Withings is a consumer electronics company located in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France. It was founded in June 2008 near Paris by three executives from the technology and telecom industry: Eric Carreel, co-founder of Inventel, and Sculpteo, Frédéric Potter, co-founder of Cirpack (both companies were bought by Technicolor SA in 2005), and Cédric Hutchings. Withings designs Internet-connected devices and describes its products as part of the Internet of Things.[2] In July 2013 Withings received $30 million investment from Bpifrance, Idinvest Partners, 360 CapitalPartners, and Ventech.