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Aliph

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Beginning as a research experiment for DARPA, Hosain Rahman’s Jawbone bluetooth headset uses military grade technology to cancel surrounding ambient noise. Jawbone is not only practical, but it’s a stylish (and expensive at $120) headset that’s been raved about on many a gadget site.

The headset uses a sensor placed on the side of your jaw to pick up vibrations when you speak. When you are speaking the microphone picks up more strongly and then weakens when you stop in order to make calls much clearer.

Aliph, the company behind Jawbone, has raised a total of $14 million since 1999, yet a recent $5 million round from Khosla Ventures came specifically to develop its new headset. An investment of undisclosed size has also been made by venture giant, Sequoia Capital.

Milestones

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  Aliph — Jawbone 2.0 at Apple stores (5/20/08)
  Posted 10/7/08 at 5:05pm
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  Aliph added Roelof Botha as Board Member. (1/08)
  Posted 5/19/08 at 12:03pm
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  Aliph received $6.83M in Series B funding. (1/08)
  Posted 2/1/10 at 4:40pm
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  Aliph received $30M in Unattributed funding. (1/08)
  Posted 2/1/10 at 4:40pm
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  Aliph received $5M in Series A funding. (7/1/07)
  Posted 9/7/07 at 2:39am
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  Aliph added Patrick Chiang as Director. (12/15/06)
  Posted 2/1/10 at 4:44pm
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  Aliph received $800k in Unattributed funding. (12/15/06)
  Posted 2/1/10 at 4:40pm
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  Aliph added David Weiden as Director. (12/06)
  Posted 2/1/10 at 4:44pm
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  Aliph added Alexander Asseily as Co-Founder. (2005)
  Posted 2/1/10 at 4:42pm
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  Aliph added Ray Martino as SVP, Engineering.
  Posted 7/10/09 at 9:11am
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  Aliph added Carol Mackinlay as VP, HR.
  Posted 9/9/08 at 3:49pm
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  Aliph added Hosain Rahman as Founder/CEO.
  Posted 9/7/07 at 2:36am
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  Aliph added Max Ochoa as General Counsel.
  Posted 4/29/08 at 8:53am

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Sources

1. Khosla Ventures invests $5M in Jawbone (gigaom.com) [edit]
2. SEC D/A (sec.gov) [edit]
3. SEC D Amended (sec.gov) [edit]
4. SEC D (sec.gov) [edit]
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