Talk given at the Wearable Tech Expo in Tokyo in September 2015. Case studies of startup/corp cooperations.

1. HARDWARE
STARTUPS CORPORA-
-TIONS&
@BENJAMINJOFFE BEN@HAX.CO

2. STARTUP CORPORA
-TIONS
EXPERTISE
CHANNELS
CAPITAL

3. 7 CASE
STUDIES

4. 1.
KOKOON

9. x

10. $1.95M from 8,500 Backers

11. 2.
AVIDBOTS

15. Shenzhen
Hong Kong
(Factories)

17. 3.
PRYNT

20. PRYNT
#1 Kickstarter in France ($1.5M)

21. 4.
FEETME

22. FEETME
$1M SALES

25. 5.
DARMA

30. 6.
ELECTROLOOM

32. 2,000V-19,000V
(<500 microamps)
Liquid polymer Prints fabric!
ELECTROLOOM

34. YOU?

35. 7.
C.H.I.P.

36. CONNECTED2012
Bluetooth,
WiFi, etc.
EVOLUTION

37. SMART
2013
2014
CONNECTED2012
Sensors
Bluetooth,
WiFi, etc.
EVOLUTION

38. CONNECTED & “SMART” DEVICES

39. SMART
INTELLIGENT
2013
2014
2015~
CONNECTED2012
Sensors
Computers,
Apps
Bluetooth,
WiFi, etc.
EVOLUTION

40. Computers in things
Apps on things
NEXT: INTELLIGENT & AUTONOMOUS

42. C.H.I.P.
$2M FUNDING
40,000 BACKERS

43. +

44. “CAMBRIAN EXPLOSION”

45. AFFFORDABLE
COMPUTING
WELCOME TO THE ERA OF

46. AFFFORDABLE
COMPUTING DISPOSABLE
COMPUTING&
WELCOME TO THE ERA OF

49. THE NEXT
APPLE?

50. WHAT IT IS… IS UP TO US

51. ABOUT
HAX

52. STARTUPS
80
YEARS
3
$25K-
$300K
INVEST
HARDWARE ACCELERATOR

53. + +深圳
SHENZHEN
硅⾕谷
SILICON VALLEY
你
YOU
STRATEGY
SOURCING
DESIGN
BUILDING
111 DAYS
LAUNCH
MEDIA
PARTNERS
DEMO DAY
INVESTORS

54. 60% 20% 20%

55. …and self-taught creators!

56. HEALTH
IOT TOOLSROBOTICS LIFESTYLE
KEY CATEGORIES
ADVANCED
MANUFAC-
-TURING

57. THANKS!
@benjaminjoffe
ben@hax.co