Los Angeles wearables company, Rufus Labs, has added another accolade to its roster, placing first in the Los Angeles IBM SmartCamp pitch competition. This win comes shortly after Rufus Labs was accepted into the prestigious Plug and Play Tech Center accelerator’s Internet of Things program last month. Other great accomplishments this year include successfully completing Make in LA’s hardware accelerator program and winning the 2016 Los Angeles Hardware Cup pitch competition.
“We are excited to take home another great win,” said Gabe Grifoni, co-founder and CEO of Rufus Labs. “We hope to be named one of the ten semi-finalists for a chance to compete at the LAUNCH Festival for the grand prize.”
The global competition travels to 28 cities including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Tokyo and more, and invites six companies in each city to participate in a half-day startup bootcamp followed by a live pitch competition. Of the 28 city winners, ten semi-finalists will be selected by a committee of judges to attend San Francisco's biggest startup conference, LAUNCH Festival for two days of exhibiting in a SmartCamp pavilion, mentorship, learning from top founders, and networking. Three finalists will win a spot to pitch on stage in the SmartCamp Global Finals and an interview with Jason Calacanis on his podcast, This Week in Startups. One winner will land a spot in the LAUNCH Incubator, which includes a $25,000 USD investment on a capped convertible note from the LAUNCH Fund.
Rufus Labs pitched its wearable device, the Rufus Cuff. A full-featured wrist communicator, the Rufus Cuff offers both practical consumer applications as well as robust enterprise solutions. With features such as hands-free communication and smartphone and Wi-Fi connectivity, the Rufus Cuff can either be connected to a smartphone or used as a standalone device. The Rufus Cuff is powered by Android and features 64GB of storage and can be pre-ordered at https://shop.getrufus.com/collections/all.
About Rufus Labs
Rufus Labs is a wearable technology company and creator of the Rufus Cuff, a full-featured wrist communicator with practical consumer applications and robust enterprise solutions. Founded in 2013, the Los Angeles-based company is dedicated to changing the way people work and play by uniting humans and machine to improve efficiency and reduce down time. Rufus Labs products are built in the USA and a portion of the company’s profits are donated to to help fight disease, hunger and discrimination across the globe.
For more information on Rufus Labs and the Rufus Cuff visit www.getrufus.com and follow on social: Facebook, Google+, Instagram, LinkedIn and twitter.
