A Wellington, New Zealand man is currently raising money for what he says is an innovation in coffee-making.
Fairfax reports that inventor and founder of the Evolve 3.0, Ramsey Gyde, came up with his idea four years ago while working at a cafe, and has developed it (making 14 prototypes) over the last three.
The Evolve is a three-in-one device offering stovetop, plunger and pour over ways of making coffee. At the time of writing, it has raised over $10,000 NZD on crowdfunding platform Kickstarter, with a goal of $160,000 NZD.
Gyde told Fairfax that tooling to begin production would cost as much as $150,000 NZD. His company has enlisted the help of product development company Idea Developments to get the idea “factory ready”.
He had found an unwillingness from local manufacturers to partner with him and his team, which also includes Jason Stephens and Jeremy Brooker, and turned to crowdsourcing to gauge support for his idea.