Innovate Fearlessly with products user-funded
R&D funded and guided by your future buyers. SlapBack helps you innovate through user-funded concepts that guarantee your product meets expectations, so you can confidently launch a validated product ready to impress customers already eager.
Your idea might be perfect.
But your business case is empty.
Every failed launch represents more than just a lost investment; it’s a setback that can derail your entrepreneurial journey and leave you disoriented in a world of uncertainty.
- Traditional R&D is time-consuming and expensive.
- Innovating shouldn’t mean going bankrupt
- Development cycles without feedback are frustrating.
- It’s hard to get commitment early, when it’s most useful.
- No longer fear the product launch process.
- Avoid wasting your capital on products nobody wants.
- Prove real market demand for your ideas
- Stop feeling overwhelmed and lost in product development.
Transform your ideas into commercial success
Transform your innovative ideas into validated products that meet real market demand, while minimizing risks and maximizing customer loyalty.
- Launch your product without wasting resources.
- Visual prototypes to give your concept a tangible dimension.
- Conduct pre-orders before manufacturing to minimize financial risk.
- Benefit from expert services at every stage.
We know what it feels like to see a good project hit the wall.
We get trapped in workshops for months, obsessed with creating the “ultimate” prototype before talking to anyone. We polish every technical detail, every finish. And when we finally place this wonder on an investor or distributor’s desk, the response is polite but cold: “That’s nice, come back when you have traction.”
I’ve seen this scenario repeat dozens of times.
As an Industrial Designer and serial entrepreneur, I’ve navigated the hardware startup ecosystem. Whether prototyping alongside startups in French Tech FabLabs, optimizing ergonomics of cutting-edge connected objects, leading development of patented security devices, or working on material innovations for luxury… I’ve seen from the inside the projects that take off and those that collapse under the weight of their own certainties.
Waiting for the next funding round is no longer enough.
My role is to prevent you from hitting the wall. Together, we’ll design an innovation that resonates with reality. We’ll validate usage, pricing and desire before freezing the engineering.
SlapBack to reality
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How does it work?
1. We materialize the promise (before making anything)
You have a concept or raw prototype? We translate it into a striking visual and industrial value proposition. 3D design, usage mockups, landing page: we create the assets needed to test market appetite immediately, without waiting for the perfect production tool.
2. The “Slapback to Reality” (Tests and Acquisition)
While you advance in your expertise, I confront our vision with reality. Our team of experts joins your team. We conduct usage tests, validate price elasticity, and above all, capture early adopters (pre-orders, waiting lists, campaigns). We don’t seek “likes,” we qualify real future buyers.
3. Engineered and secured financing
We close the loop. We adjust the final design of your product only based on real data collected. Result? You don’t present yourself before BPI, investors or distributors with just a beautiful prototype. You arrive with a risk-free product and a community ready to pay.
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