# Eric Friedman

> Eric Friedman is a startup investor at Fitbit (San Francisco Bay Area). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Fitbit](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fitbit)
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-friedman-b50772

Eric Friedman is a startup investor at Fitbit in San Francisco Bay Area. Eric is our Co-Founder and has served as a member of our board of directors since March 2007, and most recently as our CTO. Previously, Eric served as an Engineer Manager at CNET Networks, as a Co-Founder of Wind-Up Labs, a founding engineer of Epesi Technologies, and a technical member of the Real-Time Collaboration Group at MicrosoftCorporation. Eric holds a B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science from Yale University. He was selected to serve as a member of our board of directors due to the perspective and experience he brings as our Co-Founder and CTO.

## About Fitbit

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Fitbit inspires people to exercise more, eat better and live healthier lifestyles. The company is developing an ultra-compact wireless wearable sensor, called the Fitbit Tracker, that automatically tracks data about a person's activities, such as calories burned, sleep quality, steps and distance.The Fitbit Tracker collects activity dataautomatically while it is worn by the user all day. The collected data is wirelessly uploaded to a website where the wearer can see their data and track their progress toward personal goals. The website provides a motivational interface where users can share their progress, compare themselves against similar people and work toward virtual goals with their friends, family and co-workers. At the website, users can also manually log nutrition, weight and other health information in order to gain a complete picture of their health.Fitbit makes it easy to achieve a healthy lifestyle by automating the collection of health data and providing a motivating and entertaining user interface.

5 contacts available at Fitbit.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alok Shankar | Country General Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alok-shankar |
| Eric Friedman | Co-Founder & CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eric-friedman-2 |
| James Park | CEO and Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-park |
| Shelten Yuen | VP Research | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shelten-yuen |
| Ajay Chopra | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ajay-chopra |

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