niedziela, 9 listopada 2014

Entrepreneur, 13, gets Intel funding for low-cost Braille printer

Shubham Banerjee, founder of Braigo Labs Inc., holds a printer in Palo Alto By Sarah McBride HUNTINGTON BEACH Calif. (Reuters) - If Shubham Banerjee cannot lay claim to being the world's youngest venture capital-backed entrepreneur, he comes very close. Banerjee was 12 years old when he closed an early-stage funding round with Intel Capital, the company's venture capital arm, last month for his prototype for a low-cost Braille printer. Since then, the San Jose, California middle-schooler has turned 13. That's young, even by the standards of Silicon Valley, where many venture capitalists unapologetically prefer to fund youth over experience. ...








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