Pebble
Reportedly refused $740 million. Sold for a reported $23 million.
CAUSE OF DEATH: Reportedly declined $740 million, then $70 million, then sold for a reported $23 million. Its debts were reportedly bigger.
Pebble raised $10.3 million on Kickstarter in 2012, the most funded project in the site's history at the time. It had shipped a million watches by the end of 2014. In 2015 Citizen Watch reportedly offered $740 million for the company. Pebble said no. In 2016 Intel reportedly offered $70 million. Pebble passed on that too. On December 6, 2016 it filed for insolvency and sold its software to Fitbit for a reported $23 million, less than its debts were reported to be. Fitbit switched off the servers in 2018. The founder got the trademark back in 2025 and is selling Pebbles again. He has not said what he will do if someone offers him $740 million.