About CustomTypeOne

My daughter was diagnosed with Type 1 in 2018.

That's where this company starts.

The early years, I did what every T1D parent does. Watched the CGM at 2 a.m. Squinted at a phone across the room. Wondered if the alert was loud enough to wake me.

Then college started showing up on the calendar. Less than two years out and she'd be in a dorm, then an apartment, on her own at night. She needed to wake up to her own alerts. A notification on a phone wasn't going to do it.

So I built something better.

We design the hardware. We write the software. Both, in-house, on purpose. When an alert has to wake you at 3 a.m., that level of control matters.

Today there are multiple SugarPixel models, a wireless bed shaker for heavy sleepers, and PixelPals: original characters who teach kids about diabetes through stories.

We price everything as close to our cost as possible. Type 1 is expensive enough.

She's 20 now, in her own apartment. The SugarPixel on her nightstand wakes her when she needs it. That's the whole point.

Jon Fawcett
Founder, CustomTypeOne