Overview
Employees
11-50
Total raised
$12.8M
Founded date
2006
Funding Rounds 1
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Mentions in press and media 6
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| May 8, 2008 | Pleo destroyed by a Combot | This is the saddest thing I’ve ever seen. Since getting a Pleo a few months ago, we’ve basically given the bugger a name and gotten to know its personality. To watch this Combot tear Pleo up at Maker Faire is like watching a wolf eat a mous... |
| Dec 3, 2007 | Pleo Dinosaur Robot Marches Its Way into My Heart | Pleo is a new $350 ‘life form’ dinosaur robot created by Ugobe. Unlike all the robot dinosaurs I know (e.g. the WowWee Roboraptor), the Pleo is not remote-controlled. It’s ‘self-aware’. It ‘evolves’. It’s also not very badass. This thing, i... |
| Oct 4, 2006 | Life-like toy company Ugobe raises $8 million — to release “Pleo” | See our story here. VentureBeat VentureBeat's mission is to be a digital townsquare for technical decision makers to gain knowledge about transformative technology and transact. Our site delivers essential information on data technologies a... |
| Oct 3, 2006 | Life-like Pleo about to hit market; raises $8M in venture backing | Updated Silicon Valley start-up Ugobe is getting ready to bring its “revolutionary” new life-like toy, Pleo, to market. The creature is due out this fall (udpate: turns out this is not true; see below). Pleo gets happy when you stroke and p... |
| Jan 30, 2006 | Don’t cry for Aibo — Furby creator comes to rescue with Silicon Valley start-up | Furby Sony may have killed Aibo, its peppy robotic dog, but fear not. Elsewhere, Silicon Valley’s cutting edge technology and Hollywood’s characters are creating new life forms at a rate not seen heretofore. The Disney purchase of Emeryvill... |