20251231 - uBeam from 2015: never mind reality, here's the VCs

your Pivot to AI holiday special! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/31/from-2015-its-ubeam-never-mind-reality-heres-the-vcs/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Send in your story tips: [email protected] Sources: Demo at D9: UBeam https://allthingsd.com/20110602/demo-at-d9-ubeam/index.html Investors Power Wireless-Electricity Start-Up UBeam With $750K https://www.wsj.com/articles/DJFVW00020120711e87bpkd6c DWECK v. PERRY https://dockets.justia.com/docket/pennsylvania/paedce/2:2011cv07057/452029 30 Under 30: Energy https://web.archive.org/web/20120108093349/http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mef45eldh/meredith-perry-founder-ubeam-22 Is this woman the next Elon Musk? https://fortune.com/2015/07/29/ubeam-meredith-perry-wireless-charging/ How putting $10M into UBeam illustrates everything that is wrong with tech investing today https://lookatmeimdanny.tumblr.com/post/101432017159/how-putting-10m-into-ubeam-illustrates-everything uBeam Declassifies Secrets To Try To Prove Wireless Power Is Possible https://techcrunch.com/2015/11/07/wireless-power-charger/ Experts Still Think uBeam's Through-the-Air Charging Tech Is Unlikely https://spectrum.ieee.org/experts-still-think-ubeamrsquos-throughtheair-charging-tech-is-unlikely The Sausage Factory https://liesandstartuppr.blogspot.com/2016/04/the-sausage-factory.html Conversation with an investor https://reddragdiva.tumblr.com/post/129387704618/conversation-with-an-investor Exclusive: uBeam CEO Meredith Perry steps down https://www.axios.com/2018/09/20/ubeam-ceo-meredith-perry-steps-down-1537464261 It's an ex-uBeam ... https://liesandstartuppr.blogspot.com/2021/05/its-ex-ubeam.html SonicEnergy Overview: Out of Business https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/54800-92#overview Brain Gear Is the Hot New Wearable https://www.wired.com/story/expired-tired-wired-wearables/ How to be a technology innovator: Meredith Perry at TEDxNashville https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukgnU2aXM2c uBeam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH742F25MHg Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA