Humavox

Humavox is an Israeli startup founded in 2010 around radio-frequency wireless power technology. The company focuses on enabling devices to receive energy without physical charging contacts or conventional cable connections. Its stated target applications include wearables, hearables, Internet of Things equipment, enterprise electronics, consumer devices and healthcare products, including hearing aids. The company’s technology is organized around a transmitter-receiver architecture. NEST is the transmitting unit, designed to emit radio-frequency energy across a broad range of frequencies. Thunderlink is the receiving component, embedded in the device being charged; it captures the transmitted RF energy and converts it into electrical voltage for battery charging. Humavox also describes an ETERNA Charging Optimizer, an algorithmic control layer intended to manage transmitter and receiver coupling and regulate the charging process. The broader ETERNA platform is positioned as a technology platform that manufacturers can license and integrate into their own products rather than as a consumer charging brand sold primarily through retail channels. Humavox received industry recognition in 2014, including the ECN Impact award and the Frost & Sullivan Gil award for Technology Innovation Leadership. In 2016, it joined the AirFuel Alliance and held the vice-chair position in that organization’s Uncoupled Power Working Group, linking the company to wider industry efforts around wireless power standards and implementations. In June of the same year, Humavox merged with Australian company Aurum Inc. and raised $16 million in connection with the merger, according to the company’s Wikipedia profile. The business has been presented as a component, platform and licensing supplier for original equipment manufacturers. Its commercial proposition is to reduce reliance on charging ports, cords and exposed electrical contacts, potentially supporting sealed or compact product designs. This is particularly relevant to small devices for which conventional connectors can add mechanical complexity or compromise water resistance. The company’s named applications extend across both consumer and specialized equipment, but the available reference material does not establish a comprehensive list of commercial customer products, licensed deployments, revenue, current ownership or present operating status. Humavox should therefore be understood primarily as a technology brand associated with RF-based wireless charging and embedded power-management systems. Publicly documented information supports its founding history, awards, AirFuel Alliance participation, merger and core product architecture, but does not provide enough evidence to characterize its current scale, active product portfolio or market position with confidence.

Humavox was established in 2010 by Omri Lachman and Asaf Elssibony, who are identified respectively with the chief executive and innovation leadership roles. The company was formed to commercialize radio-frequency wireless charging, an approach intended to transfer energy to electronic devices without requiring a direct conductive connection between a charger and the device. Its technology architecture uses several named components. NEST functions as the RF power transmitter, emitting energy over a broad frequency range. Thunderlink is the receiver integrated into the target product. It collects RF energy and converts it into voltage that can be used to charge the device battery. The ETERNA Charging Optimizer is described as an algorithm that manages the relationship between transmitting and receiving components, helping control coupling and the charging process. Together, these elements form the basis of the ETERNA platform. During 2014, Humavox received two forms of industry recognition: the ECN Impact award and the Frost & Sullivan Gil award for Technology Innovation Leadership. Media coverage from the same period presented the company as part of a broader effort to overcome the practical limitations of wired charging and bring wireless power into smaller consumer and connected products. In 2016, Humavox joined the AirFuel Alliance, an industry organization concerned with wireless power technologies. The company also held the vice-chair position in the alliance’s Uncoupled Power Working Group, reflecting its involvement in work related to wireless power systems that do not depend on tightly aligned charging surfaces. In June 2016, Humavox merged with Australian company Aurum Inc. The merger was accompanied by a reported $16 million capital raise. Humavox has described its intended business model as licensing the ETERNA hardware platform to manufacturers. The prospective application range includes wearables, hearables, IoT devices, enterprise and consumer electronics, and healthcare products such as hearing aids. The approach is particularly suited to compact products where removing a charging port or exposed contact could simplify industrial design, support enclosure protection or improve user convenience. Public reference material does not establish the company’s subsequent corporate development, current executive team beyond its founding leadership, detailed customer deployments, financial performance or present status. Accordingly, its documented history is strongest through the founding period, technology description, industry recognition, AirFuel participation and 2016 merger and financing event.

• 2016

  Humavox joins the AirFuel Alliance

  [1]Humavoxen.wikipedia.org

  The company joins the AirFuel Alliance and takes the vice-chair position in the Uncoupled Power Working Group.

• 2016

  Merger with Aurum and capital raise

  [1]Humavoxen.wikipedia.org

  Humavox merges with Australian company Aurum Inc. and raises a reported $16 million in the transaction.

• 2014

  Industry awards for technology innovation

  [1]Humavoxen.wikipedia.org

  Humavox receives the ECN Impact award and the Frost & Sullivan Gil award for Technology Innovation Leadership.

• 2010

  Humavox is founded

  [1]Humavoxen.wikipedia.org

  Omri Lachman and Asaf Elssibony establish Humavox as an Israeli startup focused on RF-based wireless charging.

A B2B wireless-power technology and licensing platform focused on radio-frequency charging for compact, connected and specialized electronic devices.

• Wireless charging platform

  ETERNA

  ETERNA is Humavox’s hardware platform for wireless charging. It is intended to be licensed to device manufacturers and integrated into products across wearables, hearables, IoT, enterprise, consumer electronics and healthcare. The platform is presented as an embedded technology rather than a conventional retail charger, allowing manufacturers to incorporate RF power transfer into their own device designs.

• RF power transmitter

  NEST

  NEST is the transmitting side of Humavox’s wireless power architecture. It sends radio-frequency energy across a broad band of frequencies toward compatible receiving equipment. The system is designed to support wireless charging environments in which a device can receive energy without relying on a conventional cable or direct charging contact.

• Embedded RF power receiver

  Thunderlink

  Thunderlink is Humavox’s receiver component. Embedded in the target electronic device, it captures transmitted RF energy and converts that energy into voltage for battery charging. Its intended use in small connected products includes devices where space, enclosure design or the elimination of exposed charging contacts is important.

• Charging-control algorithm

  ETERNA Charging Optimizer

  The ETERNA Charging Optimizer is an algorithmic control layer associated with Humavox’s platform. It is described as managing transmitter-receiver coupling and controlling the charging process to help coordinate RF energy delivery and reception. Public material does not provide detailed technical performance specifications or deployment information.

• 2016

  Merger with Aurum Inc.M&A

  Background

  Humavox pursued a corporate combination with Australian company Aurum Inc. as it developed its wireless charging technology and commercial platform.

  Action taken

  The companies merged in June 2016, with Humavox also raising a reported $16 million in connection with the transaction.

  Aftermath

  The available references do not document the post-merger ownership structure, operational integration or subsequent financial results.

  Capital raised. $16 million (June 2016)

  Source

1. 1Humavoxen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Can Humavox Take Wireless Charging Mainstream?eweek.com
3. 3Wireless Charging: Still Plenty of Kinks in the Cordnytimes.com