The Mirabook : Turn your smartphone into a laptop

Fri Jan 27 '23 Announcement
almost 2 years ago – Fri, Jan 27, 2023 at 05:12:55 AM

Hi dear backers,

As per our last update, remember to fill  out the form to get your refund whether you would like a refund or a Mirabook before the 1st of February. 

As a reminder, despite our efforts, we now have to refund our backers that participated in our campaign. We do have a hundread Mirabook that can be sent out and for those that wish to receive one, we will proceed to a random draw. For those unable to receive one, we will refund you on Paypal only in February-March. 

If you have not yet responded to the form, you can do so  ? here

See you soon!

Mon Jan 2 '23 Announcement
almost 2 years ago – Mon, Jan 02, 2023 at 06:08:47 AM

Dear Backers,

We have a big announcement to make. By ordering a Mirabook between 2017 and 2019 you have given the MiraTeam all the keys to launch a viable and ambitious startup. Because of your support we have been able to prove that there is a growing demand for lapdocks and the true need for a mobile-only future to our financial partners, investors, distributors, and even to the big Samsung Electronics. Because of you, Miraxess and its marvelous team was able to fight for our survival and keep our  motivation to honor your participation in this project. For this, I would like to personally thank you and express our deepest gratitude in the name of the whole team.

Before we explain what is going to happen let us tell you what your financial participation was used for (and let me tell you it was used well). 

Back in early 2018, we went to China to live the hardware dream.

We initially announced 6 months of development and 3 months of production. Part of the money was supposed to go into the development of the Mirabook and the other part was reserved for the production. Of course nothing went as planned and the industrial nightmare began. The expected cost of production was double what we planned and the development took not 6 months but 2 years. In the meantime we had to pay the team we hired and try to find other sources of revenue for the founders to live. During this period of time we had to face your legitimate disappointment, negative comments and sometimes death threats in addition to our own frustration and fatigue. Fortunately, most of you were also very encouraging and we thank you very much. 

In summer 2018 we were completely out of cash and the banks refused to help us. At this time, it felt like no one besides you believed in our vision for a better computing industry. We then turned to private investors but they needed a first production to prove that the industrial risk was gone. For months we struggled to find investors, until something incredible and unexpected happened. One of you, decided to invest a big ticket in the project. Because money attracts money, we managed then to convince other investors and closed a fundraising at the end of 2018 to finalize the industrialisation and pay for our first production batch.

From this moment on, we could not afford to spend the money from the investors without guaranteeing we could remain afloat. This logic implies that the Mirabook we would produce would generate enough cash to be able to launch the next batch. Of course we kept in mind our dear backers and every time we tried to find a balance and deliver dozens of you but we knew it wouldn’t be enough.

Since the beginning of the adventure we had in mind to make the best lapdock ever and this fine attitude is today reflected in the Mirabook V1. This is why we have successes with UK and Irish Police forces and private companies and this is why Samsung Electronics chose Miraxess to be its partner for lapdock.

This was only a summary of all the tears and blood shed to create this company and launch the Mirabook but this nightmare has made us stronger and even more resilient. .

Now, the big announcement is that Miraxess has just raised 2.5 M EUROS with Venture Capitals and private investors. And thus, we have decided to allocate part of this  fund to our backers, which we have not been able to take care of up to now.

We propose to reimburse every order, pre-order we have not yet fulfilled within Q1 of 2023. As well we have reserved 100 Mirabooks for those amongst you who still want to try out the Mirabook. In order to participate in this one-time offer we need you to register here before January 31st. 2023. The registration and deadline are necessary so that we can validate your identity and best organize the reimbursements or the shipments. Please note as well that refunds will only be made via PayPal and you hence need a PayPal account. Thank you for your understanding and support.

Your contribution served a big purpose and made a lot of noise to major tech companies. We understand some of you might be disappointed, or even angry. For now this is the best compromise that we can reach to improve the situation for you, those who made us and allowed us to be where we are today. We want to build a full eco-system that can finally end the wasteful mindset the computing industry is in today and make sure that anyone can access a more freeing lifestyle tomorrow. 

It is just the beginning of this MiraAdventure… 

… we hope to do it together. See you soon!

PS: If you have any questions or comments, you can reach us by mail at [email protected]

Mon Jan 10 '22 Announcement
almost 3 years ago – Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 06:32:22 AM

Dear Backers,

Let us wish you all a great year 2022.

Things are moving greatly for Miraxess and 2022 will mark a step up in the project.

Despite COVID-19 striking us hard, we are still committed to shipping you Mirabook and doing our best effort to do so. In January, 100% of the backers from the UK, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy will receive their Mirabook. All the accessories will follow later in the year.

Currently we are talking with some investors and we should have some more good news to announce in a few weeks. If they decide to follow, we should be able to deliver 100% of the backers in 2022.

You guys have contributed to more than a simple crowdfunding campaign. We have ran environmental studies on the Mirabook and here are the results of the comparison with a Macbook Air:

The Mirabook will now add sustainability in its vision as it is the best alternative to the current PC industry.

There are a lot of good things happening for the company, a lot of B2B customers are now using our solution and are very satisfied with it. Remember that this is all because you were here at the start. Thank you very much.

One last thing: we are very sorry for not communicating a lot but it is because our team is busy making things happen and certainly not the opposit. Also there are many things that we cannot communicate publicly on IGG and that we sometimes explain to some of you in PM. 

Thank you very much for your initial support!

If you have any questions and positive comments, feel free to reach us out by email or social media.

Cheers

Always dedicated to you -The MiraTeam

Mon May 3 '21 Announcement
over 3 years ago – Mon, May 03, 2021 at 06:44:44 AM

Hello everyone,

It has been a long time since we haven’t made any updates on Indiegogo because we had not much to say and made very little progress on this part. Due to delays in China, the production which was supposed to come in March is now planned for the 15th of May.

Some of you are talking about the Mirabook available on Amazon Fr. These are the rest of the inventory we took back from our wholesalers to ship French backers a few weeks ago.

Our team is currently focusing on B2B sales in order to generate some cash to pay for a production exclusively made for backers one day. Our team is very proud of this collaboration with Samsung Electronics in Germany:

The one way that could speed up the process would be to find an investor. That is a solution we are exploring but again, this is not an easy task.

If you have any questions and positive comments, feel free to reach us out by email or social media.

Cheers

Always dedicated to you -The MiraTeam

Wed Jan 6 '21 Announcement
almost 4 years ago – Wed, Jan 06, 2021 at 05:50:20 AM

Hello guys,

First let us wish you a happy New Year 2021! We sincerely hope the best for you and your families and that the COViD-19 situation will be over soon. 2020 was one more year of frustration for us all, but if we only keep that in mind we sink. 2020 was also a year where we have started delivering to you guys, where we have made our 2nd production, where we have found B2B/B2G customers and signed with a lot of distributors. All this means progress as it is one more step towards having a sustainable business. All this is possible because of you, and we thank you, a lot.

Very briefly, our CEO spent 4 months in Korea participating in a governmental acceleration program. We had the opportunity to tighten our connections with Samsung Electronics so it was a valuable experience and Miraxess will be ready to launch in the Korea market in 2022.

Now, talking about the crowdfunding let us be clear. Miraxess’s priority cannot be to deliver all the backers immediately. You can take many examples of startups who failed because they put on high priority their backers and did not have any other sources of revenues afterwards. Of course, on the other hand, there are some who succeed, but they usually have experience or funds to start with, which was not our case. So just a quick message to those of you who constantly try to knock off our course: it is your freedom to complain but you are putting the project in danger for us all. Keep doing this if you wish to ruin 5 years of tears and sweat, put people unemployed, and most importantly not get your Mirabook.

Now for those who are patient and supportive, thank you very much, we receive your messages everyday and we have good news for you. Miraxess has partnered with a big French industrial group to support us on funding the production. This way we will be able to keep our production running in the near future and hopefully grow our volumes more easily to deliver to all of you.

We expect 1400 units coming in March and more in May if we do not suffer some delays due to the situation. With more and more people in need of a laptop, big OEMs have millions of orders in backlog making some components really hard to supply for smaller companies like ours. Our objective is to deliver 200 of you by March, 3 new partnerships, and bigger orders in B2B.

Again, all the Mirateam is wishing you the best for 2021 and be sure that we are dedicated to you guys.

If you have any questions and positive comments, feel free to reach us out by email or social media.

Cheers