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by Lauren Bell in Cosi Corner
After an exciting 6 months at CRL it was time for our demo day. We were very excited to show off our brand new prototype and with our finalised patent we were finally free to show off the hard work. A great evening of networking and drinking to conclude a lot of time and graft building our new businesses.
 
The businesses included;
- Moment Pebble: Charlie and Alex
- Hero Skin: Dorota
- Y-heels: Yaagni
- Nxsteps: Alecia
- Brahman: Ben, Noah, Odin
- Aglie Planet: Lottie and Connor
and, of course, Cosi Care!
 
Demo Day 2019. Cohort 5!

Cosi Care made some amazing connections and we are on our journey towards securing investment. We pitched to an impressive group of entrepreneurs, designers and investors in the hope of making connections that would lead us to seeking needed funds to make our businesses a reality.
 
 
The team worked really hard on refining our working prototype and a lot of guest had the opportunity to be the first to try it out. Cold at the touch of a button, and people were pretty impressed!

Nice work guys!
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