Welcome to KokoonAbout Us

We spend a third of our lives sleeping, or at least we should and we know first hand how frustrating not being able to get a good night’s sleep is. That’s why our team of sleep obsessed Kokooners wanted to create products that really help, that aren’t fads or pills, but long lasting, reliable sleep solutions powered by audio

Our Mission: Improve sleep for everyone

We knew that delivering audio in the most comfortable way was the key to a great night's sleep. Audio has a profound impact on sleep; not only helping busy minds to switch off, but also masking external disturbances to extend your slumber. We set out to help people drift off quicker and stay asleep longer

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Our Story

Tim (CEO) and Rich (CTO) founded Kokoon in 2013 with a mission to take the science of the sleep clinic and integrate into day to day lives through technology. We've launched three world-first products and continue to innovate at the juncture between sound and sleep.

Oct 2013
Kokoon was founded Our team of two co-founded Kokoon Technology with the aim to make getting to sleep easier...everytime
Jul 2015
Kickstarter We launched our first kickstarter campaign for Kokoon's first product: Relax headphones. Over 10k devices were ordered and over $2m was raised.
Oct 2018
Relax Launch After our successful kickstarter campaign we launched the first product from Kokoon: Relax Headphones
OCT 2020
Kickstart II Kickstart campaign launch for Kokoon's second product: Nightbuds. Over 17k devices sold and over $3m raised.
OCT 2021
Power of 20 The team at Kokoon grew to over twenty employees - ready to deliver the Nightbuds
Nov 2021
Nightbuds Launch Our second product iteration launched to the public. The Nightbuds were released to a successful launch
Dec 2021
Sleep Tech of the Year Nightbuds win 'Sleep Tech of the Year' award from National Sleep Foundation
Sep 2022
Market Research and R&D Product development team gathered customer feedback and entered in to in-depth development stage for 'Sleep Headphones'
Jun 2023
Kickstarter III Kickstarter for next generation 'Sleep Headphones' launched in partnership with Philips
Dec 2023
Philips Sleep Headphones Ship Sleep Headphones begin shipping to kickstarter backers around the world

The Evolution of the Headphones

From over ear headphones to in ear buds, our design evolution has always been focused on enhancing sleep

Kokoon Relax Headphones

Our original over ear headphones were designed in the early era of Bluetooth and active noise cancellation. We needed the larger headphone design to house the electronics and have a decent battery life. Loved by many, particularly those that travelled frequently.

Kokoon Nightbuds

Then came the nightbuds. For a stable, comfortable design, electronics were relocated from the sensitive in-ear region to a less sensitive region behind the head, typically not felt in bed. This enables a very thin, soft profile in the ear and through night battery capacity.

Philips Sleep Headphones

Philips approached us to collaborate on the latest model. Using their manufacturing capabilities and audio advancements we built the new and improved PSH. With slimmer earbuds, enhanced materials for comfort and even better audio quality.

The Kokoon App has tracked over

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hours of sleep

10+ Years Of Development

Our team of scientists and engineers have spent over 11 years researching and developing sleep headphones and specialist adaptive sleep audio delivered through the Kokoon app

Headphone Evolution
Early Headphone Concept

Kickstarter 2015

Headphone Evolution
Early NB Concept 2019

Early concept of what an in-ear sleep headphone designed for side sleeping may look

Product Optimisation
3D Statistical Analysis
App Design
A very early app Concept 2015

Core elements of sleep tracking and Kokoon soundscape are already there

App Design
Mid 2016 Prototype

A now obsolete 'Kokoon' button used to have a very elaborate animation. Core Kokoon audio and library elements have already appeared

App Design
First Production Version of App 2018

Much more effort had gone into the library, Kokoon audio content and sleep staging algorithms. The data view and algorithms made use of novel sensors in the relax headphones

Our Founders

Tim

(CEO)

"I was in a busy, stressful job in the city and coupled with a busy mind I developed insomnia. After visiting a sleep clinic, which was a gamechanger, I left wanting to make sleep solutions more accessible to all."

Rich

(CTO)

"When I was growing up my family used audio, via a bedside speaker, to help them with their sleep. Kokoon offered an opportunity to see how effective we could make a sleep audio experience to help everyone get the rest they need!"