Applications for the next HAX program at HAXLR8R starting in January are open. Will Canine and Andy Sigler can comment on the experience, as openTrons is in the program now.
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(1) More funding, more teams
Applications for HAX 6 are open this month:
– Up to $100k per team
– Up to 15 teams
– We expanded the program with a brand new office and a new partner joining us from IDEO.
(2) HAX 6
– Start date: January 20, 2015
– Duration: 111 days in Shenzhen + Demo Day in San Francisco (+ Maker Faire)
– Investment: $25k for 6% or $100k for 9%
– Apply: www.haxlr8r.com
(3) About HAX
– First and most active accelerator for hardware startups
– “Lean Hardware” pioneer (see our articles on Techcrunch)
– 50 startups graduated: robotics, IOT, wearables, drones, 3d printing, etc.
– 25 successful crowdfunding campaigns (for B2C startups), worth millions of $
(4) Latest grads: HAX 5
– Our last batch included several robotics startups and a number of lifestyle products
– We had 6 robotics teams out of 10. Robots are happening, just not quite mass market yet!
– Three of them (biotech robot, home security, pet tech) are on Kickstarter
– All HAX projects are on Kickstarter are here
