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Security Type
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CAFES
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Categories
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Retail, Consumer Goods & Products, Fashion & Accessories, Financial Services, Other
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Min Investment
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$200
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No. Investors
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184
Key Deal Facts
LOI signed with Bühler Leybold Optics, global leader in eyewear manufacturing ✉️
In conversations with Shamir Optical, BASF, Henkel, Randolph Eyewear, and ISS National Lab 🤝
Raised $27.7K in non-dilutive funding and $75K in pre-seed round
Outperforms current anti-fingerprint tech, boosting visibility by 140% ✨
Non-provisional patent filed, proprietary tech built in house + no university affiliation ✅
PFAS-free formulation (ahead of proposed 2030 EU ban) 🇪🇺
Management Team / Advisory Board Bios
Swarna Shiv Founder/CEOAs Unsmudgeable's founder, I've conducted 500+ experiments and 100 user interviews, driven by 16 years of personal frustration with smudged glasses. Working with polymer experts, we've developed a solution to a problem no major eyewear brand has solved., Simran MalhotraThin Films Processing EngineerLeading thin film process development at Unsmudgeable, I combine materials engineering with biochemistry expertise to perfect our coating application. I focus on optimizing manufacturing scalability and coating uniformity., Catherine ByrnePolymer ChemistAs Unsmudgeable's Polymer Chemist, I leverage my polymer chemistry Ph.D. and research experience from MIT and U.S. Military projects to pioneer sustainable anti-smudge technology. My mission: transform the eyewear experience., Nadir Huseynov ApprenticeLeading financial planning, forecasting and assisting with commercialization strategies. Currently pursuing a master's in quantitative finance at Carroll School of Management, Boston College
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