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Doppler Labs

A wearable technology company.

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Wearables, Technology, Hardware,

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Reasons for Shutdown

Delayed Product Delivery

Manufacturing issues.

They switched manufacturers and pushed mass production back from fall 2016 to February 2017.
Few manufacturing issues delayed product release that caused them to miss out crucial sales in the holiday season.

Poor Product

Product defects led to negative reviews.

Doppler's flagship product was the Here One, a pair of super-smart earbuds, a competitor to the Apple AirPods.
However, their sales flopped, due to there were some design flaws that led to negative feedback and poor word-of-mouth.

Signalling Risk

Down round.

Doppler has looked at selling the company at a drastically lower valuation.

Direct Competitors and Similar Companies

Note: Direct competitors are defined by similarity score of more than 40%, while similar companies are defined by similarity score of less than 40%

No.	Name	Similarity score	Description	Industry	Categories	Location	Ownership status	Entity type	Stage of development	Transactional model type	Defensibility moats	Last financing round	Total raised	Post-money valuation	Last financing date	No. of funding round(s)	No. of investors	Investors	Total revenue	Market capitalization	No. of investments	No. of acquisitions	No. of board seats taken	Competition	Management	No. of employees	Company reputation	Contact info	Operational status	Operational duration	Shutdown date	Founded date	Legal name	Former legal name(s)	Ticker
1.	Zune	27.1%	A line of digital media products and services marketed by Microsoft.	Consumer Electronics	Electronics, Music, Technology	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2006	-	-	-
2.	Amazon Fire Phone	25.5%	A 3D-enabled smartphone designed by Amazon.	Consumer Electronics	Software, Hardware	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2014	-	-	-
3.	Essential	22.1%	A mobile and home devices company focused on creating consumer technology products for the 21st century.	Consumer Electronics	Smart Home, Hardware, Software, Mobile Devices, Manufacturing, Electronics	United States	-	-	-	-	-	Early Stage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100-250	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2015	-	-	-
4.	Apple Newton's MessagePad	19.4%	A personal digital assistant device developed by Apple Computer for the Newton platform.	Consumer Electronics	Hardware, Technology, Electronics	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Active	-	-	1993	-	-	-
5.	Wattage	19.2%	An online platform that made creating hardware easy.	Consumer Electronics	3D Printing, Software, Hardware, E-Commerce	Canada	-	-	-	-	-	Seed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50-100	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2014	-	-	-
6.	Lily	16.2%	A flying camera that took photos and video in the moment.	Consumer Electronics	Hardware, Drones, Robotics, Technology	United States	-	-	-	-	-	M&A	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Active	-	-	01-Sep-2013	-	-	-
7.	Ossic	15.2%	A technology solution that focused on developing a 3D audio headphones.	Consumer Electronics	Audio, Hardware, Software	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2014	-	-	-
8.	Fry's Electronics	14.8%	-	Consumer Electronics	Hardware, Retail, Software	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10001-10001	-	-	Inactive	-	-	1985	-	-	-
9.	Samsung Galaxy Note 7	14.4%	An android-based phablet designed, developed, produced and marketed by Samsung Electronics.	Consumer Electronics	Hardware, Software, Technology	South Korea	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2016	-	-	-
10.	Jawbone	14.1%	A tech company that manufactured wearable tech and portable audio devices.	Consumer Electronics	Wearables, Hardware, Fitness, Software	United States	-	-	-	-	-	M&A	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	250-500	-	-	Inactive	-	-	1997	-	-	-
11.	Lytro	11.3%	Developed light-field cameras.	Consumer Electronics	Hardware, Electronics, Photography	United States	-	-	-	-	-	Late Stage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100-250	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2006	-	-	-
12.	North Inc	11.3%	The company provided technological products for human-computer interaction.	Consumer Electronics	Wearables, Consumer Goods, Robotics	Canada	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	250-500	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2012	-	-	-
13.	Ozmo Devices	6.5%	Offered Wi-Fi compatible communication technologies that delivered cost-effective WPAN connectivity for battery-operated devices.	Consumer Electronics	Electronics, Enterprise Software, Hardware	United States	-	-	-	-	-	M&A	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2004	-	-	-
14.	Vertu	6.4%	Offered luxury mobile phones.	Consumer Electronics	Mobile, Mobile Devices, Hardware, Product Design	United Kingdom	-	-	-	-	-	M&A	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5000-10000	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2003	-	-	-

Investors

No.	Name	Investor type	Description	Location	Preferred investment stage(s)	Stages invested in	Assets under management (AUM)	Investment range	Investment sweet spot	Preferred investment focus	Preferred investment geography	No. of investments	No. of lead investments	No. of follow-on investments	No. of co-investments	Portfolio companies	No. of exits	Total exit value	No. of failed investments	Loss on investments	No. of acquisitions	No. of board seats taken	No. of funds	Limited partners	Co-investors	No. of partners	Partners	No. of employees	Management	Board members	Founders	Investor reputation	Contact info	Entity type	Legal name	Former legal name(s)	Founded date	Ticker
1.	Acequia Capital (Acecap)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2.	Adrian Aoun	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3.	Alan D. Schwartz	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4.	Barry Sternlicht	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5.	Brainchild Holdings	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
6.	Casey Wasserman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7.	Charlie Songhurst	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
8.	David Bonderman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
9.	Gordon Crawford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
10.	Hank Vigil	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Leadership

No.	Image	Name	Previous designation	Previous company	Previous biography	Previous profile type	Previous location	Experience	Education	Reputation	Current company	Current designation	Current biography	Current profile type	Current location	No. of investments	No. of exits	Total exit value	No. of board seats taken	Contact info
1.		Noah Kraft	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2.		Fritz Lanman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Funding

No.	Financing date	Financing round	Total amount raised	Post-money valuation	Financial viability	Fundraising target amount	Remaining target amount	Financing type	No. of investors	Board seats	Lead investors	Entity type	Financing status
1.	18 Jul 2016	Series B	USD 24M	-	-			-	6	-	-	-	Completed
2.	7 Jul 2015	Series B	USD 17M	-	-			-	13	-	-	-	Completed
3.	1 Jul 2015	Funding round	USD 635K	-	-			-	-	-	-	-	Completed
4.	1 Sep 2014	Series A	USD 6.5M	-	-			-	10	-	-	-	Completed
5.	1 Feb 2014	Seed Round	USD 3M	-	-			-	18	-	-	-	Completed
6.	19 May 2013	Funding round	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-