is the Heart Seat, a device developed by founder Nicholoas Conn during his time at the Rochester Institute of Technology. It contains ECG, ballistocardiogram (BCG) and photoplethysmogram (PPG) sensors to collect a range of heart health metrics and transmits its readings to a cloud network via built-in WiFi and LTE. The company says that the Heart Seat s battery will last several years without recharging, a