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Latest updates from VitalTrace

Milestones, stories and insights shaping the future of maternal health and neonatal care.

September 22, 2026

Clinical-grade lactate for sport and everyday health

Lactate threshold is the gold standard of fitness, but it's measured by finger-prick. Here's how VitalTrace is bringing clinical-grade continuous lactate to consumers.

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August 12, 2026

One sensor, from childbirth to neonatal sepsis and adult critical care

Lactate guides sepsis care, but it's measured by intermittent blood draws. VitalTrace's sensor platform is extending continuous lactate beyond childbirth.

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June 9, 2026

Wearables digitized the body's physics. Lactate is the chemistry health AI is missing.

Wearable AI learns from heart rate and movement, which are proxies. Continuous lactate adds the body's chemistry, and VitalTrace is building that dataset.

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May 20, 2026

VitalTrace completes $4M Investment Attraction Fund project to scale biosensor manufacturing

With $4M from the Western Australian Government’s Investment Attraction Fund, VitalTrace has built Australia’s first continuous lactate biosensor manufacturing facility.

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January 10, 2026

VitalTrace closes oversubscribed $7M investment round

VitalTrace has closed a $7M investment round, oversubscribed by $1M.

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November 14, 2025

VitalTrace awarded $500K to expand platform technology for neonatal intensive care

VitalTrace has been awarded $500,000 as part of the Government of Western Australia’s Future Health Research and Innovation (FHRI) Fund’s Innovative Solutions – Precision Health program.

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July 25, 2025

VitalTrace's DelivAssure featured on national news as a potential breakthrough

Our continuous lactate monitor for childbirth, DelivAssure, has been featured on a number of media platforms, including the ABC, as a potential breakthrough.

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June 6, 2025

VitalTrace's first peer-reviewed journal article published in The SMFM Pregnancy Journal

Our first peer-reviewed journal article has been published in The SMFM Pregnancy Journal — the official open-access journal of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) based in Washington, DC.

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March 28, 2025

VitalTrace has commenced the TMCi Accelerator in Texas

VitalTrace participation in TMCi’s (Texas Medical Center Innovation) 2025 HealthTech Accelerator Cohort has begun.

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January 28, 2025

VitalTrace presents pre-clinical data at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine 2025 Pregnancy Meeting

Prof. Jonathan Morris, Chief Medical Officer, presents VitalTrace’s pre-clinical data in the highly regarded Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine 2025 Pregnancy Meeting in Denver, Colorado.

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October 1, 2023

VitalTrace awarded $500,000 by the Future Health Research and Innovation (FHRI) Fund

VitalTrace is proud to announce it is one of 9 WA innovators and start ups to have received support from the Western Australian government, under the Future Health Research and Innovation (FHRI) Fund.

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September 30, 2023

VitalTrace awarded $656,666 for the Clinical translation of a novel continuous lactate biosensor for fetal monitoring

VitalTrace was founded to improve the safety for mothers and babies during childbirth - babies being some of our youngest and most vulnerable patients.

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August 1, 2023

VitalTrace receives $4M from the WA government to establish a new manufacturing facility

VitalTrace is proud to announce it has received support from the Cook government, under the Investment Attraction Fund (IAF) which supports WA advanced manufacturing projects as part of an effort to diversify the Western Australia economy.

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November 4, 2021

VitalTrace receives government backing for local manufacturing

VitalTrace is proud to announce it has received support from the McGowan government, Roger Cook and Medical Technology and Pharmaceutical (MTP) Connect under the WA Life Sciences Innovation Hub Manufacturing Voucher Program.

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September 23, 2021

Another win for VitalTrace through BioMedTech Horizons

VitalTrace and our associated partners are honoured to announce that our BioMedTech Horizons bid has been successfully awarded a $797,276 grant from the MTPConnect and Dr Daniel Grant.

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August 9, 2021

$2.85M successful CRC-P grant win for VitalTrace

VitalTrace and our associated partners are honoured to announce that our CRC-P bid has been successfully awarded a $2.85M grant from the Commonwealth.

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August 2, 2021

Western Australia Innovator of the Year Finalist

VitalTrace would like to announce we have been named a Finalist in WA Innovator of the Year for the Wesfarmers Wellbeing Category!

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November 4, 2020

Childbirth monitoring technology has barely changed since the 1960s

Thank you to the University of Western Australia for a wonderful video featuring our co-founders, Dr. Arjun Kaushik and Dr Michael Challenor, PhD.

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September 24, 2020

Using technology for better obstetric decision making

A wonderful feature from one of VitalTrace's clinical and commercial advisors, Vinayak Smith, on the role of innovative technologies to reduce the risk of litigation in obstetrics!

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September 3, 2020

VitalTrace partners with IPREP in 2020

VitalTrace has had the pleasure of participating in iPREP WA's Industry and PhD Research and Engagement Program.

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