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Vantage Robotics
Vantage Robotics has created a massively differentiated flying camera to compete in the $7 B camera drone market by solving the ease of use problem. The company spent over four years developing the product, sold over $1 M in pre-orders, and has just begun shipping to rave reviews. They were selected to be CNN's drone partner and won Sir Richard Branson's Extreme Tech Challenge.
Vantage's first product, Snap, is the only high-performance flying camera that can safely be used near people. With sophisticated tracking, automatic smart shots and your smartphone as the controller, Snap brings ease of use to a whole new level. The patent pending modular design enables customers to easily optimize performance with one hour flight times, silent operation, 60 mph flight speeds, and obstacle avoidance modules.
Already featured by Wired, Outside, TechCrunch, Men's Journal, The Verge, and Fast Company, amongst many others, the product has achieved strong traction with the press.
Vantage has a distribution deal in place with Amazon and strong interest from Apple, with combined sales forecasts of 6000 units/month.
The experienced team of Stanford, Yale, CMU, IDEO, NASA, HP, Panasonic, and Volkswagen alums have started a combined 8 companies previously and have been granted over 50 patents.
Investors include Crunchfund, Accelerator Ventures, Ruvento, Angel List, Hone Ventures, Rothenberg Ventures, Andy von Flotow, one of the most successful drone entrepreneurs in the United States, Blake Krikorian, founder of Sling Media, Bill Tai, an internationally recognized VC, Othman Laraki, ex VP of Product for Twitter (now CEO of Color Genomics) and other extremely experienced angel investors.
I will be pitching this idea to a panel of notable VC's and entrepreneurs on Sat, Oct 21. Join me for the pitch competition dinner and benefit gala at the Fairmont Hotel. Your donations are tax deductible and 100% of the net proceeds go to LLS. Learn more.
Pitch Competition (October 21, 6:30 pm)
During an elegant dinner, watch some of San Francisco's sharpest innovators pitch their ideas to a panel of judges comprised of notable Venture Capitalists, Entrepreneurs, and an audience of potential investors. The winner of the competition will be announced onstage at Midnight, during the black-tie benefit gala. Purchase Dinner/Gala tickets.
Benefit Gala (October 21, 9:30 pm)
Immediately following dinner, the stylish black-tie gala takes place. The Mr|Ms Silicon Valley Benefit Gala features world class DJ's & performers, live entertainment, and over 800 of San Francisco's finest young professionals celebrating good times for a great cause. The winner of the Pitch Competition will be announced live on stage at Midnight. Purchase Gala tickets.
Meet the Hosts
HackCancer is a group of philanthropic, young professionals in the San Francisco Bay Area. We host fun, engaging events that bring great people together to raise awareness and funding for cancer-related charities.
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's mission is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma while improving the quality of life for patients and their families. LLS invests in cures because most blood cancers cannot be prevented or detected early. Their continued advancements are now being used to treat patients with rare forms of stomach and skin cancers. In addition, their therapies are also being tested in clinical trials for patients with lung, brain, breast, pancreatic and prostate cancers. Research funded by LLS has tripled and in some cases quadrupled patient survival rates.
On behalf of HackCancer, LLS and blood cancer patients everywhere we thank you for your support!