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Tempo reveals $17M-funded $2000 weight lift training screen
Tempo wants to be the Peloton of barbells. It’s a 42-inch tall screen with 3D machine vision that tracks and teaches you as you workout. The giant upright HD display makes it feel like your personal trainer is right there with you while you compete with others in live and on-demand classes. Tempo’s Microsoft Kinect-esque…
Flywheel to stop online classes and offer trade-in for Peloton bikes after settling lawsuit
After settling a patent infringement lawsuit filed against it by Peloton, fitness startup Flywheel will stop offering its At Home online classes on March 27. Current Flywheel At Home customers…
Eight Sleep CEO says his startup is more than a mattress company
Matteo Franceschetti, CEO of Eight Sleep, would prefer that you don’t call his startup a mattress company. Eight Sleep does sell mattresses, albeit smart ones packed with sensors and temperature…
Now that the final technology IPOs of 2019 have touched down, it’s a good time to start looking back at what happened during the year. We’re hunting for trends as…
Peloton’s stock sinks 7% as the ad saga continues to weigh on the company
Shares of popular home exercise company Peloton are off 7% in regular trading today as the company continues to reel in the wake of an advertisement it released that went…
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‘We are seeing volume and interest in Peloton explode,’ says company president on listing day
Making the world more fit one $2,245 bike at a time
Exercise bike and treadmill company Peloton priced its initial public offering this evening at $29 per share. As part of the IPO, Peloton is offering 40 million Class A common…
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How Peloton made sweat addictive enough to IPO
It makes lazy people like me work out. That’s the genius of the Peloton bicycle. All you have to do is Velcro on the shoes and you’re trapped. You’ve eliminated choice and you will exercise. Through a succession of savvy product design choice I’ll break down here, Peloton removes the friction to getting fit. It’s…
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The developer of internet-connected stationary bikes has proposed a maximum price per share of $29.
In this week’s newsletter: Peloton’s going public, Boll & Branch raised another $100M and more.
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The maker of internet-connected stationary bikes approaches $1 billion in annual revenue.
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Exercise tech company Peloton filed confidentially for IPO this week, and already the big question is whether their last private valuation at $4 billion might be too rich for the…
Peloton IPO, VC alternatives, privacy at Apple, and cybersecurity returns
ICYMI: As Peloton files for IPO, can its live fitness gamification model extend to other verticals? Peloton confidentially filed for its IPO today, and the juggernaut fitness company is positioned…
Daily Crunch: Peloton files to go public
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Connected bike and treadmill-maker Peloton files confidentially for IPO
Exercise tech darling and service provider Peloton has filed for an IPO with a confidential draft submission of its S-1 statement to the SEC on Wednesday. The company announced the…
Mirror, which sells a $1,495 mirror that doubles as an interactive home gym, is raising more VC.
Bad PR ideas, esports, and the Valley’s talent poaching war
Sending severed heads, and even more PR DON’Ts I wrote a “master list” of PR DON’Ts earlier this week, and now that list has nearly doubled as my fellow TechCrunch…
Zwift CEO Eric Min on fitness-gaming and bringing esports into the Olympics
The rumored IPO plans of $4 billion spinning brand Peloton marks the rise of a wave of interactive fitness startups like Mirror, Tonal, Hydrow and At Home 360 that combine a…
Tonal raises $45 million to bring strength training to more living rooms
Tonal is today announcing its Series C financing that it hopes will allow the company to bring its at-home gym to even more homes. The funding round shows investors’ excitement…
Peloton hit with $150 million music licensing suit
Streaming video is the key to Peloton’s success. But like any good spin class, it’s the soundtrack that really does the heavy lifting. A new suit filed by The National…
Mike Duda comes from the world of advertising. In fact, he spent 13 years at the renowned ad agency Deutsch, becoming the youngest partner in the company’s history until another…
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