James Proud is a British entrepreneur, and former CEO of Hello, a technology company that created the personal sleep tracker Hello Sense. Founded in 2012, Hello raised over $30 million in venture capital funding and $2.4 million from a Kickstarter campaign for Hello Sense before ultimately shutting down in June 2017. James Proud received an inaugural Thiel Fellowship in 2011.
James Proud shut down his company Hello Sense because he received an inaugural Thiel Fellowship in 2011 that kickstarted his career as an entrepreneur.