Teddy the Guardian makes a plush teddy that houses vital-sign sensors to let parents check temperature and heart rate with a single tap of the bear’s paw. Readings are displayed in real time inside a mobile app, and the product includes a small camera in its paw demonstrated at CES. The company sells handmade teddies for $499 and is donating bears to hospitals in Europe to enable less-intrusive vitals collection. Based in Zagreb, Croatia, the company was founded by Josipa Majic and Ana Burica. The founders said they kept the recent raise modest because the business is cash positive and they preferred to stay within their existing London angel network. Use cases highlighted include regular monitoring for infants, hospital wards, and children with chronic illness where nonintrusive, consistent data is valuable.

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