Finnish start-up shines light in ears, raises 7.4 million euros

HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finnish start-up company Valkee has raised 7.4 million euros ($9.8 million) from a venture capital fund and other investors to help it to boost sales of its light-therapy products, designed to relieve seasonal affective disorder and jetlag. Priced at 185 euros, Valkee’s bright-light headsets resemble digital music players – quite unlike the lamps that are more commonly used to treat seasonal affective disorder – but blast light rather than music into the ear canals. …