Monday, August 11, 2014

Nanotechnology and Kickstarter

What happens when you look at the intersection of two mega trends: nanotechnologies and Crowfunding ? One might expect to find the future leading companies of the future, but the results are surprising.

The experiment is easy to perform: simply use the SEARCH on the tool Quickstarter website and use  NANOTECHNOLOGY as the key word.


Today, I obtained 11 hits:

  • 6 projects reached their funding target: 5 are focusing in the area of hydrophobic coatings / stain protection
  • 3 projects failed: odorless sport shirts did not make it ( "crowd" is smart !! )
  • 2 projects where cancelled ( area of hydrophobic coatings / stain protection)


In short, there is nothing significant at the moment.

However, it is interesting to note the outcome, as in a year I will try again. It is possible that by then there will be some emerging applications that other VCs or companies have yet to discover !


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