Pi Charging

When Pi Charging (winner of TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2017) rebranded as Spansive last month, the company also dropped plans for its previously shown cone-shaped charger capable of charging phones placed…

Spansive’s first wireless charger powers multiple phones simultaneously and works through thick cases

Pi Charging is changing course and changing names. It’ll now be known as Spansive. As Pi, the company had been working on a cone-shaped wireless charger that would sit on…

Pi Charging rebrands as Spansive, opens up to partners but drops plans for its own padless wireless charger

Pi Charging, the company that won at TechCrunch Disrupt SF with its wireless charging tech, has closed a series A round of $11.4 million dollars. They disclosed the news for…

Pi Charging raises $11.4 million to fix wireless charging

Startups participating in the Startup Battlefield have all been hand-picked to participate in our highly competitive startup competition. They all presented in front of multiple groups of VCs and tech…

And the winner of Startup Battlefield at Disrupt SF 2017 is… Pi

We’ve just watched 22 startups take the stage as part of TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield at Disrupt SF, where they showed off their technology and answered tough questions from expert judges.…

Meet the six finalists at the Disrupt SF Startup Battlefield

Wireless charging isn’t new. But wireless charging is still limited, particularly in terms of where your device can be while pulling a charge. For the most part, “wireless charger” means…

Pi wants to extend the reach of wireless charging

Each year, TechCrunch selects early-stage startups from a pool of thousands across the globe, and selects the top innovators to compete in Startup Battlefield. Over the next three days at TechCrunch…

Announcing Startup Battlefield at Disrupt San Francisco