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Hardware prototype

Hardware prototype

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2023

2023

Oda Audio

A working speaker prototype and pitch film that closed a €2.4M seed round.

A working speaker prototype and pitch film that closed a €2.4M seed round.

Client

Oda Audio

Services

Concept sprint · Electronics · Firmware · Pitch film

Team

Lead, 2 engineers, 1 designer, 1 filmmaker

Year

2023

Oda Audio project cover

01 · The problem

01 · The problem

Oda had a patent for a room-correcting speaker and a deck. Investors wanted to hear it, not read about it.

Oda had a patent for a room-correcting speaker and a deck. Investors wanted to hear it, not read about it.

02 · What we did

02 · What we did

A two-week sprint in our hardware lab: a 3D-printed enclosure, an off-the-shelf driver, custom firmware and a companion app, filmed in one take in a real living room.

A two-week sprint in our hardware lab: a 3D-printed enclosure, an off-the-shelf driver, custom firmware and a companion app, filmed in one take in a real living room.

Oda Audio detail
Oda Audio in use

Fig. 1–2 · Photographed on site, graded in the studio

Fig. 1–2 · Photographed on site, graded in the studio

Oda Audio

Oda Audio

03 · What changed

€2.4M

seed round

seed round

2

week sprint, fixed fee

week sprint, fixed fee

The prototype played at twelve investor meetings. The seed round closed at €2.4M, six weeks after the film went out.

“

They made our speaker exist before we could afford to make it exist.

Mirte Oda, Co-founder

Mirte Oda, Co-founder

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