Rough Draft Ventures has invested an undisclosed amount of money into Dash Electric, a Boston startup from a Northeastern University that is building an electric longboard.
Northeastern student Ian Carlson created his first prototype for Northeastern’s Husky Startup Challenge, and now plans to make it available as a kit—costing less than $500—which can be installed on existing longboards.
Carlson “sees his low-cost alternative to the $1000–2000 electric longboards on the market as filling a void for young commuters and longboard enthusiasts,” Rough Draft wrote in a Medium post announcing the investment.
Dash Electric plans to make its product available through avenues including Kickstarter later this year. The startup has also received $1,000 in prototype funding from IDEA, Northeastern’s Venture Accelerator.
Carlson, who is actually studying graphic design at Northeastern, “taught himself all of the engineering required to build the first prototype of Dash,” Rough Draft said.
