Nomad traces back to "a single idea — an ultra-portable yet highly functional charging cable." Noah Dentzel and Brian Hahn met in Santa Barbara in 2012 and launched ChargeCard, Nomad's first product, on Kickstarter. Today it makes leather and rugged iPhone cases, Apple Watch and Garmin bands, MagSafe chargers and Find My tracking wallets.
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1 productBrickBrick takes a hands-on approach to screen time: its "physical app blocker" locks chosen apps with a tap, and unlocking requires a rescan of the device. It was started by "two recent college graduates who've grown up with smartphones." The subscription-free Brick app supports up to 10 custom modes on iPhone and Android, while Brick Night, a Bluetooth beacon for the nightstand, blocks apps automatically at bedtime.
1 productLuminyxLuminyx makes ANSI Z87.1-rated safety glasses with LEDs ringing each lens, invented by Los Angeles cinematographer Matt Wise to light work hands-free without shadows.
1 productChargeasapBack in 2016, Gabby and Vinny kept running into chargers that were "slow, unreliable, or didn't work for all our devices," so the husband-and-wife team built their own. Today Chargeasap, "Australian-designed since 2016" and proudly self-funded, makes GaN chargers like the Zeus 280W, 100W magnetic charging cables, laptop power banks and travel adapters.
1 productENERGEAENERGEA makes "sleek and performance-driven" charging gear, from cables and wall, car and wireless chargers to power banks and GaN travel adapters, designed around three zones of modern life: Travel, On the move and Living Spaces.
1 productArcEstablished in 2019, Arc makes Arc Pulse protection crafted from aerospace-grade aluminum for iPhone, Pixel, Samsung and Nothing phones, AirPods and AirTag. It also makes Arc Vault, "jewelry that protects your essentials."
1 productXericXeric officially launched in November 2013 with a Kickstarter campaign for the Xeriscope, after brothers Mitch and Andrew Greenblatt teamed up with Danny Hunsaker. It has since run 25 successful Kickstarter campaigns, calls itself "Kickstarter's most successful watch brand," and makes unusual mechanical watches such as the Halograph, Vendetta and Scrambler to "make time fun again."
