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Continuous glucose monitoring(CGM) company Levels tracks blood glucose to help boost metabolic health.
Secured a sizeable $12 million seed funding round.
Rolled out the first version of its product, which focuses on 3 key areas.
Specific event score - users take a photo of their food using the app.
“Our algorithm looks at how your blood sugar responds to that meal over the course of the next two hours” - Josh Clemente, founder.
Information can be combined with data from other fitness trackers to tell users how they respond to combinations of activities.
Day score - “Looks at all activities - nutrition, exercise, sleep, stress – giving a single score for each 24 hour period,”
Metabolic fitness score - “Your functioning in terms of your age demographics, as compared to the population as a whole".
The product is now in its beta phase and priced at $399 a month.
45,000 people on the waiting list – company’s goal is to make the product as affordable as possible.
