Sweat Technology Is Now A Hot Topic

There is growing attention on the next generation of wearables; health-focused, biosensing technology striving for medical grade accuracy. Portfolio company Eccrine Systems drew notice in a trend story in Pitchbook's 2015 Annual US Venture Industry Report. Eccrine Systems is developing non-invasive electronic patches to provide real time analysis of biomarkers in sweat, offering a window into a person's physiological wellness.

Increasingly, Eccrine Systems co-founder and Chief Science Officer Dr. Jason Heikenfeld is being recognized as an expert in this new and important space. Last year he authored an influential article in industry publication IEEE Spectrum and was quoted in The Economist; more recently the journal Nature and the Wall Street Journal, have turned to him for insight and perspective.

In late 2015, the US Air Force Research Lab awarded Eccrine Systems an $860K multi-year R&D contract focused on sweat sensing technology.