Prototyping Hardware Accelerator Applications
Applications are now being accepted for the Summer 2021 Prototyping Hardware Accelerator. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Applications are now being accepted for the Summer 2021 Prototyping Hardware Accelerator. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
The Prototyping Hardware Accelerator, offered in partnership with the College of Engineering at Cornell University, is a deep dive into exploring hardware entrepreneurship through an intensive 11-week summer program.
Teams are led through a process for determining if their ideas are commercially desirable, technologically viable, and economically feasible. Upon completion of our program, hardware alums are positioned to recruit team members, bring on partners, work with contract manufacturers, and pitch to investors.
Our innovative philosophy and methodology is suitable for all types of hardware offerings. In addition to our summer program, Rev hosts a series of speakers + workshops to grow your network of thought leaders, industry experts, and successful startups. We also have a state-of-the-art purpose-built prototyping lab that is open to Hardware Accelerator participants as well as Rev member companies.
In the Prototyping Hardware Accelerator, we help teams move from a “back of the napkin” idea to a prototype, validated business model, and a pitch: a prototype that they can tested with customers, a business model to set future product direction, and a pitch with which they can engage partners and investors.
Demo Day is when teams share what they’ve been working on with the community. The event is both an exhibit and a pitch marathon, teams craft a clear and concise pitch that shows their knowledge of their customer’s need, the product’s market viability, their passion for their start-up, and their technical creativity.
February 4 at 2:00 p.m.
Contact:
[email protected]
If you have an idea for a product that falls into the “cleantech” category—this program will help you test your idea and prepare you to launch your own cleantech company.
Cleantech startups face unique challenges—different funding and grant considerations, specific certifications and validation criteria, etc. The Cleantech Prototyping Hardware Accelerator will address these challenges head on with guest speakers from across the clean tech space, custom workshops focused on cleantech growth, and access to mentors experienced in the clean energy industry.
The Cleantech Prototyping Hardware Accelerator follows the same curriculum as the Prototyping Hardware Accelerator, but includes workshops, speakers, and trainings tailored to cleantech startups.
Teams explore their options for building their product while simultaneously engaging in customer discovery in order to learn more about their customers problems/needs.
Teams focus on creating looks-like and works-like prototypes in order to further refine their concepts and continue to garner customer feedback
Teams integrate all the feedback and learning to create an integrated functional prototype suitable to gather customer feedback and investor interest. Teams also receive pitch training and prepare for Demo Day.
“We intend to base all our Technology Support, Design, R&D, and development here in Ithaca and having the Rev mentors and facilities to utilize is essential.”
-Shannon Mackey, CTO, SeaArctos
Combplex is building a hardware device that serves as a fully electronic, low-power, and chemical free miticide that specifically targets Varroa mite – the primary problem driving honeybee population.
Combplex created its first prototypes in Rev’s Prototyping Hardware Accelerator and was recently accepted into Rev’s Manufacturing Hardware Accelerator.
Heat Inverse’s cooling technology helps manufacturers increase efficiency simply and inexpensively, using photonic thin-film materials that get cold with zero-energy input. The startup participated in Rev’s Prototyping Hardware Accelerator and is now a part of the Manufacturing Hardware Accelerator cohort.
SeaArctos is developing a sulfur detection system that can determine if ships are burning the correct fuel to meet new international regulations.
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