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Lean Hardware: Breeding Hardware Unicorns

Leveraging the CrunchBase dataset, Cyril Ebersweiler and Benjamin Joffe of hardware startup accelerator HAXLR8R analyze hardware unicorns and up-and-coming "ponies," identifying a list of 41 hardware companies that have raised significant VC funding or exited recently.

To date, only one unicorn has IPO'd but combined acquisitions are worth over $11 billion. The largest acquisitions were done by software companies like Google, Facebook, and Amazon.

And hardware unicorns are growing faster than ever - Xiaomi, Nest and Oculus reached unicorn status in fewer than four years.

Check out the full analysis here.

Featured Funding Rounds

Blockstream

$21M / Seed

Blockstream is a bitcoin innovation startup, headquartered in Montreal, that aims to extend the capabilities at the protocol level to support massive scaling of Bitcoin and blockchain technology. Founded earlier this year, Blockstream will put the new cash toward growth and development.

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Glossier

$8.4M / Venture

Glossier is New York-based startup that sells a simple, highly curated line of beauty products at an accessible price point. Launched in September, Glossier has raised $10.4 million to date and will use the latest funding to grow its team and scale production.

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Lerer Hippeau Ventures

Thrive Capital

Forerunner Ventures

+ 5 more investors

Alfred

$2.0M / Seed

Alfred is a New York-based startup that pairs individuals with personal assistants who provide home services such as laundry, dry cleaning, home cleaning, and grocery shopping. Winner of this year's TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield in San Francisco, Alfred has been in beta for almost a year in Boston and is launching today in New York.

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Featured Event

CSSConf.Asia

	November 19, 2014
	Amara Sanctuary Resort 1 Larkhill Road, Sentosa Island Singapore, Singapore

CSSConf.Asia - Bridging web design and implementation.

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Featured Acquisitions

	GrooveBook acquired by Shutterfly for $14M
	Swarm Mobile acquired by Groupon

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Funding Rounds

Metao.com ($30M / Series B)

Shift ($24M / Venture)

Veradocs ($14M / Series A)

Menlo Security ($10M / Series A)

RealScout ($6.0M / Series A)

Bloc ($6.0M / Series A)

Breezeworks ($5.0M / Series A)

Dispatch ($3.1M / Seed)

Imagine If ($3.0M / Seed)

+94 More Funding Rounds

Acquisitions

Fisher/Unitech acquired by Riverside Company

+14 More Acquisitions

Since the last CrunchBase Daily

106Funding Rounds Added

$1.9BIn Fundings Captured

17Acquisitions Recorded

2,789Profiles Updated

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