The brand
Pebble known for having launched one of the first connected watches to
meet some success via a crowdfunding project on the
Kickstarter platform in 2012, would experience financial difficulties, and
would beabout to be acquired by Fitbit.
This is in fact what several American newspapers, including The
Information, the Financial Times, or even Techcrunch, according to the latter
source the famous American manufacturer specializing in connected objects with
activity tracking would spend between34 and 40 million
dollarsto get your hands on Pebble.
It looks like Fitbit is primarily interested in ownership
intellectual property of Pebble, as well as theiroperating system for
smartwatch, etreportedly plans to discontinue watch line
connected Pebble.
If this sum of 34-40 million dollars is confirmed, it would be a
small buyout which will just cover Pebble's debts.
The CEO of Pebble reportedly refused a $750 million offer from Citizen in
2015, and another $70 million from Intel earlier this
year.
After the latest mixed quarterly results for FitBit, this potential
acquisition of Pebble is perhaps a sign that the brand is moving away from simple
activity tracking bracelet, towards an object with more functionalities,
or even a FitBit connected watch.
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