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Eric Migicovsky

Eric Migicovsky

Eric Migicovsky is an American entrepreneur, engineer, and Visiting Partner at Ycombinator.com. He is the original founder of Pebble, which became the most successful project in Kickstarter's history and was recently acquired by Fitbit.

Career

While studying engineering at the University of Waterloo in 2008, Migicovsky began building smartwatches with a group of friends.

In April 2012, Migicovsky and his team launched Pebble on Kickstarter, where it became the most successful crowdfunded project in Kickstarter’s history. [4] In November 2016, Pebble was acquired by Fitbit. He left Pebble in December of 2016.

References

[1]
Citation Linkblog.ycombinator.comNews of Eric M. joining Y Combinator
Jun 25, 2017, 5:00 PM
[2]
Citation Linkcrunchbase.comEric Migicovsky's Crunchbase Page
Jun 25, 2017, 8:03 PM
[4]
Citation Linkkickstarter.comOriginal Pebble Kickstarter Campaign
Jun 25, 2017, 8:14 PM
[5]
Citation Linktechcrunch.comFitbit being acquired by Pebble
Jun 25, 2017, 8:16 PM
[6]
Citation Linktwitter.comEric Migicovsky's Twitter
Jun 25, 2017, 8:20 PM
[7]
Citation Linklinkedin.comEric Migicovsky's Linkedin
Jun 25, 2017, 8:23 PM