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AMPY is the world's smallest wearable motion charger — transform your energy into battery life for your devices. With #AMPY, your movement is your power.
Overview
Location
United States, Illinois, Chicago
Total raised
$875K
Funding Rounds 1
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| Oct 22, 2015 | Daily funding roundup - October 22, 2015 | Numerify closed a $37.5M funding; Poynt raised $28M; Movement Ventures secured $5.5M Outlearn announced that it has raised $2 million in seed funding from General Catalyst Partners with participation from Paul Sagan, former CEO of Akamai Te... |
| Oct 22, 2015 | Ampy Closes $875K Seed Funding Round | Ampy, the Chicago, IL-based maker of AMPY MOVE, a wearable motion-charger that turns movement into power for smartphones, closed a $875k seed funding round. The round was led by Clean Energy Trust and NewGen Ventures with participation from... |
| Oct 22, 2015 | Powering Up: AMPY, the Wearable that Converts Movement into Battery Life, Just Raised $875K | AMPY is in the business of converting movement into energy. So, following a busy Summer and Fall in which the startup won $200,000 at the Clean Energy Challenge and began executing on a successful Kickstarter campaign that raised $300,000, ... |
| Jun 19, 2015 | This Wearable Uses Footsteps To Charge Your Smartphone Battery | Lauren Keating, Tech Times 19 June 2015, 01:06 pm There are so many fitness trackers on the market that just measure your every move, motivating you to get your daily steps in to live a more active and healthy life. But this wearable uses f... |
| Dec 5, 2014 | 15 Chicago Startups to Watch in 2015 | It's been a big year for Chicago tech companies. From IPOs, to successful exits, to a record number of VC investments, Chicago is proving itself as one of the up-and-coming tech hubs in the U.S. But if Chicago is going to build on the momen... |
| Oct 9, 2014 | Ampy charges your phone by harnessing the energy of your movements | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Ampy is a cool new wearable device that turns your body movement into energy that can charge your smartphone. The new device from three... |
| Oct 9, 2014 | Ampy charges your phone by harnessing the energy of your movements | Ampy is a cool new wearable device that turns your body movement into energy that can charge your smartphone. The new device from three Northwestern University students harnesses kinetic energy to give your smartphone as much as three hours... |