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3 August 2018
Tekcapital plc
("Tekcapital" or the "Company")
Lucyd Pte Ltd. Launches eShop
Tekcapital plc (AIM: TEK), the UK intellectual property (IP) investment group focused on creating marketplace value from university technology, is pleased to announce that portfolio company Lucyd has launched an online store to provide cutting-edge spectacles and smartglasses.
The Lucyd eShop will feature the latest technologies and trends in eyewear, including Lucyd-developed smartglasses, designer frames, and other innovations in spectacles. The eShop provides a combination of unique benefits over many eyewear shops, including:
· Offering advanced prescription eyewear such as Bluetooth enabled glasses to connect with your mobile phone
· High tech and fashion forward frames
· Try before you buy with a sophisticated virtual try-on app
· The ability to pose eye health questions to a licensed optometrist for free and,
· A loyalty program based on purchases, referrals and Lucyd's unique LCD token
Initially the eShop will offer fashion forward, prescription eyewear and Bluetooth enabled prescription glasses as it continues to develop smartglasses, prototypes of which are expected to be available in early 2019.
Harrison Gross, Media Lead at Lucyd said,
"We are very excited to announce the launch of our eShop. The goal of Lucyd is to upgrade your eyewear, with the style and technology that fits you perfectly. We believe our eShop will transform eyeglass shopping into a fun, new experience."
About Lucyd
Lucyd Pte Ltd is developing ergonomic smartglasses, apps and fashion forward glasses in an eyewear e-shop to enhance the visual experience. The Lucyd eShop will make it easy for anyone to acquire the most advanced prescription eyewear available. To learn more please visit www.lucyd.co.
For further information, please contact:
Tekcapital plc Clifford M Gross, Ph.D.
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Tekcapital plc - The World's Largest University Network for Open Innovation
Tekcapital's objective is to create value from investing in new, university-developed intellectual properties. Additionally, using its proprietary discovery search engine, linked to 4,500+ universities in 160 countries, coupled with expert scientific review, Tekcapital provides a range of IP investment services to make it easy for organisations to find, evaluate, acquire and license university-developed technology. Tekcapital plc is quoted on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange (AIM: symbol TEK) and is headquartered in Oxford, in the UK. For more information, please visit www.tekcapital.com
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