Beckon Technologies, Inc

What Beckon Technologies, Inc does

Beckon Technologies, Inc is a California-incorporated, founder-led technology company founded in 2016 that develops the ResQ Button product line — a cloud-connected personal safety and asset tracking platform. Its core offering centers on a wearable Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) panic button the size of a bottle cap that, when activated, broadcasts a distress signal picked up by any nearby smartphone running the ResQ Button App or by a Wi-Fi-connected ResQ Button Gateway device. The signal is forwarded to the ResQ Cloud Engine, hosted on multi-site AWS infrastructure, which then notifies up to six emergency contacts via automated voice calls, SMS, push notifications, and email with real-time location, and can recruit nearby volunteer responders.

The product portfolio has expanded beyond the panic button to include the ResQ Button Gateway (a Wi-Fi receiver for hotels, hospitals, offices, and warehouses requiring room-level indoor accuracy), the Tracker ResQ Button Tag (a BLE tag for asset, equipment, and inventory tracking with a ~US$1/month cloud service subscription), the Location ResQ Button for indoor geo-fencing, and the My Safe Place feature that notifies designated contacts on entry/exit of configured indoor areas using Wi-Fi and Apple iBeacon technology. The underlying non-pairing BLE signal methodology is patent pending, and indoor positioning achieves room-level precision versus street-level GPS accuracy.

The company operates a hybrid go-to-market model: a self-serve, product-led growth motion targeting individual consumers and families through its own e-commerce portal, Amazon USA and Canada marketplaces, and the iOS App Store and Google Play, paired with a direct enterprise sales motion for Gateway deployments in hospitality, healthcare, education, construction, and warehouse settings. Revenue is generated primarily through one-time hardware sales of panic buttons, gateways, and BLE tags, supplemented by modest recurring cloud service charges on Tracker Tags. The company is bootstrapped with 1-10 employees, headquartered in Fremont, California, and ships products globally via USPS. Parthi Munusamy serves as CEO and Founder.

Name

Beckon Technologies, Inc

Legal name

Beckon Technologies Inc.

Website

https://resqbutton.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Beckon Technologies, founded in 2016 and headquartered in California, develops the ResQ Button ecosystem — a cloud-connected wearable panic button, BLE asset tracker, and indoor geo-fencing platform serving individual consumers, families, hotels, hospitals, schools, warehouses, and construction firms.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Personal Safety Devices

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182)

SIC

Telegraph & Other Message Communications (4822), Communications Services, Nec (4899)

akta.pro primary industry

Crisis Management & Communications Support (Mass Notification) (BPABANAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Rugged Smartphones & Push-to-Talk Devices (HDACALAI), Guest Experience & Engagement (CRM, Messaging, Loyalty) (THALACAF)

Keywords

• Panic button systems
• Employee safety devices
• BLE asset tracking
• Indoor geo-fencing
• Personal emergency response

Headquarters

HQ city

Fremont

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Hardware Sales: One-time hardware purchase of Panic ResQ Buttons, Tracker Tags, and Gateway devices. Panic Button includes 2-year battery life or 200+ activations. No recurring hardware costs.
2. Cloud Services Subscription: Monthly cloud service charges included with Tracker Tags at approximately US$1/month. Covers signal relay, emergency notifications, location tracking, and cloud storage for activation history.
3. Wi-Fi Based Safe Place: Uses existing Wi-Fi and iBeacon technology with no additional hardware cost beyond the app. Location-based entry/exit notifications for configured safe places.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Beckon Technologies designs, sells, and operates the ResQ Button ecosystem — a wearable Bluetooth Low Energy panic button, Wi-Fi Gateway receivers, BLE Tracker Tags for asset tracking, a companion mobile app, and a cloud backend (ResQ Cloud Engine) that notifies emergency contacts via voice calls, SMS, push notifications, and email. The system uses a patent-pending non-pairing Bluetooth methodology combined with crowdsourced smartphone relays to deliver distress signals and indoor room-level location data to responders.

Product overview

Beckon Technologies, Inc offers the ResQ Button product line, a suite of safety and tracking solutions comprising hardware devices and cloud services. The portfolio includes the Panic ResQ Button (wearable emergency device), ResQ Button Gateway (Wi-Fi-based signal receiver), Tracker ResQ Button Tag (BLE asset/person tracker), and Location ResQ Button (for geo-fencing). These hardware products are complemented by the ResQ Button App (iOS/Android companion app) and ResQ Cloud Engine (cloud backend). The Safe Place feature enables indoor geo-fencing notifications. The system uses a crowd-sourcing model where nearby ResQ Button App phones or Gateways pick up distress signals and forward them to cloud services, which then notify emergency contacts and can recruit volunteer responders. Products are available for B2C (individuals, families) and B2B (hotels, hospitals, warehouses, schools) markets.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ResQ Button: Panic button wearable device and companion app for emergency alerts and location tracking.
• ResQ Cloud Engine
• ResQ Button Gateway
• My Safe Place
• Tracker ResQ Button

Products and services

• Panic ResQ Button A wearable, water- and impact-resistant emergency panic button about the size of a water bottle cap that broadcasts distress signals via Bluetooth Low Energy when activated and notifies up to 6 emergency contacts through automated voice calls, SMS, push notifications, and email with real-time location. Designed for individuals, families, hotel employees, field technicians, seniors, women, and children. Includes 2-year battery life or 200+ activations.
• ResQ Button Gateway A Wi-Fi-connected receiver device (65mm x 35mm x 15mm) that picks up Panic ResQ Button signals in locations where smartphones are not available and provides room-level accuracy. Notifies front office and security through automated voice calls, SMS, push notifications, and email, with optional SMS-based sirens at a security office. Designed for hotels, dormitories, hospitals, assisted living facilities, offices, warehouses, and shops.
• Tracker ResQ Button Tag A 34 x 34 x 9mm BLE tag for tracking assets, inventory, and people. Waterproof rated for indoor and outdoor use from 0°C to 55°C, with 2-year battery life and 30+ meter signal range. Cloud charges included at approximately US$1/month. Designed for construction companies, warehouses, hospitals, and businesses needing indoor/outdoor asset tracking.
• Location ResQ Button A button device used to mark micro geo-locations for the Safe Place feature. Enables geo-fencing of indoor areas including cars and buses using Wi-Fi and Apple iBeacon Technology, providing room-level accuracy compared to street-level GPS positioning.
• ResQ Button App A companion mobile application for iOS and Android that communicates with the ResQ Cloud Engine and detects ResQ Button signals. Required on smartphones to pick up panic button distress signals and forward them to cloud services. Available on iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and Android devices via the App Store and Google Play.

Quantifiable outcome

• 2-year battery life or 200+ activations per panic button
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Bay Alarm Medical: Bay Alarm Medical sells in-home and on-the-go medical alert systems, including wearable panic buttons with 24/7 monitoring. It directly competes with Beckon's elderly and family safety segment with a more established brand and call-center infrastructure.
• Life Alert: Life Alert is a long-standing direct-to-consumer medical alert and panic-button provider for seniors and vulnerable individuals. It is a direct peer to Beckon's personal emergency panic button use case, sharing the elderly/family caregiver target buyer and monitored-response value proposition.
• Lively (formerly GreatCall/Jitterbug): Lively provides senior-focused mobile phones, wearable safety devices, and urgent-response services. It overlaps with Beckon's elderly parent safety and family-monitoring use cases, with comparable subscription-based recurring revenue model.
• Tile: Tile is a leading consumer Bluetooth tracker brand for keys, bags, and other personal items. It directly competes with Beckon's Tracker ResQ Button Tag for asset tracking, especially for the consumer/SMB use case, though Tile lacks the panic-button and enterprise gateway extensions.

Broad incumbents

• Everbridge: Everbridge is a leading critical event management and mass notification platform serving large enterprises, healthcare, and government. It is comparable to Beckon's cloud-based emergency notification backbone, with a much broader feature set and enterprise sales footprint.
• Samsung SmartThings Tracker: Samsung SmartThings Tracker is a BLE-based tag for locating people and items within the SmartThings ecosystem. It is comparable as a smart-tag peer for asset and person tracking, with broader smart-home integration than Beckon offers.
• Rave Mobile Safety (Motorola Solutions): Rave Alert (now part of Motorola Solutions) provides mass notification, panic button, and emergency coordination software to enterprises, schools, and healthcare. It is a broad incumbent in the same crisis communications space where Beckon positions its Gateway and cloud engine products.
• Apple AirTag: Apple AirTag uses BLE and the vast iPhone network to locate lost items, competing with Beckon's BLE asset-tracking tags. As a broad incumbent with deep platform integration, AirTag competes on the consumer side of asset tracking but does not address enterprise panic-button workflows.
• Apple (Apple Watch Emergency SOS): Apple Watch Emergency SOS and Fall Detection provide one-touch emergency calling and location sharing to emergency contacts. As a broad incumbent with a massive consumer install base, Apple competes with Beckon's B2C panic-button wedge without specializing in the wearable-button form factor.

Emerging players

• AlertMedia: AlertMedia is a mass-notification and emergency communication SaaS platform for enterprises. It is an emerging player overlapping with Beckon's ResQ Cloud Engine notification capabilities for hotels, hospitals, and corporate campuses, though it focuses on multi-channel messaging rather than hardware panic buttons.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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