| Date | Title | Description |
| 30.09.2014 | Bellabeat Debuts A Trio Of Health-Tracking Products For Moms-To-Be And Beyond, Including Jewelry, A Monitor And A Smart Scale | Fitness-minded individuals have devices like the Fitbit to track their steps and activities. Expectant mothers have Bellabeat. The startup has been selling a low-cost “connected system” that allows moms-to-be to track their pregnancies, inc... |
| 16.09.2014 | Misfit Wearables Launches The Flash, A More Affordable Fitness And Sleep Tracker | Misfit Wearables, which has sold roughly 600,000 metallic, quarter-sized activity trackers or Shines, has launched a more affordable fitness wearable called the Flash. The company, which was co-founded by an extremely experienced hardware C... |
| 05.09.2014 | Pryv Partners with Misfit Wearables | |
| 28.08.2014 | Why can’t my activity tracker make my latte? | When wearables and Internet of Things startups start talking
My activity tracker knows when I’m active, when I’m sleeping and when I’m waking up. Why can’t it talk to and activate my espresso machine when it sees that I'm just about to wake... |
| 27.08.2014 | Hardware Crowdfunding: Where The Venture Dollars Flow | Matt Witheiler Contributor
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Editor’s note: Matt Witheiler is a General Partner at Flybridge Capital Partners. You can follow him on his blog... |
| 05.08.2014 | The iPad's inventor is now leading hardware at Misfit Wearables | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
With a major new hire, Misfit Wearables is gearing up for a big hardware push.
Misfit has brought on Josh Banko, a former senior engine... |
| 05.08.2014 | The iPad's inventor is now leading hardware at Misfit Wearables | With a major new hire, Misfit Wearables is gearing up for a big hardware push.
Misfit has brought on Josh Banko, a former senior engineering manager at Apple, who led the team that created the iPad as its vice president of hardware.
After j... |
| 10.07.2014 | Misfit Wearables gets into bed with Beddit | The collaboration also offers another way for Misfit to set itself apart from other wearable companies with sleep analysis trackers such as Jawbone and Withings.
A report by Frost & Sullivan published earlier this year observed that the... |
| 24.06.2014 | Misfit, Pebble Partnership Brings Activity Tracking to Smartwatch | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
This morning, Misfit, maker of the activity-tracking device Shine, announced a partnership with Pebble, bringing its technology to the company’s namesake watch. Now, Pebble wa... |
| 03.06.2014 | Five differences between consumer and patient sensor technologies | The technology industry has been buzzing of late because of the big players entering the wearable sensor market. We are very familiar with Misfit, Nike’s Fuelband and the Fitbit for some time. Others investing into the sector include Intel,... |
| 27.04.2014 | Every Fitness App And Wearable Should Have A Mood Tracker | Along with its many other benefits, regular workouts contribute to better moods and energy levels. As a result, I am constantly surprised to see how many fitness tracking apps and wearable devices lack a mood tracking feature.
My interest i... |
| 23.04.2014 | Misfit Debuts Two New Colors And Bloom, A Sleek New Necklace For Its Shine Activity Tracker | As wearables continue to evolve, we’re seeing the blend of wearables and jewelry, and the importance of form factor in adoption. Misfit is debuting a sleek new necklace as the newest way to wear its Shine activity tracker. The company is al... |
| 20.04.2014 | The Not-So-Secret Language Of The Misfit Shine | Here’s a random tidbit about the Misfit Shine, the activity tracker from Misfit Wearables.
I ran into CEO Sonny Vu about a week ago, and when he pulled a Misfit Shine out of his bag, he pointed out something that no one seems to have notice... |
| 16.04.2014 | Why fitness wearables can’t be one-size-fits-all | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Consumers can’t get enough of wearables. But let’s face it, companies are missing the mark when it comes to designing for all of us.
Pr... |
| 10.03.2014 | The 5 hottest health-tech startups at SXSW | AUSTIN, Tex. — Health technology startups shone this year at South by Southwest Interactive.
Pedicab bikers raved about TumorPaint (the inventor of the “molecular flashlight” delivered a rousing talk), and Misfit Wearables piqued excitement... |
| 10.03.2014 | The 5 hottest health-tech startups at SXSW | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
AUSTIN, Tex. — Health technology startups shone t... |
| 06.03.2014 | Founders Fund has a fresh $1B to spend. Here’s a look at its healthcare picks | As of late, it’s been doing quite a bit in the digital health and genetics space. Here’s a look at the health-focused companies it’s invested in through its angel and venture funds
This list was compiled based on the fund’s website and news... |
| 28.01.2014 | Indiegogo Raises $40 Million In Series B To Expand Their Crowdfunding Reach | Institutional Venture Partners and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers have led a $40 million Series B round for Indiegogo, the self-described first and largest crowdfunding platform. The company, which raised $15 million in 2012 will use ... |
| 16.01.2014 | 14 health care innovation predictions for 2014 | By Vector Staff
2013 saw an accelerated crumbling of borders and boundaries in health care, fueled by technological and scientific advances. Boundaries between high-tech Western medicine and global health practices have begun blurring in in... |
| 12.12.2013 | The ultimate wearables gift guide | Nerds and non-nerds alike are overwhelming Santa this year with requests for wearable technologies, those mini electronic devices that are worn with (or on top of) clothing.
We can’t get enough of wearables, including smartwatches, fitness ... |
| 04.12.2013 | Misfit Wearables Raises $15.2M in Funding | Misfit Wearables, a Redwood City, CA-based developer of wearable sensor technology and products, raised $15.2m in funding.
Backers included Horizons Ventures and existing investors Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, O... |
| 04.12.2013 | Funding Daily: It's beginning to look a lot like… dolla dolla bills, ya'll | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
And now the moment you’ve been anticipating since... |
| 04.12.2013 | Shine on: Misfit Wearables scoops up $15.2M for its sleek, little activity tracker | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
If you make a wearable device, chances are someon... |
| 04.12.2013 | Funding Daily: It's beginning to look a lot like… dolla dolla bills, ya'll | And now the moment you’ve been anticipating since the last glorious time it came out (which was yesterday), today’s roundup of funding and investment news that we lovingly call Funding Daily! Industry Ventures hauls in its biggest fund yet
... |
| 04.12.2013 | Misfit Raises $15.2M From Li Ka-shing’s Horizons Ventures For Its Activity Tracker, The Shine | Misfit Wearables, the hardware startup that built a sleek activity tracker called the Shine, just picked up $15.2 million from Li Ka-shing’s Horizons Ventures in a big, new growth round.
Jason Wong, a director at the Hong Kong-based firm, w... |
| 02.12.2013 | The Shine activity tracker now has what Nike’s Fuelband doesn’t: an Android app | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Misfit Wearable’s Shine is finally taking a much-needed jump to Android.
The $120 activity tracker, which is slightly larger than a qua... |
| 23.09.2013 | Data scientist tests 21 sensors and still can’t find a good one | “Accuracy is the wrong question to ask.”
Gannes wanted Kalmar to name the most accurate tracker. Kalmar said a quantified selfer looking for accuracy should buy a triathalon GPS watch.
“The goal of all these is not accuracy but to get peopl... |
| 16.09.2013 | 10 tech gadgets for fitness and health | Article content
I was recently cooling off after after a 6 a.m. power walk with a pal when she pulled out her iPhone to announce we’d walked five kilometres, 172 metres of it uphill and we burned close to 300 calories.
I was getting similar... |
| 03.09.2013 | Why wearable-tech makers need to court the fashion industry | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
The biggest hurdle to wearables hitting the mainstream isn’t technology. It’s fashion.
This weekend, VentureBeat exclusively published ... |
| 03.09.2013 | Why wearable-tech makers need to court the fashion industry | The biggest hurdle to wearables hitting the mainstream isn’t technology. It’s fashion.
This weekend, VentureBeat exclusively published images of the Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch prototype that was sent to a few select developers ahead of ... |
| 09.08.2013 | Misfit Wearables CEO: ‘Wearables are not that wearable — yet’ | SAN FRANCISCO — Wearable computers have generated a good deal of hype and crowdfunding dollars, but it’s still early days for this technology.
The new wave of health and fitness tracking devices are popular with a niche group of Silicon Val... |
| 25.07.2013 | A Week With The Shine, A Beautifully Designed Smart Activity Tracker Made From Japanese Metal | Fitbits. FuelBands. UPs. The market for smart, connected activity trackers continues to get ever-more crowded. And yet, there’s not an obvious winner yet.
Misfit Wearables’ Shine is a new entrant in the space and they may have the most beau... |
| 23.06.2013 | If The Government Can Access Our Facebook Data, What Happens When We Have Computers On Our Faces? | Wearables will follow a similar path as the smartphone market, Forrester analysts predicted in April 2012. “Wearables will move mainstream,” they said.
But will they?
Do you believe this?
Do I?
Maybe?
From fitness trackers to smartwatches t... |
| 25.05.2013 | Misfit Wearables Drops Android Support For Its Shine Activity Tracker Ahead Of Summer Launch | Heads up, Android fans. If you took the plunge and backed the rather sleek Shine wearable activity tracker from Misfit Wearables, you may want to get your money back. According to a recent update posted to the project’s Indiegogo listing, t... |
| 10.04.2013 | iRhythm raises $16M for patch that stores heartbeat data to help spot arrhythmia | When it’s time to take off the patch, patients send it to iRhythm’s national clinical center for processing. The data is assembled into reports that are made available to physicians, but patients also get access to them.
The U.S. Food and D... |
| 26.03.2013 | 8 Reasons Why Every Health Tech Startup Should Use Crowdfunding | Why not explore what’s to gain from crowdfunding when there’s nothing to lose? MedStartr’s co-founder and CEO Alex Fair explains.
Alex Fair, Co-Founder & CEO of MedStartr
Thinking about joining the crowd? We know, your mother probably t... |
| 06.02.2013 | Digital Health Funding Tops over $320 Million in First Month of 2013 | Digital health funding tops over $320 million in January alone with 58 digital health startups receiving venture funding.
2013 has quickly established itself as a breakout year for digital health with 58 digital health startups raising a to... |
| 04.02.2013 | Wearable Devices’ Next Design Challenge: The Human Brain | Wearable devices like the Nike+ FuelBand, Jawbone UP, larklife, and future products like the Misfit Shine and Google Glass have been the subject of much discussion, for good reason: They give us access to information about our physical bodi... |
| 10.01.2013 | Indiegogo Founder Slava Rubin Says Crowdfunding Takes Down The “Gatekeepers” | Slava Rubin knows a thing or two about crowdfunding. Founded in 2008, his company, Indiegogo is a major funding powerhouse, bringing together such disparate projects like the Misfit Shine and The Oatmeal’s anti-troll lawyer fundraiser.
Slav... |
| 31.12.2012 | Misfit Wearables Puts Design First in New Activity Tracker | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Misfit Wearables cofounder and CEO Sonny Vu learned a valuable lesson at his last company, AgaMatrix. The mobile health startup produced a blood glucose meter called the iBGSt... |
| 14.12.2012 | Watch these 5 videos to figure out how to tell your startup’s story | Character development
Chat participants expressed that they want to know who’s getting their money, and they want to trust that those people will deal with it responsibly. The young founders of Refresh NOW, a wallet-sized contact lens case ... |
| 06.12.2012 | How a sleek, quarter-sized activity tracker hit its $100,000 crowdfunding goal in under a day | With three weeks left to go, the company is less than $50,000 away from its stretch goal of $500,000. More than 5,000 people have contributed and will receive the devices in March.
So, what’s so great about Shine? El Heneidi said the inspir... |
| 14.11.2012 | Meet Shine: The Elegant Activity Tracker That Has A Neat Trick For Syncing With The iPhone | Several months ago, we found out that a company co-founded by Apple’s former CEO John Sculley and a couple of hardware veterans who make those iPhone-connected glucose meters popular with diabetics were working on some stealth wearable comp... |
| 27.04.2012 | Misfit Wearables, The Startup From Agamatrix’s Founders, Former Apple CEO John Sculley, Raises $7.6M | Google Glass isn’t the only game in town.
Misfit Wearables, a wearable computing startup from the founding team of mobile health company Agamatrix and former Apple chief executive John Sculley, just raised $7.6 million in a round co-led by ... |
| - | Misfit Wearables gets into bed with Beddit | Misfit Wearables, a company known for its aesthetically pleasing wearable, Shine, is collaborating with a Finnish sleep analysis company Beddit, according to a company statement. The move pairs Beddit’s thin, unobstrusive sleep monitor, whi... |
| - | Five differences between consumer and patient sensor technologies | The technology industry has been buzzing of late because of the big players entering the wearable sensor market. We are very familiar with Misfit, Nike’s Fuelband and the Fitbit for some time. Others investing into the sector include Intel,... |
| - | Watch these 5 videos to figure out how to tell your startup’s story | A Twitter chat among crowdfunders last week made it clear that a well-suited crowdfunding project must have a few critical elements: emotional appeal, a trustworthy founder and a compelling story.
Until the rules for equity crowdfunding are... |
| - | iRhythm raises $16M for patch that stores heartbeat data to help spot arrhythmia | A patch that acts as an electrocardiogram to record and store heartbeats for up to 14 days so it can be analyzed later for signs of arrhythmia has raised $16 million in a series D round. The cardiac rhythm diagnostics device is designed to ... |
| - | Data scientist tests 21 sensors and still can’t find a good one | At the Privacy Identity Innovation conference in Seattle last week, Liz Gannes of All Things D met Rachel Kalmar of Misfit Wearables. Kalmar is a data scientist and a one-person focus group for 21 personal trackers. Gannes asked Kalmar to i... |
| - | Founders Fund has a fresh $1B to spend. Here’s a look at its healthcare picks | The rumors were true – kind of: The Founders Fund has been out raising a massive amount of cash for a fifth fund, but it’s not $750 million as originally thought. It’s $1 billion, the fund said today.
Most known for backing Facebook, Spotif... |
| - | How a sleek, quarter-sized activity tracker hit its $100,000 crowdfunding goal in under a day | Does the world really need another fitness tracker? We already have the BodyMedia FIT, FitBit, Striiv, and the list goes on.
But what if it’s waterproof, made of aluminum, about the size of a quarter and can register bicycle pedaling and sw... |
