Jawbone
Consumer HardwareUSAClosed 2017
Total Raised
$930M
Peak Valuation
$3.20B
Employees
—
Year Collapsed
2017
Business model
Wearable fitness trackers and Bluetooth speakers/headsets.
In brief
One of the earliest wearable fitness tracker makers, Jawbone burned through nearly a billion dollars competing with Fitbit and Apple while stretching into speakers, headsets, and health data. It never found a profitable core product line, and after failed acquisition talks, the c…
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Key facts
- Founded
- 1999
- Closed
- 2017
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, USA
- Industry
- Consumer Hardware
- Employees
- —
- Revenue
- Undisclosed
- Founders
- Hosain Rahman, Alexander Asseily
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Often compared with: Fitbit, Apple Watch, Garmin.