Eargo

Eargo was founded in 2010 by Florent Michel, his son Raphael Michel, and Daniel Shen. Florent—an ear, nose, and throat surgeon—serves as the designer and inventor while Raphael served as the company's first CEO and Shen as the company's chief science & clinical officer. In 2013, they received seed funding from a range of seed funds and angels as well as Maveron. In June 2015, they received $13.6 million in Series A funding from a group of 9 investors, including Maveron, Crosslink Capital, Dolby Family Ventures, and Birchmere Ventures.Eargo announced $25 million in Series B funding led by New Enterprise Associates in December 2015, and in October 2017 closed the first tranche of Series C funding intended to raise $45m. There were other subsequent rounds of funding including a $52M series-D in 2019 and a $71M series-E in mid 2020.Eargo filed for IPO on September 25, 2020 and officially listed on NASDAQ on October 16, 2020.in June 2015, Eargo launched the first hearing devices available for order. The Eargo Plus was introduced in 2017 and, in 2018, the Eargo Max was introduced. The Eargo Neo launched in 2019, and in 2020 the Eargo Neo HiFi was launched .