Russian fitness bracelet GoBe with the function of counting calories drew in the new round of $ 3.5 million

Healbe, the developer of the GoBe calorie counting bracelet in the new round, raised $ 3.5 million. Investors were the current shareholders of the company, although there were other proposals. The leader of the round was the fund Starta Capital .

Strictly speaking, net investment in the project amounted to only $ 1.5 million. The remaining funds are borrowed.

Part of the funds received will be spent on further research, patent design, launch of the second generation of the device. The remaining funds will be used to promote the brand and expand its influence in the US and Russian markets. It is also known that the company achieved positive results in negotiations with Chinese partners.
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The founder of Healbe, Georgy Mikaberidze, told Firrma that before the start of the round, the company's valuation could have been $ 25 million.

In the previous round, Healbe raised $ 2.6 million. It took place in August last year. Then Dmitry Chaly, Alexander Tarakanov, Alexey Girin, Starta Capital Accessor Fund and some others became investors of the project. Prior to this, the project has collected more than a million dollars on the IndieGogo crowdfunding platform.

In the entire history of the project, its funding amounted to $ 9.1 million.

The company Healbe was founded in 2012 by Artem Shipitsin, Georgy Mikaberidze and Stanislav Povolotsky. According to company representatives, fitness bracelets analyze the composition of blood and estimate the number of calories received and expended. The measurement error is ± 13.5%.