Prototyping Partners Physical Manifestations of Your Innovations
Turning your innovative ideas into physical prototypes can make all the difference when pitching investors. As a leader in 3D printing services with over a decade of experience helping startups impress funders, we encourage capitalizing on additive manufacturing early and often throughout your product development cycle for maximum impact.
In our work supporting hardware and consumer goods startups, we’ve seen firsthand the power prototypes hold in investor conversations. Physical manifestations of your inventions build confidence, aid understanding, and help investors envision the future you see — critical to securing funding.
Table of contents
· Gripping Demonstrations Make Intangibles Tangible
· Accelerate Time-to-Investment with 3D Printing
· Prototyping Partners That Deliver Funding Edge
Gripping Demonstrations Make Intangibles Tangible
Many early-stage innovations exist only digitally or conceptually before their physical form takes shape. While business plans try valiantly to paint a clear picture, nothing brings an intangible concept to life like a model investors can actually touch. In an analysis of 200 pitches, 74 percent of startups pitching a physical product secured funding, nearly triple the rate pitching an idea alone.
As experts in translating digital designs into 3D printed prototypes, we enable you to physically demonstrate key aspects of your product vision. Through prototyping, you can showcase critical functionality, interactions, or finishes to turn hypotheticals into concrete examples investors can evaluate hands-on.
Beyond sparking curiosity and engagement from investors accustomed to less tangible pitches, studies show experiencing innovations physically stimulates creativity and business model discussions. When concepts transition from an abstract explanation to prototypes investors can manipulate, more practical insights and questions tend to emerge organically from the experience.
“After handling the 3D printed prototype during our pitch meeting, the investor immediately suggested how we could alter the design to reduce production costs. That tangible feedback was invaluable, guiding design decisions that made manufacturing far more economical once we secured funding.”
– Sarah D, Co-Founder & CEO, PetComfort Technologies
Accelerate Time-to-Investment with 3D Printing
Another advantage startups leverage with prototypes? Condensing the development timeline to secure funding faster. Instead of progressing sequentially through design phases before allowing investor input, prototypes facilitate a more iterative workflow between concept and production.
Rather than waiting months for finished products to show investors, 3D printing produces quick turnaround models for evaluation in weeks (or days). This accelerated timeline provides opportunities to incorporate investor feedback into rapid design tweaks before concepts become engrained or production tooling solidified. Constructive input earlier, more fluidly, and more frequently pays dividends across development.
For PetComfort Technologies, tangible prototypes fast-tracked design finalization by over 5 months:
“We used 3D printing to create multiple generations of prototypes over 8 weeks. This process allowed investors to provide feedback that informed the design finalized for manufacturing, avoiding delays from changes later in development.”
– Sarah D, PetComfort Technologies
Once satisfied with prototyped concepts, investors also gain confidence in committing funds knowing realistic models proved out critical form and functionality already. Rather than taking a chance on vision alone, tried-and-tested prototypes provide tangible indicators of viability to convince investors parting with capital makes good business sense.
Prototyping Partners That Deliver Funding Edge
Where bright ideas and boundless enthusiasm meet to shape the future of technology.
Not all prototyping methods render the fidelity and finishing level to impress investors, however. Knowing which 3D printing technologies to match with aesthetic, functional, cost, and timeline priorities takes experience — the years of industrial expertise we offer startups.
Rather than waste resources on prototypes that don’t hit the mark, leverage our team that’s served innovators much like you for over a decade. We become an extension of your product development, providing sage advice on how to strategically apply prototypes at the right milestones, with the right physical properties, to maximize impact.
Over countless investor pitches, we’ve refined formulas balancing striking visuals with practical functionality — all with speed and economics to meet startup budgets and realities. If dominating your next round of funding with an impressive physical demonstration sounds appealing, connect with our experts. We build prototypes optimized to wow investors and win over customers alike.
So reach out today to translate your vision into an investor-ready prototype leveraging our years of perfecting the formula for fundraising success.
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