Toddler monitoring firm Owlet expands throughout Europe

Child know-how firm Owlet introduced it’s increasing its attain inside Europe by extending entry to its child monitor Dream Sock in Greece, Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary and Bulgaria.

Dream Sock, which acquired FDA clearance final November and CE Mark certification in Could, wraps round a child’s foot and gathers reside well being readings of infants 0-18 months who weigh 6-30 kilos.

The system displays the toddler’s coronary heart price, oxygen saturation and sleep state, and in addition gathers waking knowledge. Mother and father additionally obtain well being notifications by way of the corporate’s app. 

“Dream Sock has already made a huge effect on 1000’s of households since its international launch a couple of months in the past, and we’re desperate to proceed the roll-out of our medical-grade know-how to much more mother and father,” Kurt Workman, Owlet CEO and cofounder, stated in a press release. 

THE LARGER TREND

Owlet went public by means of a SPAC in 2021. Its inventory is presently buying and selling round $4.52 per share on the NYSE, down from a excessive of $150.78 in 2021. 

Final yr, the corporate raised $30 million in non-public placement financing, and, in February of this yr, it raised one other $9 million. 

In August, the corporate reported its second quarter 2024 monetary outcomes, noting income of $20.7 million, up 58% year-over-year from roughly $13.1 million. 

Working bills had been $12.5 million in Q2, in comparison with $11.9 million for a similar interval final yr, and working loss was $2.2 million, in comparison with $6.7 million within the second quarter of 2023. 

The Utah-based firm reported a web lack of $1.1 million for the second quarter in comparison with a lack of $8.5 million for Q2 2023.

Its adjusted EBITDA was $0.1 million in Q2 2024 in comparison with a lack of $4.3 million for a similar interval final yr.

The corporate expects its full-year 2024 web income to vary from $72.5 million to $77.5 million with adjusted EBITDA lack of $6 million to $3 million.