Puls (company)

Puls
Private
Industry On-demand tech services
Founded 2015
Founders
  • Eyal Ronen
  • Itai Hirsch
Headquarters San Francisco, United States
Area served
 United States
Number of employees
 100
Website https://puls.com/

Puls is a San Francisco based startup founded by Eyal Ronen and Itai Hirsch in 2015.[1][2][3][4]

Overview

The company provides in-home services like demonstrations, installation, setup, integration, support, and repairs of all household appliances.[5][6] The user books an appointment, and a technician visits the user’s location within an hour to provide a solution.[7][8]

History

Started in 2015, the company was initially named CellSavers.[9][10] The company was focused on repairing mobile phones and tablets.[9][6][8] In 2017, the company was renamed Puls and started to offer broader solutions.[4] Puls launched a new service, installation of HDTV antennas in 2018.[1]

In August 2018, following a $50m C round investment, Puls announced expansion to additional home services or supporting "Everything with an 'ON' Switch".[11]In September 2018, Puls was selected by Linkedin as one of the top 25 US startups, at the 11th place.[12]

Offered Services

YearService
2015Phone repair[13]
2017Smart home installation and set up[14][15]
2017TV installation and calibration[16]
2018Antenna installation
2018Security cameras and security systems installation
2018Garage door repair[17]

Partners

Google partnered with Puls to provide home-based Genius-Bar type repairs and demonstrations to the customers.[18][19]

In January 2018 Antop announced a partnership with Puls for HDTV antenna installation service.[20]

Finance

San Francisco-based Puls has raised a total of $93 million to date[21]. Announced in August 2018, the company raised $50m from Temasek Holdings as the lead investor[22]. In August 2017, the startup raised about $25 million series B round led by Red Dot Capital Partners along with Samsung Next, Maverick Ventures and Kreos Capital, as well as existing investors Sequoia Capital and Carmel Ventures, who previously invested $15 million Series A round in August 2016. Prior to that, it had raised $3 million in a seed round from Sequoia Capital in December 2015.

References

  1. 1 2 "Puls Announces New HDTV Antenna Installation Service for Cord-Cutters". Flixed.io: News, Tips, and Tutorials for the Cord-Cutting Revolution. 2018-01-22. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  2. ↑ Lynley, Matthew. "CellSavers, An On-Demand Smartphone Repair Startup, Raises $3M". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  3. ↑ Grove, Jennifer Van (August 15, 2017). "Smartphone repair firm expands to fixing most digital devices". San Diego Union Tribune. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  4. 1 2 "Tech Talk: Building for better and quicker digital". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  5. ↑ "Puls is Alive with Both Convenience and Affordability". TechDigg. 2017-10-02. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  6. 1 2 Levy, Ruti; Zerachovitz, Omri (2017-11-03). "The Five Global Giants That Decide the Fate of Israels Startups". Haaretz. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  7. ↑ Shieber, Jonathan. "After rebranding to Puls and raising new cash, CellSavers wants to help set up your smart gadgets". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  8. 1 2 "Israeli tech powers same-day, at-home electronics repairs". Israel21c. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  9. 1 2 "Smartphone repair service CellSavers re-brands as Puls, raises $25 million to expand into the smart home | VentureBeat". venturebeat.com. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  10. ↑ "Technology On-demand tech repair company raises $25 million to fix more devices on the fly". Bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  11. ↑ "Puls raises $50 million for in-home technical support | TechCrunch". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  12. ↑ "The 25 most attractive start-ups to work for, according to LinkedIn". Yahoo! Finance. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
  13. ↑ Lynley, Matthew (December 21, 2015). "CellSavers, An On-Demand Smartphone Repair Startup, Raises $3M". Techcrunch.
  14. ↑ Shieber, Jonathan (August 15, 2017). "After rebranding to Puls and raising new cash, CellSavers wants to help set up your smart gadgets". Techcrunch.
  15. ↑ Shen, Samantha (June 4, 2018). "'We Would Like to Enable the Smart Home Industry to Grow with Our Service:' Puls". LinkedIn. Smahome.
  16. ↑ Chang, Lulu (February 11, 2018). "'Puls is an on-demand repair service for your smartphone and smart home". DigitalTtrends.
  17. ↑ Cision, PRWeb (September 20, 2018). "Puls Expands Same-Day Technician Services to Include Garage Doors Repairs". PRWEB.
  18. ↑ Kolodny, Lora (2017-08-15). "Google and Samsung are using this start-up to duplicate Apple's Genius Bar — in your house". CNBC. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  19. ↑ "Google Partners with Mobile Repairs Startup to Handle Pixel Service". CTECH. 2017-10-24. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  20. ↑ "Puls Announces New HDTV Antenna Installation Service for Cord-Cutters". Flixed.io. 2018-01-31. Retrieved 2018-05-17.
  21. ↑ "Puls raises $50 million Series C funding from Temasek, others". biztechhost.com. 2018-08-28. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  22. ↑ "Puls Technologies raises $50 million in private funding led by Temasek". Reuters. 2018-08-28. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
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