ASE Labs
Welcome Guest. Please register or log in now. There are 251 people online (0 Friends).
  • Home
  • Articles
  • News
  • Forum
  • Register/Login

Beacon Startup Blesh Raises $4M and Partners with Volkswagen for Smart Key Fobs

Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on November 15, 2016 at 8:56:01 AM
Beacon Startup Blesh Raises $4M and Partners with Volkswagen for Smart Key Fobs

PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov. 15, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Blesh, a startup company based in Palo Alto providing beacon platform services, has recently partnered with Volkswagen Turkey for its smart key fobs, to be sold online and handed out to new buyers starting from November 2016.

Photo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20161114/438819
Photo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20161114/438820

Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8S_uPektmI

The smart key fob is a beacon itself, as it works with Bluetooth Smart (aka Bluetooth Low Energy). It is paired with Volkswagen's mobile app, "Volkswagenim" (My Volkswagen).

The key fob works for 3 main purposes. Once the customer is done pairing the key fob with the app, they can locate their phone nearby by tapping twice on the key fob and hear a beeping sound coming from their phone. They can do the exact opposite and locate the key fob - hence the keys to their car - through the app. It works as a Bluetooth selfie shutter, working like a very long selfie stick by having almost 50 meters of range.

The key fob is unique in a way that it includes Google's Physical Web functionalities. In fact, it is one of the first major Physical Web products on the market.

The Physical Web functionality will be very useful if the key fob is lost and found by someone else. The device will only send out the Physical Web signals when the device is inactive and might be lost. When someone else finds the key fob, they will see a URL at the Chrome widget on iOS or receive a notification on their Android advice, with information on how to report a lost keyfob.

"Our experience in the beacon market has shown very strong interest from industries like retail and banking, however we see the Volkswagen smart key fob as the first major beacon project in the automotive industry." said Devrim Sönmez, CEO of Blesh. "We are very excited to announce our partnership with Volkswagen for a device that is not only an innovative IoT product but also can be an integral part of people's lives. The product also shows how beacons can be used for daily life challenges."

About Blesh

Based in Palo Alto with offices in Istanbul and Atlanta, Blesh provides a beacon platform for enterprises and developers all around the world. Founded in late-2013, Blesh has already deployed more than 45K beacons, integrated its platform with 100+ apps and reached 25 Million SDK downloads.

Blesh beacons are deployed in leading retail chains, airports, bank branches and ATMs, subway stations, more than 135 malls, cafés and restaurants, office buildings and university campuses.

Blesh is also the first official provider of Physical Web beacons and one of the few authorized sellers of the Eddystone beacon format, both announced by Google in 2015.

The company received its first funding by angel investors Turgut Gursoy, Emre Berkin, Kemal Ciliz and Ali Sabanci in 2014 and received $4M Series A funding this year. The Series A round was led by TRPE Capital.

Visit http://www.blesh.com for more information about the company.

Media contact:
Can Cihan
133288@email4pr.com
+905354684446

SOURCE  Blesh

Photo:http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20161114/438820
http://photoarchive.ap.org/
Photo:http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20161114/438819
http://photoarchive.ap.org/
Blesh

Web Site: http://www.blesh.com
 
Print This Entry
Tags PR Press Release
Related Articles
  • Huntkey Has Launched Its New Power Strips with USB Chargers on Amazon US
  • Inspur Releases TensorFlow-Supported FPGA Compute Acceleration Engine TF2
  • Hot Pepper Introduces Spicy New Smartphones in US Markets
  • Sharp Introduces New Desktop Printers For The Advanced Office
  • DJI Introduces Mavic 2 Pro And Mavic 2 Zoom: A New Era For Camera Drones
Login
Welcome Guest. Please register or log in now.
Forgot your password?
Navigation
  • Home
  • Articles
  • News
  • Register/Login
  • Shopping
  • ASE Forums
  • Anime Threads
  • HardwareLogic
  • ASE Adnet
Latest News
  • Kingston HyperX Cloud 2 Pro Gaming Headset Unboxing
  • Synology DS415+ Unboxing
  • D-Link DCS-5020L Wireless IP Pan/Tilt IP Camera
  • Actiontec WiFi Powerline Network Extender Kit Unboxing
  • Durovis Dive Unboxing
  • Bass Egg Verb Unboxing
  • Welcome to the new server
  • Gmail Gets Optional Preview Pane
  • HBO Go on Consoles
  • HP Touchpad Update
Latest Articles
  • D-Link Exo AC2600 Smart Mesh Wi-Fi Router DIR-2660-US
  • HyperX Double Shot PBT Keys
  • Avantree ANC032 Wireless Active Noise Cancelling Headphones
  • ScharkSpark Beginner Drones
  • HyperX Alloy FPS RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard
  • D-Link DCS-8300LH Full HD 2-Way Audio Camera
  • Contour Unimouse Wireless Ergonomic Mouse
  • HyperX Cloud Alpha Pro Gaming Headset
  • Linksys Wemo Smart Home Suite
  • Fully Jarvis Adjustable Standing Desk
Latest Topics
  • Hello
  • Welcome to the new server at ASE Labs
  • Evercool Royal NP-901 Notebook Cooler at ASE Labs
  • HyperX Double Shot PBT Keys at ASE Labs
  • Avantree ANC032 Wireless Active Noise Cancelling Headphones at ASE Labs
  • ScharkSpark Beginner Drones at ASE Labs
  • HyperX Alloy FPS RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard at ASE Labs
  • D-Link DCS-8300LH Full HD 2-Way Audio Camera at ASE Labs
  • Kingston SDX10V/128GB SDXC Memory at ASE Labs
  • What are you listening to now?
  • Antec Six Hundred v2 Gaming Case at HardwareLogic
  • Sans Digital TR5UTP 5-Bay RAID Tower at HardwareLogic
  • Crucial Ballistix Smart Tracer 6GB PC3-12800 BL3KIT25664ST1608OB at HardwareLogic
  • Cooler Master Storm Enforcer Mid-Tower Gaming Case at HardwareLogic
  • Arctic M571-L Gaming Laser Mouse at ASE Labs
  • Contour Unimouse Wireless Ergonomic Mouse at ASE Labs
Advertisement
Advertisement
Press Release
  • Huntkey Has Launched Its New Power Strips with USB Chargers on Amazon US
  • Inspur Releases TensorFlow-Supported FPGA Compute Acceleration Engine TF2
  • Hot Pepper Introduces Spicy New Smartphones in US Markets
  • Sharp Introduces New Desktop Printers For The Advanced Office
  • DJI Introduces Mavic 2 Pro And Mavic 2 Zoom: A New Era For Camera Drones
  • DJI Introduces Mavic 2 Pro And Mavic 2 Zoom: A New Era For Camera Drones
  • Fujifilm launches "instax SQUARE SQ6 Taylor Swift Edition", designed by instax global partner Taylor Swift
  • Huawei nova 3 With Best-in-class AI Capabilities Goes on Sale Today
  • Rand McNally Introduces Its Most Advanced Dashboard Camera
  • =?UTF-8?Q?My_Size_to_Showcase_Its_MySizeId=E2=84=A2_Mobil?= =?UTF-8?Q?e_Measurement_Technology_at_CurvyCon_NYC?=
Home - ASE Publishing - About Us
© 2010 Aron Schatz (ASE Publishing) [Queries: 16 (8 Cached)] [Rows: 292 Fetched: 35] [Page Generation time: 0.46069002151489]