Ian Martorana’s Post

Some fast facts: -- Heat waves affect ~80% of the world's population -- Studies show high temperatures reduce total factor productivity in manufacturing environments (you know, the people doing the ~building~ of Real World Things we need if we actually want to reindustrialize America) -- The Department of Defense (War?) loses $100M to heat injuries each year Eztia Materials HydraVolt gel is proven to absorb body heat and reduce skin temperature by ~10°C. It needs no electricity. No batteries. No refrigeration. No logistic of any kind. The gel recharges in water. Today, Tiffany Yeh, MD, Jack W., and Connor Lewis and team announced Eztia's seed round. But for me, the money isn't cool. You know what's cool? A team building physical material that solves human-centric problems. We don't need more software widgets that improve some tiny slice of an enterprise tech stack; we DO need founders taking bold bets on novel, science-driven technology to solve meaningful problems. That's what Eztia does.