CIA’s In-Q-Tel invests in Sonitus Medical: Device Transmits Sound to Via Teeth
May 27th, 2009Via: Washington Business Journal:
Sonitus Medical Inc., a business working on a hearing aid that uses the teeth, got an investment from In-Q-Tel, an investment firm started by the CIA.
San Mateo, Calif.-based Sonitus didn’t say how much money In-Q-Tel invested.
Led by CEO Amir Abolfathi, Sonitus is making an in-the-mouth hearing aid that transmits sound through the teeth to the bones of the inner ear.
In-Q-Tel looks for technology to invest in which may benefit U.S. intelligence agencies. The Central Intelligence Agency set it up in 1999 as an independent, not-for-profit firm.
Aberdare Ventures, Novartis Venture Funds and RWI Ventures have given money to Sonitus in the past.
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