Raising Cash: The State of Getting Products to Market
Maker Faire Bay Area 2019
May 17th-19th
In the 14 years since Maker Faire began, there has been a lot of change around makers “going pro.” Paths to financing, like crowdfunding and more recently venture funding opportunities, have allowed makers to evolve their businesses and bring products to market in a new way.
Tyler Mincey
Tyler is VP Engineering at Bolt, a venture capital firm that invests in concept-stage companies at the intersection of software and the physical world. In addition to funding, Bolt supports its portfolio with senior engineers and designers to help with product development and manufacturing. Previously at Apple in iPod/iPhone new product development.
http://bolt.io
Avidan Ross
Avidan is the founder of Root Ventures, where he backs deeply technical founders in hardware and software. Previously, he designed fire-breathing robots for the Food Network as the host of a never-aired TV show pilot dubbed "Weapons of Mass Consumption". He now builds Particle powered espresso machines and beer vending bots in his SF workshop.
https://www.root.vc/
Beau Ambur
Beau travels the West Coast searching for innovators, creators and makers who can leverage the powerful community and storytelling abilities of Kickstarter to bring creative projects to life. Beau is also a contributor to open source hardware and software projects, as well as a regular at hackerspaces like Noisebridge.
https://www.kickstarter.com/design-tech
Mike Senese
Mike Senese is the Executive Editor of Make: magazine. He is also a TV host, starring in various engineering and science shows for Discovery Channel, including Punkin Chunkin, How Stuff Works, and Catch It Keep It. An avid maker, Mike spends his spare time tinkering with remote-control aircraft, doing amateur woodworking, and attempting to cook the perfect pizza.
https://makezine.com
