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'''Owl Labs''' is company that makes a 360° video conferencing device called "Meeting Owl".<ref name="Rosen2017"/><ref name="OwlLabs2017"/> It was founded in 2014 by robotics experts Max Makeev and Mark Schnittman.<ref name="Martin2016"/> After |
'''Owl Labs''' is company that makes a 360° video conferencing device called "Meeting Owl".<ref name="Rosen2017"/><ref name="OwlLabs2017"/> It was founded in 2014 by robotics experts Max Makeev and Mark Schnittman.<ref name="Martin2016"/> After a seed round of $1.3M from serial entrepreneur [[Andy Rubin]] (via his [[Playground Global]] fund),<ref name="Engel2017"/> it raised $6M in venture capital in a Series A round led by [[Antonio Rodriguez (entrepreneur)|Antonio Rodriguez]], general partner at [[Matrix Partners]] in 2016. Playground Global and [[iRobot]] Ventures participated.<ref name="crunch"/><ref name="Maffei2017"/><ref name="Engel2017"/><ref name="Briodagh2017"/><ref name="Hofherr2017"/><ref name="OBrien2017"/> In June 2017, it announced its Meeting Owl device.<ref name="Johnson2017"/><ref name="Davis2017"/><ref name="Goode2017"/> |
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Revision as of 16:52, 23 June 2017
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| Industry | Video conferencing devices |
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| Founded | 2014 |
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| Headquarters | Somerville, Massachusetts, United States |
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| Products | Meeting Owl |
Number of employees | 20[1] (2017) |
| Website | www |
Owl Labs is company that makes a 360° video conferencing device called "Meeting Owl".[2][3] It was founded in 2014 by robotics experts Max Makeev and Mark Schnittman.[4] After a seed round of $1.3M from serial entrepreneur Andy Rubin (via his Playground Global fund),[1] it raised $6M in venture capital in a Series A round led by Antonio Rodriguez, general partner at Matrix Partners in 2016. Playground Global and iRobot Ventures participated.[5][6][1][7][8][9] In June 2017, it announced its Meeting Owl device.[10][11][12]
References
- ^ a b c Engel, Jeff (2017-05-09). "Owl Labs Grabs $6M Led by Matrix, Teases Video Conferencing Device". Xconomy. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
- ^ Rosen, Andy (2017-06-21). "Owl Labs unveils a new conferencing device". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
- ^ "Owl Labs Unveils the First Intelligent All-In-One 360° Video Conferencing Device". PR Newswire (Press release). 2017-06-21. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
- ^ Martin, Dylan (2016-08-17). "Two iRobot Vets Have Raised $5M for Their Video Conferencing Startup, Owl Labs". BostInno. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
- ^ "Owl Labs". Crunchbase. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
- ^ Maffei, Lucia (2017-05-09). "iRobot and HubSpot Alumni Launch Owl Labs with a $6M Series A". BostInno. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
- ^ Briodagh, Ken (2017-05-09). "Alumni from iRobot and HubSpot Launch Owl Labs with $6 Million Series A". IoT Evolution. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
- ^ Hofherr, Justine. "Somerville's Owl Labs busts out of stealth mode with $6M in funding". Built In Boston. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
- ^ O'Brien, Kelly J. (2017-05-09). "Andy Rubin-backed Owl Labs launches, but tech is still a mystery". Boston Business Journal. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
- ^ Johnson, Khari (2017-06-21). "Meeting Owl is a 360-degree camera backed by Andy Rubin's Playground Ventures". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
- ^ Davis, Cindy (2017-06-21). "The Coolest Product Cloaked in Secrecy at InfoComm17". AV Network. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
- ^ Goode, Lauren (2017-06-21). "Andy Rubin-backed Owl Labs just launched a robotic video conference camera". The Verge. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
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