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A platform to change how crowdfunded hardware is made

By TMI Holding, an incubator in Taiwan

Lucas Wang, Co-Founder of HWTrek and TMI Holding

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There are platforms to match backers and creators, investors and founders, talent and startups.

“HWTrek is a neutral platform matching creators and supply chain experts to give hardware innovators realistic production resources”

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• To accelerate the hardware 2.0 innovation by refining the development process

• Enable efficient communication, software vs hardware: Venus vs. Mars

• Solve the Problem: You don’t know what you don’t know

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So, How it Works

Draft Projects

Experts

Experts’ solutions

Creators

* Reference design * Key component * Options make differences

* Private/Expert only* Campaign rehearsal

Mass Productio

nShipping!!

Promote/ Search

Q&A/Match

Crowdfund

Hardware Acceleration Program

(HAP)

* Handholding from pilot production to ship out!* Your virtual project manager in Asia * Profit sharing model* Syndicate seed investment

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Selected Expert’s Background

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Benefit to CreatorsSchedule

Quality

Cost

Deliver as planned, move on fast

Product’s quality, and the whole development process

BOM optimize, also control the time and resource devoted

FocusExpert support, new solutions available, HAP team could focus on the core: Software development

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Share your project, and find support from Hardware

Experts today!HWTrek beta testing launched on Sept 13’ will be closed soon,

and the formal site opens on 10th FebContact us: lucas.wang@tmi.vc

Explanatory Video