Withings
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| Industry | Consumer electronics |
| Founded | Issy-les-Moulineaux, France (June 2008) |
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| Defunct | 2016 |
| Headquarters | 2 rue Maurice Hartmann, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France |
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Number of locations
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3 (2016) |
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Area served
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Global |
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Number of employees
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200 (2016) |
| Parent | Nokia |
| Website | www |
Withings (pronounced "with-things") is a French consumer electronics company headquartered in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, with offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and Hong Kong, distributing products worldwide. Withings is known for design and innovation in connected health devices, such as the first Wi-Fi scale on the market (introduced in 2009), an FDA-cleared blood pressure monitor, a high-definition wireless security camera, a smart sleep system, and a line of automatic activity tracking watches. Having received numerous awards for its products and innovation, including CES awards, Withings was a flagship company of the French Tech community until it was purchased by Finnish company Nokia on 26 April 2016. The deal closed on 31 May, with Withings having been absorbed into Nokia Technologies' new Digital Health unit led by the former Withings CEO. The Withings brand continues to be used but will be retired in summer 2017 in favor of the Nokia brand.
Withings was founded in 2008 by two executives from the technology and telecom industry: Éric Carreel, co-founder of Inventel, and Cédric Hutchings. The company's first product was the connected body scale, which officially launched in June 2009.
In September 2010, Withings received its first venture capital funding - $3.8 million from Ventech - to fund the development of the company's next two products. In January 2011, Withings announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas that its second product would be a blood pressure monitor that connects to the iPhone. It also announced it would produce a baby monitor for use with smartphones and other connected devices, which was made available to purchase across Europe in November 2011 and in the United States in February 2012.
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