Welcome Back to the Wearable Takeover! This Week in Wearables Venture News

In the returning episode kicking off Season 5, Coach L highlights the week of venture news including the historic raise for Clair Health, Snap's launch of their new glasses, and historic raises on Kickstarter for Hexis and Helio Strap Pro. 

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Lakisha Greenwade
Welcome back to the Whirable Takeover, the global ecosystem and podcast show, tracking everything strapping to your body, measuring your biometrics and altering your reality. I'm your host, Coach L, also known as Lakeisha Greenwaite.

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Lakisha Greenwade
Today is a celebration episode, but more importantly, it's a momentum check. We just wrapped up an absolutely historic run across both Boston Tech Week and New York Tech Week. And the response was nothing short of electric.

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We proved that the future of hardware, health tech, and wellness isn't just growing, it's thriving when we back the right people. None of this would have been possible without our incredible power of 100 partners. These are the forward-thinking organizations, corporations, and individuals who stepped up to help us build a sustainable pipeline for pioneering founders.

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Lakisha Greenwade
I want to give a massive heartfelt thank you to the heavy hitters who anchored our presence on the East Coast. starting with Neurable, a massive shout out to the team translating Neurotech and EEG brain sensing technology into everyday consumer habits. They are showing the world what deep tech hardware can do. Thank you so much for supporting us in Boston.

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And of course, we wouldn't have been able to do this without our amazing partners, Crush It Ventures. Yes, Jenny and team, thank you for throwing your weight, your capital, and your strategic ecosystem backing behind our vision.

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Lakisha Greenwade
We love it, and I'm sure you're still getting comments from all those who attended. sharing how much value they got out of it. I also want to thank the ritualist, Dawn Myers. Thank you so much for your support as a fellow founder in the ecosystem, supporting our efforts in both New York as well as Boston.

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Also, the T. Rowe Price Foundation. Thank you for your relentless commitment to community empowerment and resource equity. You've been helping our advisory team establish a firm foundation to scale.

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And you know what? I can't forget our digital vanguard. To every single individual donor who flooded LinkedIn, Instagram, sharing your power of 100 digital badges, we see you.

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You made our mission go viral during Tech Week, and you proved that ecosystem building is a team sport. So now let's talk about the next phase. We knocked out a tech week.

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Yes, we knocked it out of the park, but we are still not lifting our foot off of the gas. The Power of 100 is an ongoing movement, and there is still time for you, yes, you, to join us as we raise crucial capital for a few life-changing initiatives dropping this year.

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Our AI bootcamp for emerging founders and youth, where we bridge the digital divide and give the next generation the literal keys to build intelligent hardware.

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And then also our founders grant pool. We seek to deploy nondilutive catalytic capital directly to underrepresented builders. And mental health is important.

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We're investing in our founders mental health through an initiative because we realized that building a hardware startup is brutal and we refuse to let our founders burn out while chasing their dreams.

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So there's a few ways that you can act and join us in the power of 100. Yes, we keep we're keeping the door open just for you. So one, you can help us by contacting us to donate a wearable device from your company that we can raffle off to raise some funds this summer.

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Or you can make a direct impact with a direct financial contribution to fuel our upcoming boot camps, grant pools, and other programming activities through the rest of the calendar year.

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And let's not forget the investment layer. Yes, you can apply to join our inaugural ANGEL cohort, getting first look access to pioneering startups within our ecosystem.

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Lakisha Greenwade
So don't delay, head on over to wearabletechventures.org right now to make your mark. Let's build, let's invest, and let's change the face of technology together. I'm Coach L and this has been the Wearable Takeover.

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Lakisha Greenwade
See you next week. Let's go.