Jawbone is known for developing wireless headsets and music products. The company has announced today that they have acquired BodyMedia for $110 million, according to The New York Times. Based in Pittsburgh, BodyMedia sells wearable health-tracking sensors.
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Jawbone was initially known for developing high-end Bluetooth headsets and they have expanded further into developing active tracking products with a focus on health. To bolster their presence in the health market, Jawbone has acquired two companies: San Francisco startup Massive Health and Portland based design company Visere. Massive Health is known for designing the Eatery mobile application.
Jawbone, the company we wrote about yesterday for their new round of fundraising, has announced a new product called, quite simply, UP. It’s a bracelet that tracks everything you do, from eating to exercise to sleeping, and sends the information to a smartphone app so that you can use the data to be healthier. Gizmodo reports that the Up will connect with users’ phones via headphone jack.
Jawbone, a consumer electronics company, has raised $70 million in funding from investors via JP Morgan Asset Management. Just a few months ago the company raised $49 million from Andreessen Horowitz. TechCrunch calls Jawbone “one of the only pre-IPO consumer electronics companies building innovative hardware, software and UI design” for smartphones.
Jawbone has received a $49 million investment from investment firm Andreessen Horowitz. Marc Andreesen and Ben Horowitz have both previously invested in Jawbone as individual investors. Over the past 10 years, Jawbone has raised a total of $100 million. Jawbone has created a headset product and a Jambox wireless speaker box product. Recently they launched a free app called Thoughts, which lets users quickly write messages and send them through e-mail or text message. [AllThingsD]
