{"id":16208,"date":"2014-11-17T11:17:27","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T16:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/?p=16208"},"modified":"2014-11-17T11:17:27","modified_gmt":"2014-11-17T16:17:27","slug":"call-haxlr8r-next-program-applications-are-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/2014\/11\/17\/call-haxlr8r-next-program-applications-are-open\/","title":{"rendered":"[CALL] HAXLR8R next program applications are open"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nApplications for the next HAX program at HAXLR8R starting in January are open.\u00a0 Will Canine and Andy Sigler can comment on the experience, as openTrons is in the program now.<\/div>\n
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(1) More funding, more teams<\/b><\/div>\n
Applications for HAX 6 are open this month:<\/div>\n
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–\u00a0Up to $100k per team<\/div>\n
–\u00a0Up to 15\u00a0teams<\/div>\n
– We\u00a0expanded the program<\/a>\u00a0with a\u00a0brand new office and a new partner joining us from IDEO.<\/div>\n
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(2) HAX 6<\/b><\/div>\n
– Start date:\u00a0January 20, 2015<\/span><\/div>\n
– Duration: 111 days in Shenzhen + Demo Day in San Francisco (+ Maker Faire)<\/span><\/div>\n
– Investment: $25k for 6% or $100k for 9%<\/span><\/div>\n
– Apply:\u00a0www.haxlr8r.com<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
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(3) About HAX<\/b><\/div>\n
– First and most active accelerator for hardware startups<\/div>\n
– \u201cLean Hardware\u201d pioneer (see our articles on Techcrunch)<\/div>\n
– 50 startups graduated: robotics, IOT, wearables, drones, 3d printing, etc.<\/div>\n
– 25 successful crowdfunding campaigns (for B2C startups), worth millions of $<\/div>\n
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(4) Latest grads: HAX 5<\/b><\/div>\n
– Our last batch included several robotics startups and a number of lifestyle products<\/span><\/div>\n
– We had 6 robotics teams out of 10. Robots are happening, just not quite mass market yet!
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– Some media coverage:\u00a0GigaOm<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0IEEE<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0Prynt<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0Point<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
– Three of them (biotech robot<\/a>,\u00a0home security<\/a>,\u00a0pet tech<\/a>) are on Kickstarter<\/span><\/div>\n
– All HAX projects are on Kickstarter are\u00a0here<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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