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WakeMate makes personalized alarm clocks that sync with both a user's body and their cell phone, enabling the iPhone alarm system to sound at the end of a REM cycle. The application/ wristband system also provides a full sleep analysis on their Analytics Platform. The WakeMate uses a science called actigraphy to analyze your sleep. Actigraphy uses an actigraph (the WakeMate unit) placed on a subject’s wrist to monitor the motion. The motion data is then analyzed to determine sleep patterns and circadian rhythms of the subject. WakeMate was funded by the startup incubator Y Combinator.
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| Mar 28, 2012 | Google Introduces ‘Account Activity’ Reports for the Narcissist in Us All | level343.com With the rise of status tracking apps like Fitbit and WakeMate, it should come as no surprise to hear that people love quantifying and compartmentalizing every sliver of their daily lives. It appears that Valley veteran Google ... |
| Aug 16, 2011 | 31 startups emerge from 500 Startups Demo Day | Dave McClure's 500 Startups debuts fledgling companies, from music services to advertising to local Above: the view you see from the office of 500 Startups, located in the heart of Silicon Valley (image courtesy of Anthony Singhavong on Ins... |
| Jun 28, 2011 | WakeMate 2.0: Helping You Kiss Those Groggy Mornings Goodbye. For Real, This Time. | The story of WakeMate could be viewed as a warning to all tech-savvy entrepreneurs out there: building a hardware device is much more difficult than most web applications. The promise of WakeMate is compelling — it sells a $60 wristband tha... |
| Apr 28, 2011 | LivingTechie Is A Groupon For Techies | Just to add more fuel to the conflict of interest fire we have raging over at TC HQ today, TechCrunch Israeli correspondent Roi Carthy has decided to build a startup and we are writing about it. You’d think being a TechCrunch writer would m... |
| Dec 31, 2010 | WakeMate Warns Users Of Major Safety Issue With Product After One Bursts Into Flames | It was only days ago that we wrote that after nearly a year of delays, the first WakeMate units were finally shipping to customers. And now there’s some more bad news — really bad. Some of the initial units are apparently bursting into flam... |
| Dec 20, 2010 | After Nearly A Year Of Delays, WakeMate Is Finally Shipping | If ever there was a case of a startup demonstrating the kind of hurdles involved with producing hardware, it’s WakeMate. We first wrote about the Y Combinator-funded startup over a year ago, which promises to help you kiss your groggy morni... |
| Sep 9, 2010 | Just A Few More Delays For WakeMate Sleep Aid System | Soon, friends. Soon you will have your WakeMates. As soon as they figure out the quality control issues, ship the pieces to the manufacturer, assemble the units, and pass Apple’s app certification process, they’ll get those pre-orders out t... |
| Jul 6, 2010 | WakeMate's Long Delays May Finally Be Coming To An End | WakeMate’s quest to help you kiss your groggy mornings goodbye continues. The Y Combinator-funded startup has become something of a poster child for the mantra “Hardware is hard” — when the company debuted its gadget in November, it promise... |
| Jan 23, 2010 | WakeMate Delays Initial Shipment, Makes Moves To Appease Upset Customers | Your groggy mornings aren’t over yet. A few months ago we wrote about WakeMate, a Y Combinator-funded startup that makes a small gadget designed to help you sleep better. Last time we talked to them, the WakeMate team had a planned ship dat... |
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FAQ about Wakemate
Who has invested in Wakemate?
Parsers VC lists 2 investors of Wakemate, among them 500 Startups.
What has the press written about Wakemate?
Parsers VC has collected 11 articles mentioning Wakemate, among them “Google Introduces ‘Account Activity’ Reports for the Narcissist in Us All” (Mar 28, 2012) and “31 startups emerge from 500 Startups Demo Day” (Aug 16, 2011).
Is Wakemate still active?
Yes, Wakemate is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Jun 28, 2012.