GraphWear tallies up $20M VC funding for needle-free wearable glucose monitor

The race is on to develop a continuous glucose monitor that doesn’t require regular fingersticks, a sensor implanted under the skin or any other invasive technologies, no matter how mild. Recent entrants in that race include Know Labs, Hagar and even Apple, which is believed to be closer than ever to achieving its goal of adding glucose monitoring capabilities to its ubiquitous smartwatch. Thanks to a nicely sized funding round that closed this week, another major contender has emerged: GraphWear, with a nanotechnology-powered sensor that it says can measure glucose with the best of them—without ever breaking the skin.