hardware startups

Ben Einstein Funds Hardware Startups — Here’s His Advice for You

Ben Einstein Funds Hardware Startups — Here’s His Advice for You

Ben Einstein knows hardware startups. Get the tips to make sure your product can make it to the market.

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LittleBits Receives .2M in Funding, Names New Key Hires

LittleBits Receives $44.2M in Funding, Names New Key Hires

LittleBits, the New York-based open source hardware startup that produces modular snap-together circuitry kits, announced this morning that it has raised just over $44 million in its Series B funding from DFJ Growth as well as Morgan Stanley, Grishin Robotics, and Wamda Capital, among others. This is one of the largest rounds to come out of […]

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Root Venture VC Raises  Million for Early Stage Hardware Startups

Root Venture VC Raises $30 Million for Early Stage Hardware Startups

When Avidan Ross was planning his wedding, he bought a Jinan G. Weike LG500 laser cutter to make his own escort cards and table numbers. “She got a diamond, I got a 90W laser,” he said. It was that mentality that led Ross to launch a $30 million fund — or, more precisely, a pi-inspired $31,415,927 — […]

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Android Co-Founder Launches Hardware Incubator

Android Co-Founder Launches Hardware Incubator

Android co-founder Andy Rubin has raised $48 million to launch a hardware incubator he’s calling Playground Global, the Wall Street Journal reports. “Hardware will drive future ecosystems,” Rubin said. Rubin left Google in the fall of 2014 to pursue his hardware incubator, sunsetting nine years at the internet behemoth. Playground Global will provide counseling and support […]

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