Tag: Alexei Erchak
BeON Home LED bulbs get UL approval
May 5, 2016SSN Staff
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.––BeON Home, a provider of a Bluetooth smart-home lighting protection system, announced that its LED security bulbs are now UL approved for outdoor usage as well as for use in fully-enclosed fixtures.
In a prepared statement, Alexei Erchak, CEO of BeON Home said the company secured UL approval “to enable new outdoor use cases, and we're adding a security customization feature that lets our customers schedule convincing lighting activity to even further simulate occupancy.”
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BeON Home gets $2.9 million
February 10, 2016Martha Entwistle
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—BeON Home, a startup provider of Bluetooth smart-home lighting protection system, has closed a $2.9 million funding round.Alexei Erchak, CEO of BeON Home, told Security Systems News that the company is “committed to bringing the benefits of BeON Home to consumers both direct-to-consumer and through the security dealer channel.” He said the new investment will be used for product development and integration “making it a no-brainer for security dealers to add...
BeON now selling directly to consumers
October 21, 2015Amy Canfield
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—BeOn Home is up and running as an online store for consumers.Up until now, the start-up, smart-home protection lighting system company was offering pre-orders and working with dealers. Now, though, North American customers can go online, order the smart bulbs and get them in a couple of days, BeON Home's CEO Alexei Erchak told Security Systems News.BeON targets homeowners who previously have had no interest in home security alarms. Its “preventative system” uses...
ESX 2015: IoT changing lives, industry
July 1, 2015Amy Canfield
BALTIMORE—Just as the smartphone has transformed the way people conduct their day-to-day lives, the Internet of Things will, too, said panelists at ESX 2015.
There should be 50 billion devices connected by 2020, according to Syed Zaeem Hosain of Aeris.
“Everyone has a different number, but [regardless] it will transform the way we live,” Hosain said during the OpenXchange panel at ESX 2015 here.
Moderator George De Marco, ESX chairman, asked the panel and the audience if...
BeON seeks to secure those who don't want traditional tech
April 27, 2015Amy Canfield
LAS VEGAS—A startup has set its sights—or rather, its lights—on a market that has been elusive for decades. BeON is targeting homeowners who have no intention of investing in home security systems.
BeON says that group, who wants nothing to do with cameras, control panels, sensors or the cloud, represents 80 percent of homeowners. “To get to that 80 percent, we need to take a wildly different approach,” says Alexei Erchak, CEO and co-founder of the company. “That...