What Makes the Herz P1 Smart Ring So Unique?

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Ringly, the maker of a line of good jewellery for ladies together with a excessive-tech Herz P1 Smart Ring that buzzes and lights up when you receive a cellphone call or textual content, has raised $5.1 million in Sequence A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz, the corporate announced this morning. Up to now, Ringly has raised $6.1 million. The funding comes shortly after Ringly wrapped up pre-sales for its ring, which is at the moment offered on-line. The machine, which comes with different stones and band options, was dreamed up by Christina Mercando, who used to work as a Senior Product and Design Manager at eBay. She realized that many ladies have a behavior of preserving their telephones in their purses, and so were missing vital calls and texts. The concept with Ringly is that the jewelry itself will alert you to these incoming messages, even when your cellphone is out of attain. At Ringly, Mercando is joined by a workforce of designers and engineers hailing from MIT, Carnegie Mellon, and Stanford whose backgrounds include neuroscience, machine studying and mechatronics.