US-based body scanning technology developer Body Labs has raised $8m in a series A round led by chip maker Intel’s corporate venturing unit, Intel Capital.
The round also featured Osage University Partners, FirstMark Capital, Catalus Capital and Max Planck Innovation, the technology transfer arm of Max Planck Institute.
A spinout of Brown University and Max Planck Institute, Body Labs is commercialising its body scanning technology with a view to develop a number of tools which can be used by third party developers.
One such use is the contract Body Labs has with the US Army, where the scanning tools are being used to develop bulletproof vests that can better protect female soldiers.
Founded in 2013, the company previously raised $2.2m in a seed round backed by FirstMark and New Yok Angels in November 2104, bringing its total external funding to $10.2m.
Bill O’Farrell, CEO of Body Labs, told New York Business Journal: “Women have much different body geometries that men. They have different curves, they have different organ configurations, and the Army right now is trying to figure out how to accommodate.”
– A version of this story originally appared on our sister site, Global University Venturing.