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bolttech wants to be inside your next purchase
From a Samsung phone to a BYD car, bolttech puts protection into purchases people already make. Its $2.1 billion valuation rests on making that connection work long after checkout.
The Company That Sold You the Bag, the Dock, and Everything In Between
Targus made the first laptop case 40-plus years ago. It survived by owning the boring, essential stuff everyone forgets to buy until they need it - and by turning old bottles into backpacks.
The Veterans Who Turned Boring Laptop Bags Into a Multi-Brand Empire
A 1992 laptop-case brand, two Naval Academy roommates, and a plan to own every unglamorous accessory that keeps a company's laptops alive. Here is how CODi Worldwide built a quiet hardware business on the stuff IT departments never brag about.
Three Brands, One Screen Protector Empire Built in a Utah Suburb
Long before your phone had a case, a Utah startup was selling shields for your PDA. Two decades later, BGZ brands turned scratch anxiety into a three-label accessory house - and a quiet pivot toward packaging you can recycle.
Assurant
You may never shop for Assurant, yet it may already be standing behind your phone, car, apartment or mortgage. The $12.8 billion company has built a business out of everything that happens after the sale.
bolttech
A Singapore insurtech quietly turned the checkout button into an insurance counter. Now 230 insurers and 700 partners run through its pipes.