Hardware Builders Night @ SWITCH 2026
One room. Hardware builders from Singapore and beyond.
Founders looking for manufacturing partners. Engineers looking for their next challenge. Investors looking for what's next in deep tech. Manufacturers looking for the teams they'll scale with.
Hardware Builders Night is an Official Partner Event of SWITCH 2026, co-organised by Blue InCube and Factorem with the Hardware Meetup community. Come for an evening of good conversations with people who make physical products, from robotics and quantum hardware to spacetech, photonics and consumer devices.
We'll open with a short fireside chat and a panel on growing a hardware company beyond its first product. Then the floor is yours.
🔧 Fireside chat: From design to delivered parts
Cynthia Mak, Venture Builder, Blue InCube in conversation with Hardik Dobariya, Founder & CEO, Factorem, the manufacturing partner that helps hardware teams turn designs into production-ready parts. Where do projects get stuck between prototype and production, and how do the teams that ship on time get past it?
🎙️ Panel: From first product to scaled company
Moderated by Hardik Dobariya, Founder & CEO, Factorem, with voices from industry, a hardware founder and a venture investor. Panelists announced soon.
🗓️ Programme
5:00 PM – Arrive & meet the early birds
5:45 PM – Welcome & fireside chat
6:15 PM – Panel discussion
6:50 PM – Networking over drinks & canapés
8:00 PM – End
👋 Who you'll meet
Hardware founders, engineers, designers, manufacturers, investors and ecosystem builders. Tell us who you'd like to meet when you register, and we'll help make the intro.
Hosts: Blue InCube & Factorem
Blue InCube is a boutique B2B venture builder based in Singapore. We partner with deep tech researchers and founders to bridge the gap between technical validation and market traction — and we stay hands-on at every stage.
Factorem is an end-to-end manufacturing partner for custom parts. Through AI-powered instant quoting, design-for-manufacturing reviews and a vetted factory network covering CNC machining, sheet metal, 3D printing and injection moulding, Factorem helps hardware teams move from prototype to production without the sourcing headache. Learn more at factorem.co.
Community host: Hardware Meetup
An Official Partner Event of SWITCH 2026
Thank you to our partner: informal
informal is a freelance collective of highly skilled independent hardware professionals. Its members bring experience across industries from consumer electronics to climate technology, supporting companies at every stage, from product design and manufacturing to scaling and go-to-market.
Whether you need an individual contractor, a full-time hire or an entire product development team, informal connects you with the right hardware expertise.
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