Launchpad winner looks to save lives of bikers, drivers - The Huntsville Times

Alabama Launchpad Startup Competition press coverage on our 2nd place win for $50,000.

Launchpad winner looks to save lives of bikers, drivers - The Huntsville Times
http://huntsvilletimes.al.newsmemory.com/publink.php?shareid=306b82b22

Here is article on MechOptix. posted Wednesday on AL.com:
http://www.al.com/business/index.ssf/2015/12/post_278.html

My photo made the year in review in the EDPA newsletter that came today via e-mail:
https://t.e2ma.net/message/d8c6h/hbyvbk

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MechOptix selected by SolidWorks for Entrepreneur Sponsorship program

MechOptix was selected on December 3 for the SolidWorks Entrepreneur Sponsorship program. This means that we will have the use of $80,000 in software for one year. And the real kicker is that SolidWorks will use our designs in their marketing, including inviting us to showcase our products at SolidWorks World 2016 in Dallas on January 31 through February 3.
https://www.solidworks.com/sww/

MechOptix graduates from JusticeXL accelerator, part of the LaunchTN initiative

MechOptix graduated from the JusticeXL startup accelerator program on Investor Day (Demo Day) on November 18 in Tullahoma, TN.  Jeff Hammock pitched the first product, the team and the opportunity to investors from the region.

Patent Office approves application

The USPTO allowed our two claims in the Deceleration-Triggered LED Stop Lamp non-provisional utility patent application.  It was almost three years since we filed the application.  Stay tuned for a photo of our founder Jeff Hammock holding the actual patent.

MechOptix is finalist in Alabama Launchpad Startup Competition

Ten companies pitched to a panel of judges in Birmingham AL on October 2.  Five of the ten teams were selected as finalists.  MechOptix is very happy to be continuing in the competition.

Secured seed funds for pilot production run

MechOptix secured seed funds for a pilot production run of 1,000 Stoptix automatic brake lamps and the associated activities to launch the product on the market. 

MechOptix selected for Alabama Launchpad

MechOptix was one of ten teams selected for the Alabama Launchpad Startup Competition.  The last competition awarded $240,000 to four teams with first place receiving $100,000.  We are very excited to be selected!

http://www.al.com/business/index.ssf/2015/08/10_startups_from_across_the_st.html

MechOptix wins first place in the Sensors & Optics pitch contest

MechOptix wins first place at the SPARK pitch event series at BizTech in Huntsville.  The topic that night was Sensors & Optics.

MechOptix is now an approved Amazon vendor

We are excited to announce that the Powersports Buyer at Amazon.com invited us to be a vendor.  We applied through their vendor portal and was approved on July 29.  As an Amazon vendor we can ship our Stoptix automatic brake lamps to 75 countries!

Added Three Members to the Advisory Board

We are extremely happy to have Dan Percey II, Joel Burcham and Joe McGinty join the Advisory Board of MechOptix.  All have diverse experience in areas in which MechOptix could benefit from guidance including business development, sales, and manufacturing.  Jeff Hammock said that it was a natural progression to formalize what all three have been doing for MechOptix already.