LuminAID Digital Catalog - Summer 2017-18 Digital Catalog 2017-18 | Page 5
Company History
2010 - 2013
• Anna and Andrea invent solar
inflatable lights(2010)
• First lights sold (2011)
• First patents are filed (2011)
2014
•
LuminAID reaches
milestone of having
distributed 10,000 donated
lights through our Give
Light, Get Light program
2015
• LuminAID is featured on Season 6 of ABC’s Shark Tank and
receives offers from all 5 Sharks
• LuminAID closes a deal with Mark Cuban, the company’s first
investor
• LuminAID is awarded $100K Chase Mission Main Street Grant
2016
• LuminAID wins the Pitch For Good
competition sponsored by TOMS
and Inc. Magazine, and secures
investment from founder of TOMS
shoes, Blake Mycoskie
• LuminAID receives wide-ranging
utility patent covering inflatable
solar light technology
2017
•
PackLite Max 2-in-1 Phone launched through a successful
Kickstarter campaign, raising 2800% of original funding goal