TestedHQ receives $300K investment from SC Launch
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South Carolina Research Authoritys investment affiliate, SC Launch, announced March 7 it has awarded a $300,000 investment to TestedHQ, a market research startup based in Mauldin.The business works with product development companies to understand the perspectives of professional end users and do-it-yourself consumers to provide customer feedback before a product is launched by conducting market, product and field research.The team at TestedHQ has a passion for creating products and processes that dramatically capture expert opinions about how new products perform and how they can be further improved, said SCRA Investment Manager Steve Johnson. The company integrates into their clients product development process and provides them quality input so that when the finished product is launched, its potential for success is substantially higher. Theyve found a way to improve products before they even hit the shelves.TestedHQ became an SCRA member company in 2021 and has received a $25,000 project development fund grant and a $50,000 acceleration grant.