Hardware Startups: Prototyping Pitfalls

This event is for startups building hardware: from industrial robotics to consumer electronics, physical AI, climate tech, hardtech, deep tech, IoT, defence and dual-use, medtech and healthtech. Join our community of founders, design engineers, hardware builders, and manufacturing pros.

Schedule

6:30 PM — Networking, pizza & drinks

7:30 PM — Fireside chat: Prototyping Pitfalls

8:15 PM — Networking & drinks

9:00 PM — Wrap up

Fireside Chat - Prototyping Pitfalls

We'll hear from an experienced hardware leader about the painful mistakes he's made in prototyping, how to design with manufacturing in mind from day one, and how early decisions made at the prototype stage come back to bite you at scale.

Dmitro Khroma is the co-founder and former CTO of Swytch Bike

Dmitro led the engineering behind the world's smallest and lightest eBike conversion kit, shipping over 100,000 kits to customers in 50+ countries, scaling the team to 75 people and generating $80M in lifetime revenue.

Organisers

Humbird matches hardware startups with vetted factories and suppliers, so you can spend less time sourcing and more time building.

Antler is the world's most active early-stage investor, backing exceptional people at the very start of their journey.