| And to answer your question even more specifically - here's a list of founders and ventures doing innovative things in this space: Kit Maloney, Oactually http://oactually.com/ Cyan Banister, Zivity https://www.zivity.com/ Tina Gong, HappyPlaytime http://happyplaytime.com/ Sarah Jayne Kinney, UnboundBox https://unboundbox.com/ Dema Tio & Hermione Way, Vibease http://www.vibease.com/ Danny Wax & Tyler Elick, Spreadsheets http://spreadsheetsapp.com/ Akbar Dhanaliwala, MinnaLife http://www.minnalife.com/ Kathleen Funk & [name-redacted], [comapny-name-redacted] [url-redacted] Colin Hodge, Down https://www.downapp.com/ Ben Tao, Offbeatr http://offbeatr.com/ Kaitlin Prest & Mitra Kaboli, AudioSmut http://audiosmut.ca/ Roger McNulty, Gasm.org http://gasm.org/ Joe Nelson, TheyFit http://www.theyfit.co.uk/ Meika Hollender, Sustain http://sustaincondoms.com/ Sherif Maktabi, Glance http://www.glanceapp.info/ Cassie Robinson http://www.cassierobinson.net/ Kathy Harris, Slixa https://www.slixa.com/ Christian Thorn, Pinsex http://www.pinsex.com/ |
What Cindy said about how difficult it is for an adult startup is absolutely true. We're launching our pilot soon, but this technology would've reached market much more quickly if we were mainstream. We typically can't talk as openly about our ideas. Some adult startup founders run into trouble with family and friends. VC is also incredibly challenging because they nobody wants to be known as "the adult VC" in a financial world that patently discriminates against anything labeled adult.
At [company-name-redacted] we don't produce our own content or our own vibrators. Our website is completely clean, but because we have links to the videos on 3rd party adult sites where users can experience [company-name-redacted], PayPal or your typical payment processors aren't willing to let us use their services.
We definitely encourage you to follow all of the innovative companies in this space, just know that, for the time, our products will take a little longer to reach market than you might expect.