15th LA Hardware Meetup @ Duro: Launching a Hardware Startup

​We're back with another LA Hardware Meetup, hosted at Duro's headquarters in Echo Park. This is your chance to connect with industry peers who are as passionate about hardware innovation as you are. Come socialize, share what you’re working on, and talk shop!

​We have great speakers lined up for you:

• ​Katie, Investor at Calibrate VC

  • ​Katie Vasquez is an investor at Calibrate Ventures, an early-stage DeepTech focused venture capital fund, where she partners with early-stage founders, providing hands-on support in go-to-market, technical, and tactical strategies. Katie is passionate about investing in robotics, AI, manufacturing, and aerospace & defense. Katie received a bachelor’s degree in astrophysics with honors from Brown University.
    

• ​Brennan, Co-Founder / CEO at Hybron

  • ​Brennan Lieu is the Co-Founder and CEO of Hybron, a company pioneering a novel method for producing complex, high-performance composite parts at 10-100 times the speed of traditional manufacturing. Hybron recently raised a $4M Seed Round and has been the first to successfully build composite compressor blades that have been successfully tested in a hot-fired fighter jet engine. Brennan previously worked at another composites startup and studied Energy, Mechanical, and Aerospace Engineering at Stanford.

​​Hardware Meetups happen in over 30 cities around the world, helping bring together founders, engineers, and other hardware professionals to networks, share insights, and collaborate with one another.

​​Thank you to our partners
Duro is a cloud-native PLM platform that revolutionizes hardware teams’ operations. By simplifying complex product data management and leveraging pre-built CAD, ERP, and MES integrations, Duro helps teams develop products faster and reduce supply chain costs.

​​informal is a freelance collective for the most talented independent professionals in hardware and hardtech. With expertise in a diverse range of industries from consumer electronics to automotive, climate tech to medical devices, informal members work with clients at every stage to design, manufacture, and scale top-quality physical products. Whether you're looking for a single contractor, a full-time employee, or an entire team of professionals to work on everything from product development to go-to-market strategy, the informal collective has the perfect collection of people for the job. Learn more.

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