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or in one of the offices in the UK,

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and in the assembly plant in

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History

Bugaboo was founded in 1996 by Max Barenbrug and his then brother-in-law, Eduard Zanen, an

entrepreneur Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value in ways that generally entail beyond the minimal amount of risk (assumed by a traditional business), and potentially involving values besides simply economic ones. An entreprene ...

and doctor, following an investment by Zanen. Barenbrug started the concept for Bugaboo as a graduation project two years earlier when he was studying at the

Design Academy Eindhoven Design Academy Eindhoven (DAE) is an interdisciplinary educational institute for art, architecture and design in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The work of its faculty and alumni have brought it international recognition. History The Design Academy E ...

. The first Bugaboo, the "Bugaboo Classic", was launched in The Netherlands in 1999. In 2001, the "Bugaboo Frog" was launched in the United Kingdom and in 2002 in the United States, popularized by its appearance in an episode of the TV show ''

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''. In February 2018, Bugaboo was acquired by

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for an undisclosed amount. In 2019, Bugaboo released the Lynx stroller.

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