DateCompanySeriesFunding Amount
January 2008AliphComC$30,000,000
Round Details
Funding Amount$30,000,000
Board Seats Demanded0 out of max. 4 seats
Has Liquidation Preference?Yes
Has Anti-Dilution Protection?Yes
Investment Types
  • Equity
    • Preferred Equity
  • Warrant
Company Age At Funding9 years
Financials for AliphComValuation Multiples
Total Assets N/AV / A    
Stockholder's Equity N/AV / SE    
Revenues N/AV / R    
Net Income (Loss) N/AV / E    
Cash Flow N/AV / CF    
EBITDA N/AV / EBITDA    
Operating Income (Loss) N/AV / OI    
Business Description for AliphCom

AliphCom, doing business as Jawbone, is a privately-held consumer electronics company that specializes in mobile lifestyle products and services. In addition to Aliph's flagship product, the Jawbone Bluetooth headset that launched in December 2006, Aliph is also the creator of an intelligent wireless speaker and speakerphone called JAMBOX. Aliph's Noise Shield technology, which eliminates background noise and delivers call clarity, was originally developed with DARPA (The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) for battlefield applications. Aliph is venture capital-backed, having received financing from firms such as Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, and Khosla Ventures. Aliph was founded in 1999 by Hosain Rahman and Alexander Asseily, and has headquarters in San Francisco, California.

Notes
1Series 3 Preferred Stock Financing includes aggregate value of $1,468,757 representing cancellation of indebtedness. Also includes $1,707 value of warrants issued as part of the Series 3 Preferred Stock Financing.