Owlet

 Our Mission

Better care for babies by empowering parents with the right information at the right time.

F O U N D E R   K U R T   W O R K M A N

Our Journey to Empowered Parenting

2013

• OWLET FOUNDED
  Co-founders begin work on in-home infant pulse oximeter.
• COMPANY MOVES TO NYC to participate in TechStars.

2015

• FIRST BETA UNITS CREATED
  We successfully miniaturize pulse oximeters.
• TECHNOLOGY PASSES CLINICAL ACCURACY TESTS
• FIRST PRODUCT SHIPS
• We start distributing Smart Sock units to users.
• 15 BILLION HEART BEATS monitored in the first few months.
• STORIES BEGIN POURING IN
  Parents report notifications enabling them to help infants sooner when they are in distress.

2016

• FIRST FOUNDATION STARTED
  We offer to match donations and work to make monitors more widely available.
• DETECTS SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA in infants for earlier treatment.
• CLINICAL TEAM KICKS OFF STUDY in conjunction with a health insurance provider to see if costs can be reduced with in-home monitoring.
• “BEST STARTUP OF CES" AWARD

2017

• 1 BILLION HEART BEATS IN A SINGLE NIGHT are tracked by users.
• OWLET LAUNCHES INTERNATIONALLY
• CONNECTED CARE LAUNCHES

2018

• Owlet hosts 10 foundations at our first FOUNDATION SUMMIT
• OWLET WINS THREE BEST BABY MONITOR AWARDS
• 1 TRILLION HEART BEATS IN A SINGLE NIGHT are tracked by users.
• Raises $24 million in Series B Funding
• Finalist in the Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC), the world’s largest startup competition

2019

• Owlet launches Pregnancy Band
• Owlet Wins 3 Innovation Awards at CES

WE WORK TOWARDS A FUTURE...

...Where every parent, new and expecting, has access to better tools to care for their baby in the home.