Company:Bringrr
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Consumer electronics |
| Founded | 2009 |
| Founder | James Logan, Chairman Asheem Aggarwal, CEO |
| Headquarters | Boston, Massachusetts [1] , |
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Bringrr is a startup company that develops and manufactures electronic tracking systems for commonly used items, including smartphones.[2][3][4] The company was founded in 2009 by James Logan.[2][5] The company's eponymous product is a device that alerts users if they do not have their smartphone when they start their car.[3][6] Asheem Aggarwal is Bringrr's CEO.[2]
History
Bringrr was founded by James Logan in 2009 to produce and market Bringrr Reminder (later renamed Bringrr), a cylindrical device that plugs into a car's cigarette lighter and alerts users when the device does not detect the user's smartphone inside the car.[2][5] At the time Logan, a former co-founder of Microtouch Systems and Gotuit, served as CEO.[5] The company was incubated by Amoskeag Business Incubator in Manchester, New Hampshire and later moved to DifferenceMaker, a startup development program housed at the University of Massachusetts Lowell.[5][6]
The company began prototyping Bringrr in October 2012.[7] Aldo Beqiraj, an electrical engineering student at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, was hired as Bringrr's CMO in September 2013. Beqiraj became Bringrr CEO in January 2014.[6] Bringrr successfully completed a $75,000 Kickstarter campaign later that month.[2][8] In the Fall of 2014, Asheem Aggarwal became CEO of Bringrr, and changed the name to Pairable.
Products
Bringrr's products are Bringrr, a cylindrical device that plugs into a car's cigarette lighter and links with the user's mobile devices, and BringTags, a bluetooth low energy beacon that attaches to common items and pets.[9][10] BringTags interface with the Bringrr app and sends notifications to the user's phone when tagged items are lost or left behind.[11][12]
To date no product has been delivered by the Indiegogo campaign nor the Kickstarter campaign.
In July 2015, Bringr opened for pre-orders on amazon.
References
- ↑ "Bringrr". Kickstarter. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aldobeqiraj/bringrrtm-helping-you-keep-track-of-what-matters-m/posts/799249. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Bringrr gets Kickstarter funding for device that tracks your keys, wallet or pets". Boston Business Journal. http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/startups/2014/01/bringrr-gets-funded-on-kickstarter.html?page=all. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "A solution for lost gadgets? More gadgets". CNN Tech. http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/mobile/07/13/bringrr.phone/. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ↑ "Bringrr Is A Car Charger That Shouts When You Forget Your Stuff". TechCrunch. https://techcrunch.com/2014/01/13/bringrr-is-a-car-charger-that-shouts-when-you-forget-your-stuff/. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "N.H. startup offers a friendly reminder". New Hampshire Business Review. http://www.nhbr.com/August-13-2010/N.H.-startup-offers-a-friendly-reminder/. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Forget something? UML entrepreneur has an app for that". Lowell Sun. http://www.lowellsun.com/news/ci_24996540/your-personal-lost-and-found. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ↑ "Constantly Forget Your Phone? This Car Gadget Can Help". Mashable. http://mashable.com/2014/02/16/car-gadget-bringrr/. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ↑ "Bringrr: UMASS-Lowell Undergrads Crowdfund App, Hardware to Help You Stop Losing Everything". Crowdlifted. http://www.crowdlifted.com/news/2014/1/bringrr-umass-lowell-undergrads-crowdfund-app-hardware-to-help-you-stop-losing-everything#. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ↑ "Your Missing Cat is Found Thanks to This Know-it-All Tracking Device". Brit + Co. http://www.brit.co/bringrr/. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ↑ "Bringrr makes sure you never drive away without your smartphone". Digital Trends. http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/bringrr-makes-sure-never-drive-away-without-smartphone/#!yGYdQ. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ↑ "Bringrr puts an invisible leash on all of your stuff". The American Genius. http://agbeat.com/tech-news/bringrr-puts-invisible-leash-stuff/. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ↑ "Startup Bringrr Tags Things You Might Forget". Sci-Tech Today. http://www.sci-tech-today.com/story.xhtml?story_id=91176. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
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