Stratio, Inc.
Electrical/Electronic
Project
LinkSquare aims to help anyone who would want a time and cost-efficient way to identify materials by reading the visible and near infrared light. LinkSquare captures the slightest difference of colors, as well as identify materials to allows consumers to check the freshness of salmon, distributors to verify secret ink on a product, and government authorities to screen counterfeit medicines at borders in just a few seconds with the click of a button.
Project Summary
Stratio is committed to making infrared vision available to everyone with its proprietary sensor making technology and machine learning algorithms. We make it possible with our smart, handheld spectrometer LinkSquare that detects the vis/NIR (400-1000 nm) wavelengths of light. Not only does it provide a range of life-enhancing applets, but also enables anyone to create new applets of own interest.
Business Model
LinkSquare® aims to help consumers as well as manufacturers and distributors recover confidence by allowing anyone to identify materials in just a few seconds with the click of a button.
LinkSquare has two revenue streams: hardware and software. When a consumer purchases a LinkSquare device, he will be able to download iOS/Android-based apps for free with some basic applets. More sophisticated apps will be available through in-app purchases. For institutions we can build and maintain a custom-database at a recurring fee and provide LinkSquare devices at a varying discount rate depending on the number of units.
LinkSquare has two revenue streams: hardware and software. When a consumer purchases a LinkSquare device, he will be able to download iOS/Android-based apps for free with some basic applets. More sophisticated apps will be available through in-app purchases. For institutions we can build and maintain a custom-database at a recurring fee and provide LinkSquare devices at a varying discount rate depending on the number of units.
Main Achievements
Stratio launched a Kickstarter campaign in September 2017 to introduce LinkSquare for the first time: bit.ly/linksquareIR. In the form of a developer's kit, LinkSquare SDK was intended to test the potential of spectroscopy from the developers' world and raised over $25,000 from 80+ backers.
Having strived to introduce more consumer-friendly applications until the very last day of the year, we were able to release and showcase at CES 2018 fun applets from authenticating Viagra pills to identifying whiskey brands and checking freshness of fish.
We have since seen as much interest from consumers as from enterprises in various applications, from stay-at-home moms to geeks, from medication to food and currency.
In 2018, LinkSquare was highlighted as a must have gadget by Gizmodo, and one of the coolest gadgets from CES 2018 by Jennifer Jolly from USA Today.
Having strived to introduce more consumer-friendly applications until the very last day of the year, we were able to release and showcase at CES 2018 fun applets from authenticating Viagra pills to identifying whiskey brands and checking freshness of fish.
We have since seen as much interest from consumers as from enterprises in various applications, from stay-at-home moms to geeks, from medication to food and currency.
In 2018, LinkSquare was highlighted as a must have gadget by Gizmodo, and one of the coolest gadgets from CES 2018 by Jennifer Jolly from USA Today.
Date of Establishment2013.10.01
AcceleratorK-Cube Ventures
StageElectrical/Electronic
Date of TIPS Selection2014.07.01