31. LIFE SCIENCESHARDWARE
“WORLD’S MOST ACTIVE SEED INVESTOR
IN HARDWARE & LIFE SCIENCES”
THE ACCELERATOR VC
SOCIAL & MOBILE
SEAN O’SULLIVAN
FOUNDER & MANAGING PARTNER, SOSV
FOUNDER, MAPINFO (IPO, 1994)
FOOD BUSINESS
32. NO.1 SEED INVESTOR
IN FEMALE FOUNDERS
THE ACCELERATOR VC
#GLOBAL
#IMPACT
#DIVERSE
#MEGA-TRENDS
55% OF FOUNDERS
REST OF WORLD
33% FROM
EMERGING MARKETS
45% OF FOUNDERS
FROM USA
33. INVEST & SCALE
HARDWARE COMPANIES
FROM PROTOTYPE TO PROFIT
WORLD’S MOST ACTIVE HARDWARE INVESTOR
34. Hi!Hi!
HAX HAS A DREAM…
THAT HARDWARE DOESN’T HAVE TO BE HARD
THAT HARDWARE DOESN’T HAVE TO BE LONELY
THAT HARDWARE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD
35. “THERE IS NO APP FOR THAT”
THE PHYSICAL WORLD
&
THE HUMAN BODY
NEXT IMPACT
38. Benjamin Joffe
Partner
HAX
Duncan Turner
Managing Director
HAX Accelerator
Kate Whitcomb
Program Director
HAX Boost
Cyril Ebersweiler
Founder, Managing Director
HAX
BYENTREPRENEURS FOR ENTREPRENEURS
41. LIFE
HEALTH
as
ROBOTICS
INFRA
FAB
Enabling new possibilities
Reimagining consumer devices
Home, Kitchen, Family, Pets, AR/VR, etc.
Wellness-as-a-Service
Fitness, Sports, Health, Environment
Prevent, diagnose, heal, retrain
Robot-as-a-Service
Automate dangerous, tedious and repetitive work
Educate, entertain, collaborate
Smart City/Building/Factory
Monitor, Optimize, Improve
Infra-as-a-Service
Desktop manufacturing
Mass customization
Advanced materials
43. IN KICKSTARTER ALL-TIME TOP 100
NO.1 FROM
CANADA
NO.1 FROM
FRANCE
NO.1 FROM
AUSTRALIA
40,000 BACKERS
NO.2 GLOBAL
“NO.1 IN HARDWARE CROWDFUNDING”
>90% OVER $100,000
>60 SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGNS
MILLION-DOLLAR CAMPAIGNS
53. HARDWARE EXPERTS
IN ONE PLACE
IT TAKES A VILLAGE?
WE BUILT
A VILLAGE
USEFUL CHATS EVERY DAY - FRIENDS FOR LIFE
400+
5%
100+
2,000+ APPLICANTS PER YEAR
STRICT SELECTION
FOUNDERS NETWORK
64. “We gained a year in product
development by coming to China”
Nils Mattisson
Founder, MINUT
65. HAX | HARDWARE TRENDS 2016 | PAGE 65
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Hardware Trends, State of Hardware
State of Robotics, State of Health Tech
68. Coachware Augmented Objects
Smart Home
AR/VR
Active Tech
Personal Farming
Dataware
LIFESTYLE
Pet Tech
Family TechKitchen Tech
Baby Tech Travel Tech
Smart Toys
Personal Transporters
Music Tech
Audio Tech HCI
Smart Clothing
Silver Tech
70. USA
B2C
PRYNT is a smartphone case that prints pictures.
It adds augmented reality content to them, like in Harry Potter paintings.
NO.1 FROM
FRANCE
TOP
100
71. REVOLS created the first instant custom-fit earphones.
It uses a proprietary gel in a silicon sleeve that hardens in
less than 1 minute when triggered from the user’s smartphone.
CAN
B2C
NO.1 FROM
CANADA
TOP
100
72. AUS
B2C
NURA are revolutionary in-ear-over-ear hybrid headphones
that adapt to your unique hearing profile to create a “personal
equalizer” and deliver sound like you’ve never heard before.
NO.1 FROM
AUSTRALIA
TOP
100
73. UK
B2C
KOKOON are the world’s first sleep-sensing headphones.
Designed for sleep comfort. Audio powered by Onkyo.
TOP
100
92. DARMA is a sedentary health tracker.
Its medical-grade flat sensor tracks
biosignals such as ECG & breathing patterns.
It can be embedded into chairs, beds & more.
China
B2B
B2C
115. USA
B2C
SPRITE ROBOTICS creates small, fast and smart indoor robotic systems.
Their first product is an intelligent mouse to play with your cat.
SPRITE ROBOTICS
117. SIMBE ROBOTICS is a robotics-based retail analytics company.
It created Tally, the first shelf inventory robot, using advanced computer
vision to audit shelves in real time. Currently piloting at Target.
USA
B2B
125. Work
Look
Seed
> $1m
USA
B2B
B2C
KATIA is the first industrial-grade robot arm under $5k,
opening new horizons for automation.
The founders are among the Forbes ‘30 under 30’ for robotics.
135. USA
B2C
B2B
CHIP is the world’s first $9 computer.
Made for IoT products, makers and education.
Sold over 40,000 units in its first month.
DIY Amazon Echo - $10
1GHz CPU, WiFi, BT
512MB RAM, 4GB storage
Linux system
PocketCHIP - $59 tablet
A COMPUTER FOR $9
TOP
100