geCKo Materials

We are so excited to announce The Pitch launched an AngelList syndicate as part of our strategic round. We are so excited for the VCs, CVCS, and angels in this round! The week after winning second place at TechCrunch Disrupt has been wonderful and so full of joy for geCKo Materials. Some highlights include: shipping gMDA to Samsung after meeting with the CTO and President, being a key component for the KMI robot that landed on the ISS (part of #SpaceX #CRS31 mission) Tuesday and the whirlwind of media articles around our TechCrunch win, and of course closing our round!! #startup #ceo #fundraising #ISS #founder #deeptech #hardware #space #manufacturing #geCKoMaterials #techcrunchdisrupt2024

Are you a founder or leader riding the startup rollercoaster? 🎢 November 20th, Startup Grind is hosting an in-person event in SF! I am on the panel and i would love to see you there! I have a handful of free tickets for friends so if you would like one drop a comment below: https://lnkd.in/geFSz5Gs #founder #ceo #startup #startupgrind

TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 was amazing! It was a huge honor to take second place home!! 🎉🦎 geCKo Materials was named runner up TechCrunch Disrupt Startup of the Year! Just to make the Top 5 finalist was amazing and the competition was very fierce. I am so thankful for the geCKo Materials' team, especially Denis who headed up our booth, Gabriela Badica who ran comms, plus all the family, friends, and new friends we made at the conference. TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 🏆 was such a fun experience. I am so thankful for Isabelle Johannessen and Michael J Schick and the TC team for making this a TC Disrupt to remember. "It all started earlier this year when the TechCrunch editorial team selected 200 companies from thousands that applied. From there, the team then chose the 20 finalists who pitched this week onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 to investor judges and packed crowds." Out of thousands of applicants, 200 startups were chosen for the Startup Battlefield 200 cohort. Top 20 was announced at the start of the conference Monday. As a Top 20 we took the Disrupt Stage as finalists Monday and Tuesday, battling it out for a spot in the Top 5 who would battle it out again for the Disrupt Cup and $100,000 prize. Tuesday evening, the top 5 finalists were announced. We were one of the 5 finalists along with some of our friends: geCKo Materials, @lunalifeltd MabLab Salva Health and Stitch3D. We pitched one more time on the main stage at Disrupt for the Battlefield Finals Wednesday late morning! The results are in: 🥇Salva Health Valentina Agudelo Vargas, 🥈geCKo Materials Capella Kerst, Ph.D. We won runner up!! 🦎🦎🎉🎉 Congratulations to all my fellow finalists and Battlefield participants! Excited to see everyones company skyrocket 🚀 it was an honor to stand along sit amazing disruptive technology truly making an impact and difference in the world. If you want to check out our article or watch the finals: https://lnkd.in/gnPDGEQn #TechCrunchDisrupt2024 #TechCrunchDisrupt #StartupBattlefield #Innovation #StartupLife #Disrupt2024 #ceo #sustainably

IT’S TIME!! 🎉 TechCrunch Disrupt starts today and it’s finally time to announce this year’s Startup Battlefield Top 20 Finalist!! We have been working with these outstanding founders in secret 🤫 for the last 2 months to make sure their pitches are top-notch and ready for the Disrupt Stage. I can proudly say that they are ready and excited to battle it out this week for the $100,000 grand prize and the coveted Disrupt Cup 🏆 #StartupBattlefield #TechCrunchDisrupt2024 #StartupBattlefield2024

As TechCrunch Disrupt officially kicks off tomorrow, geCKo Materials invites you to stop by booth E1! We are one of the Top 200 companies in Startup Battlefield Disrupt 2024. #disrupt2024 #startupbattlefieldtop200

Robotics, drones, and space? Now that's what I call a sticky business🦎 Biomimicry (noun): the design and production of materials, structures, and systems that are modeled on biological entities and processes. Picking up where her Stanford professor (the godfather of biomimicry) left off, founder Capella Kerst, Ph.D. developed a material that mimics a geckos' gravity defying grip. The tech works in any barometric environment — atmospheric, nitrogen, hydrogen, even vacuum chambers. And she found a way to commercialize it. What used to take 48-hours to produce, now takes 15-minutes. Capella may have developed the science in the lab, but now geCKo Materials is on the International Space Station and Honda, Ford, Toyota, GE, Intel are all customers. The applications for geCKo dry adhesive are endless. The business opportunity for the next industrial velcro is massive. If it works, this is easily a multi-billion dollar business. Will Capella get a VC to pony up and lead her $8M seed, or will she be forced to curb her enthusiasm and raise a smaller, more reasonable round? I'm so excited to be a part of Capella's story! Listen or watch her incredible pitch to investors Cyan Banister, Charles Hudson, McKeever (Mac) Conwell,II & Jesse Middleton on episode 140 of The Pitch on YouTube or your favorite podcast player.

geCKo Materials' The Pitch Show is now live! It is a huge honor to be on The Pitch Show! Thank you Josh Muccio and Lisa Muccio for having me on the show! It was so fun meeting the investors and other startups! Can't wait for the finale!! Check out https://lnkd.in/gdxu88-q if you want to see me pitch The Pitch Show folks!