1st Cascadia Hardware Meetup (7th Seattle, 12th Portland, 39th VAN)
Join us for the first Cascadia Hardware Meetup in July! We'll be combining the forces of our Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver, BC Hardware Meetups for an event that celebrates the epicness of the PNW hardware scene during Seattle Tech Week 2025. We'll be meeting at Synapse Product Development, part of Capgemini Invent.
Hardware Meetups happen across 30+ cities monthly and help bring together different professionals to connect and meet each other.
Guest Speakers:
Helion is a fusion power company based in Everett, WA, with the mission to build the world's first fusion power plant, enabling a future with unlimited clean electricity. Our vision is a world with clean, reliable, and affordable energy for everyone. Since Helion's founding in 2013, we have raised over $1 billion from long-time investors such as Sam Altman, Mithril, and Capricorn Investment Group and new investors SoftBank and Lightspeed to propel us forward. Our last prototype, Trenta, completed 10,000 high-power pulses and reached plasma temperatures of 100 million degrees Celsius (9 keV). Now, we're turning up operations for Polaris, and working towards delivering the world's first fusion power plant.
Agenda
6:00-6:30 - Arrival, mingle, grab refreshments
6:30-6:35 - Welcome and introduction
6:35-7:15 - Guest talks and Q+A
7:15-7:30 - Community open mic
Anyone will have the chance for a 2min pitch to demo a prototype or talk about what they are working on.
7:30-9:00 - Mix + mingle
Thank you to our sponsor
Fictiv is a global manufacturing and supply chain company accelerating innovation for hardware teams. Through a powerful combination of digital infrastructure, advanced manufacturing capabilities, and a network of globally distributed, highly vetted partners, Fictiv enables fast, high-quality production of custom mechanical parts.
From early-stage prototyping to production at scale, Fictiv supports innovators across robotics, aerospace, medical devices, and clean energy. With over 35 million parts delivered and, now, as part of the MISUMI Group, Fictiv is building the future of custom and standard mechanical parts through one unified platform.
Whether you're a startup founder or a seasoned hardware engineer, Fictiv helps you move from idea to impact—faster.
Thank you to our host
Synapse Product Development solves the most difficult engineering challenges from concept through manufacturing for the leading entertainment, consumer electronics, life-sciences, healthcare, industrial, and climate technology companies and organizations in the world.
Synapse provides mechanical, electrical, and software engineering services, and supplies essential project management and innovative product design assistance to a broad range of clients from funded startups to Fortune 50 companies. Synapse is headquartered in Seattle, Washington with an additional office in Capgemini’s Innovation flagship office in Mission Rock, San Francisco, California.
Thank you to our partners
informal is a talent collective helping builders connect with freelancers for design, engineering, and physical prototyping tasks. Working with top teams like Neurosity, Aduri, and Makerbot in the past, Informal will help recruit and match a team to meet any of your prototyping needs.