13 year juvenile may soon become the world's gain The youngest entrepreneur supported by venture capital. The low-cost Braille printers invented by Banerjee at the age of 12 are concerned by Intel capital venture capital. The California high school student is 13 years old this year, but even if he is a Silicon Valley standard, he is a very young entrepreneur. Inspired by donations from blind people, Banerjee produced the idea of developing low-cost braille printing equipment. His goal is to produce a large quantity of printers and sell them at around us $350, far below the average price of Braille printers.
in September of this year, Intel invited him to attend the Edison chip conference in India. There, he got a big surprise. Intel executives Mike Bell said at the meeting that Intel will invest in his company. .Banerjee and Intel capital spokesman declined to disclose the scale of investment. A person familiar with the matter said it could be hundreds of thousands of dollars. Banerjee plans to use this fund to develop a better prototype printer and invite more blind groups to test.
many young entrepreneurs will abandon their studies and focus on their business after obtaining venture capital funds. But Banerjee says he won't walk this way. "That's after graduation."