Basis Science, which makes the Basis health-tracking watch, says it’s raised another $11.75 million in its Series B funding round, GigaOm reports, bringing the total for the round to $23.25 million.
Total funding is now $32.25 million — not bad for a watch company. And where the Basis device used to be available only by invitation, you can now buy one from the company store.
What makes the $200 device different than the Fitbit’s and Fuelbands of the world is that the Basis B1 also monitors heart rate as well as perspiration and skin temperature. The claim is that it tracks health, not merely motion. There’s no API yet, and no way to export data, but the company says they’re figuring all that out.