Bezalel Inc.

Bezalel, Inc. is an American hardware company headquartered at the Information Sciences Institute in Marina del Rey, California, that designs wireless charging devices for smartphones and smartwatches. After a successful Kickstarter campaign in that ended in February 2014, Bezalel was incorporated the following month and released its first product, the Prelude, in June 2014.
History
2013: Founding
Frank Wu graduated with the degree of mechanical engineering from USC in 2012. He noticed that the current wireless charging solutions were too complicated or not truly portable and wireless, then he form the idea of a portable wireless charger. He forms of group of people to design and develop the first prototype for around 3 months, which had already been recognized by few medias.
2014: Establish Publicly
In January 2014, Frank Wu has co-founded the company, Bezalel Inc, with Yao Lee, Kris Tong, and Jam Isaga. In the same time, the team has launched their first prototype of Prelude, Ark, through a website, Kickstarter, as platform to campaign their fundraising money.
2015: CES
In January, the company had attended and exhibit in the CES in the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada from January 6 to January 9.
Kickstarter
Bezalel launched a Kickstarter campaign for the Ark (previous of Prelude) in January 13, 2014. Within three days, it already had presses for the product. By the end of the funding, the campaign have already surpassed its goal and raised the money to $131,939 as total. Ark was ranked among "the top 3 Kickstarter projects" in the Technology category for the entirety of the campaign period and was featured by TechCrunch, Buzzfeed during the campaign. In December 2014, the campaign was named a top 10 Kickstarter campaign of 2014 by both PCR and SiliconIndia News.
USC Viterbi Startup Garage
In June 2014, Bezalel entered the USC Viterbi Startup Garage in Marina Del Rey, where the company is currently located as headquartered. Bezalel participated in the Garage’s six-month incubator program that provides seed money and industry mentoring to its participating teams.
Product
Prelude
Previously known as Ark, the Prelude is a portable wireless charger for smartphones and smartwatches. Using the , the Prelude recharges mobile devices through contact with its top surface. The Preluse model size and weight are 92x92x22mm and 170 grams; it has the capacity of 7,000 mAh with the features of a wireless output of 1A and a USB output (for wired charging) at 2A.
The Prelude is compatible with a range of mobile devices, including smartphones, tablets, and wearables. Devices with built-in Qi wireless charging (such as the Moto 360 smartwatch from Motorola) can be charged with the Prelude out of the box. The Prelude charges non-Qi-compatible devices (such as the Apple iPhone line) by installing a wireless charging patch or case onto the device. The charger comes in white or black.
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