crowd-funding Archives - Startagist https://startagist.com/tag/crowd-funding/ Stop Thinking, Start Building Sun, 12 Jul 2020 18:08:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 https://startagist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cropped-Startagist-Logo-2-96x96.png crowd-funding Archives - Startagist https://startagist.com/tag/crowd-funding/ 32 32 How To Raise Money For Your Startup https://startagist.com/how-to-raise-money-for-your-startup/ https://startagist.com/how-to-raise-money-for-your-startup/#respond Sun, 12 Jul 2020 18:08:08 +0000 https://startagist.com/?p=2716 How do you raise money? How do you find investors? How do you take your company from an idea to raising capital for it? Patrick covers these topics as well as the 10 questions to ask before raining money for your business.

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Have you heard of Facebook Likes T-shirt? If not, here it is https://startagist.com/wearable-startup-broadcast-wear-facebook-like-t-shirt-jaltee/ https://startagist.com/wearable-startup-broadcast-wear-facebook-like-t-shirt-jaltee/#respond Mon, 23 Jan 2017 15:04:24 +0000 http://startagist.com/?p=1338 One-year-old Hyderabad startup Broadcast Wear takes the wearables industry to the next level Wearable has now become a household name of sorts. You can see fitness enthusiasts  running on the streets early in the morning with an IoT device on their wrist, regularly checking the distance they covered/steps taken. Some others use wearables/smart watches to count their […]

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One-year-old Hyderabad startup Broadcast Wear takes the wearables industry to the next level

Wearable has now become a household name of sorts. You can see fitness enthusiasts  running on the streets early in the morning with an IoT device on their wrist, regularly checking the distance they covered/steps taken. Some others use wearables/smart watches to count their heart beats, or get suggestions on their food intake to maintain good health.

A few months ago, Hyderabad-based Hug Innovations launched a smartwatch that boasts of having all the above features, in addition to an SOS button that could send alerts to your phone contacts when you are in distress or in danger.

But this startup is different. This venture, called Broadcast Wearable Pvt Ltd, based out of Hyderabad, has designed what it calls the world’s first programmable and touch-enabled T-shirt that can change designs and slogans according to your choice by a simple tap on the logo.

The startup was launched in 2016 by Ayyappa Nagubandi, a serial entrepreneur with 17 years of experience. Broadcast’s T-shirt consists of tiny LEDs that connect with the accompanying app to give you complete control over what you wish to display on your wear. The T-shirt will reflect what is on your mind – from the good to the bad, from the beautiful to the ugly.

“One change the slogans whenever he/she wants. In addition, It allows you to programme a display embedded in a regular cotton T-shirt using your smartphone. The system would let you display pictures, text, and whatever’s on your mind on the T-shirt for all to see,” Ayyappa said.

Broadcast Wear Founder Ayyappa Nagubandi
Broadcast Wear Founder Ayyappa Nagubandi

In July last year, the startup raised US$117,927 via popular crowd-funding platform Indiegogo, which was almost four times its actual target figure. The company also got several orders from companies in India and the US for the T-shirts.

But Ayyappa is not ready to stop just here. In fact, the programmable T-shirt is just the beginning of Broadcast Wear’s entry into the huge world of wearables.

“Ever since our campaign went live on Indiegogo, we have been busy with not only creating prototypes and getting ready for the production of the Broadcast T-shirt, but also with creating more wearables that will disrupt the fashion and technology markets,” he said.

“After extensive research, we have now developed competencies in merging technology with textiles. In addition to touch-enabled clothing, we have created reflective clothing and interactive clothing. We are now working on creating a wearable phone,” he added.

With a team of 20 people, the startup is currently working on an illuminative/reflective clothing. “We create clothes that bring out the sparkle in your eyes. Lined with LED and ELD wires, we create light-emitting clothing for every occasion and every reason. Jaltee is our line of clothing that glows. The clothes are embedded with ELD wires that make designs glow at the press of a button. This is water proof and comfortable to wear,” Ayyappa elaborated.

Jaltee is an acronym and each alphabet represents the name of an inspiring person who brought in revolutionary changes to the world — Steve Jobs, Isaac Asimov, Linus Torvalds, Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, and Albert Einstein.

The company is also working on a line of interactive clothing. “With geographical boundaries disappearing, it is not surprising to see man and machine communicating like never before. We, at Broadcast Wear, have taken interactivity to the next level, enabling your phone to communicate with your T-shirt. All you have to do is type out a slogan or create a design on the app, and the t-shirt will reflect the same.”

“Our range of interactive clothing includes a Facebook Like T-shirt, where you can display the number of Likes your Facebook page has (that updates itself in real-time), a T-shirt that displays the number of steps you have walked (encourages people to take up exercising), and a safety jacket that is paired with a sensor and a battery to take in information about daylight and switch itself on the moment it gets dark,” Ayyappa explained.

In the midst of hundreds of clothing brands, Jaltee stands apart with its focus on creating clothing that is technology-enabled and customer-friendly, claims Ayyappa. In his view, Jaltee is not just a clothing brand but a harbinger of new trends in clothing. Trends that are soon set to storm the world of fashion. 

“Jaltee ensures that you stand majestic and be the attention grabber at every event or party. Be it the T shirt that glows in the dark or the Salwar Kameez that lights up the room or the bag which changes the design on it as per your wish and command. Jaltee fuses technology with everyday clothing and creates magic,” Ayyappa went on.

Let’s wish all the very best for Ayyappa and the team!

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Indian startup TeamIndus takes crowd-funding to the moon https://startagist.com/teamindus-takes-crowd-funding/ https://startagist.com/teamindus-takes-crowd-funding/#respond Sat, 21 Jan 2017 11:21:24 +0000 http://startagist.com/?p=1298 Bengaluru-based space startup TeamIndus will get the names of public ‘donors’ micro-engraved on a small-sized aluminium object, which will be placed on the lunar surface when its lander descends on the moon. And the price does not cost you the moon: Just Rs 500 per name. Want your name to go to the Moon? Here […]

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Bengaluru-based space startup TeamIndus will get the names of public ‘donors’ micro-engraved on a small-sized aluminium object, which will be placed on the lunar surface when its lander descends on the moon. And the price does not cost you the moon: Just Rs 500 per name.Startup TeamIndus Takes Crowd-Funding to The Moon

Want your name to go to the Moon? Here is an opportunity

The mission, planned for December 28 this year on the PSLV rocket, will travel the 3.84 lakh kilometres from earth to make a soft landing on the moon on January 26, 2018. Its robotic rover will send back photos and videos. The name plaque plan is part of a crowd-funding effort, Sheelika Ravishankar, Jedi Master – Marketing and Outreach, of the Bengaluru-based startup was quoted in the Hindu.

The lunarcraft will land in a large dusty plain on the sun-lit lunar belly, the Mare Imbrium (Latin for Sea of Showers.) “In the future, when people start traveling to the moon, who knows, they may find this box and spot the names of their ancestors,” Ravishankar told The Hindu. Some 10,000 people have already sent in their names.TeamIndus-Takes Crowd-Funding to The Moon-StartagistApart from immortalising you, future mooncombers may just find your name on the moon. But that will be among other moon artefacts too like U.S., Soviet, European and Japanese spacecraft debris; rovers that died. Apollo-14’s moonwalker Alan Shepard teed off a few golf balls.

Who is Team Indus?

Startup TeamIndus Takes Crowd-Funding to The MoonTeam Indus is recognised as the first and only Indian team in Google Lunar Xprize. They have 12 technical advisers, 11 direct partners, and more than 100 total participants on board. Their supporters are hopeful that they will be the first ever lunar-based representatives of Asia.
Rahul Narayan is the fleet commander and tech lead. The other primary participants of Team Indus are Sheelika Ravishankar, Dilip Chabria, and Nirmal Suraj.

Fund Raising

The process of raising enough capital to launch a robot to the moon is not to be taken lightly. While the winning team will enjoy a substantial cash prize, these funds won’t be available until the team reaches the moon. Participating teams must come up with their own funding to start their projects.
Fortunately, Team Indus won an award in 2015 for completing the concept of their lunar vehicle. They received $1 million as cash prize along with other awardees.Startup TeamIndus Takes Crowd-Funding to The Moon

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