15 Hot Startups Exploring The Hardware Niche
#8 Ploom - Funding: Unknown
Creates portable vaporizers, ushering in a new healthier way to enjoy tobacco.
Founders: James Monsees and Adam Bowen
Ploom are the makers of premium portable tobacco vaporizers. They offer an alternative method to consuming tobacco by achieving zero combustion, thereby eliminating smoke and second-hand smoke. Ploom delivers one of the best quality vaporizer experiences in the market.
#7 SpaceMonkey - Funding: $2.6 million
Lets you make your own cloud storage service.
Founders: Clint Gordon-Carroll and Alen Peacock
SpaceMonkey’s device allows you to store 1TB of cloud storage for $120 per year. The best thing about this device is that, along with keeping a copy of your files locally on the Space Monkey device, it keeps an another encrypted copy spread throughout its storage network. Space Monkey gives you the back up and also claims to keep your data confidential and safe.
#6 Makerbot - Funding: $10 million
Is leading the way in the consumer 3D printing space.
Founders: Bre Petis, Adam Mayer, and Zach "Hoeken" Smith
Makerbot's 3D printer gives you a great deal as compared others, in terms of money and service. Their retail starts at $1,999, provided with support from its full-time staff.
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