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Ossia™ is challenging people's core assumptions about what is possible with wireless power. Ossia's flagship product, Cota®, redefines wireless power by safely delivering remote, targeted energy to devices at a distance. Cota, Ossia's patented smart antenna technology automatically keeps multiple devices charged without any user intervention, enabling an efficient and truly wire-free, powered-up world, that is always on and always connected. Ossia is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington. Visit our website at www.ossia.com.
Overview
Location
United States, Washington, Bellevue
Total raised
$10M
Funding Rounds 1
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| Jan 30, 2015 | Funding roundup - week ending 1/30/15 | Xenex, Iora Health, AutoBot, Beckon, CloudBees, UserTesting, Lootsie, Final, Nilas, Earnest, Ossia Seed stage Lootsie, a loyalty and rewards platform for mobile apps, raised $3.5 million in seed funding from Tim Kendall, Michael Liou and Br... |
| Jan 27, 2015 | Ossia Raises $10M From KDDI And Others To Help Bring Wireless Power To Japan | Real, practical wireless power is still more fantasy than fact for most, but Ossia has a new strategic partner that could help accelerate its transition to wider availability and usefulness. Japan’s KDDI, the country’s second-largest wirele... |
| Nov 24, 2014 | How Starbucks Could Take Wireless Charging Mainstream | Offering a shot of one-stop convenience, Starbucks began its roll-out of free Powermat wireless charging last week. The Seattle, Wash.–based coffee purveyor equipped roughly 200 stores in San Francisco with the technology, ahead of a nation... |
| Nov 4, 2014 | Intel Capital invests $62M in 16 tech startups | Intel Capital, the venture arm of the world’s biggest chipmaker, is unveiling it has invested $62 million in 16 tech startups today. The investments show that Intel is still bullish about funding new tech companies that could one day spur l... |
| Nov 4, 2014 | Intel Capital Backs 16 Startups With $62M, Will Invest $355M Overall In 2014 | Intel Capital has been one of the more prolific tech investors in Silicon Valley, with the total number of companies that it has backed since 1991 now approaching 500 startups and some 700 rounds of funding. Today it disclosed another 16 on... |
| Nov 4, 2014 | Intel Capital invests $62M in 16 tech startups | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Intel Capital, the venture arm of the world’s biggest chipmaker, is unveiling it has invested $62 million in 16 tech startups today. Th... |
| Jul 15, 2014 | Announcing ‘The Road To Disrupt’ Video Series | Three times per year, TechCrunch activity converges in a flurry around the Disrupt conference for a few jam-packed days showing off the best and brightest in tech. The mornings at Disrupt are filled with sit-down interviews with some of the... |
| Apr 22, 2014 | This startup figured out how to charge devices wirelessly through walls from 40 feet away | Hatem Zeine stands in front of a Cota prototype power transmitter at Ossia’s company headquarters in Redmond. It’s been more than 12 years since Hatem Zeine first shared his crazy idea for wireless power with friends and colleagues. Back th... |
| Apr 22, 2014 | Cota Wireless Power Solution Improves With Long Range Charging Through Closed Doors | Disrupt Battlefield alumnus and wireless power pioneer Ossia has made some new advances with its Cota tech that it showed off to investors recently, including extended range and the ability to transmit without direct line-of-sight, making i... |
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FAQ about Ossia
How much funding has Ossia raised?
Ossia has raised $10M in total across 1 funding round.
What has the press written about Ossia?
Parsers VC has collected 17 articles mentioning Ossia, among them “Funding roundup - week ending 1/30/15” (Jan 30, 2015) and “Ossia Raises $10M From KDDI And Others To Help Bring Wireless Power To Japan” (Jan 27, 2015).
Is Ossia still active?
Ossia is probably closed: its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Nov 17, 2015.