MAKO Design + Invent
From sketch on a napkin to store shelves, we bring your invention idea to life!
3205 Liberty Street, Austin, Texas 78705, United States
MAKO Design + Invent Overview
Number of Employees
Under 49
Minimal Budget
$10,000 - $25,000
Average Hourly Rate
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Year Founded
2006
MAKO Design + Invent is a full-service consumer product development firm servicing small product businesses and early-stage invention startups. With a 25-person team across 4 offices (Austin, Miami, Toronto, and soon Shanghai), MAKO has complete in-house industrial design, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, patent referral, prototyping, and manufacturing services. To assist our start-up inventor clients, in addition to above, we help with patenting, strategy, marketing, and sales/distribution for all consumer product categories.
Collaborating with clients through every stage of the development process to get their idea designed, engineered, prototyped and manufactured for the mass market, MAKO ensures clients enjoy a truly exceptional experience every project.
Alongside its work with clients, MAKO works to share its industry knowledge and expertise to help drive the next generation of inventors and innovators. Teaming up with Frito-Lay and ABC’s Shark Tank star Robert Herjevac, MAKO brings young inventors and entrepreneurs dreams to life with the Dreamvention competition. Young contestants enter their creative ideas to solve everyday problems for a chance to win the grand prize of $250, 000 and bring their inventions to life.
Collaborating with clients through every stage of the development process to get their idea designed, engineered, prototyped and manufactured for the mass market, MAKO ensures clients enjoy a truly exceptional experience every project.
Alongside its work with clients, MAKO works to share its industry knowledge and expertise to help drive the next generation of inventors and innovators. Teaming up with Frito-Lay and ABC’s Shark Tank star Robert Herjevac, MAKO brings young inventors and entrepreneurs dreams to life with the Dreamvention competition. Young contestants enter their creative ideas to solve everyday problems for a chance to win the grand prize of $250, 000 and bring their inventions to life.
MAKO Design + Invent Services
- Product Design
- Package Design
- Business Consulting
- Creative Agency Services
- Wearable Technology
- Internet of Things
MAKO Design + Invent Portfolio
- Product DesignMoonlite: A Projector for Your iPhone to Make Children's Bedtime Stories More Engaging
MAKO Design + Invent Team Bios
- Kevin MakoFounder & PresidentKevin Mako is the Founder and President of MAKO Design + Invent, the first firm in North America to offer full-service professional physical consumer product development services to start-ups, and is now one of the largest firms in North America.
MAKO Design + Invent Clients
- Go Fish
- PetBot
- Moonlite
- CarGenerator