Ozlo sells Sleepbuds, a compact pair of sleep-focused earbuds that support streaming and reuse licensed IP and design expertise from former Bose sleep-product engineers. The buds sit flush with the ear, use soft compliant tips with small wing tips for retention, and come in a puck-shaped charging case. Ozlo priced the Sleepbuds at $299 and began shipping units to early backers while making them broadly available for purchase. The company says it will use new capital to develop a second-generation Sleepbuds product and to pursue FDA clearance for a tinnitus therapy. Ozlo’s positioning ties the hardware to a broader health play within wearables rather than being a pure hardware-only maker. The team and product lineage trace back to former Bose executives and licensed Bose IP, which helped accelerate the product’s development and market entry. Ozlo Sleep is a Boston, MA-based science-driven sleep and audio technology company focused on clinically enhancing rest without pharmaceutical intervention. It was co-founded by three ex-Bose employees, including CEO N.B. Patil, COO Brian Mulcahey, and CPO Charles Taylor. The company's core product is Ozlo Sleepbuds, a headphone designed specifically for sleep that leverages acquired and licensed proprietary sleep-related technology from Bose Corporation. Ozlo emerged from stealth after completing a $10M Series A and plans to launch the Sleepbuds later this summer. The funding round was led by LifeArc Ventures and ARTIS Ventures, and board seats were added for Dr. Imran Hamid and Vasudev Bailey. Ozlo's stated mission is to improve wakefulness and the quality of mental and physical well-being by enhancing rest through audio and sleep science.

Total raised

$22M

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2

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Oct 2024