Award-winning startup makes grippy material inspired by geckos

Form the San Francisco Business Times.

Capella Kerst walked onstage with a full bottle of wine dangling from a string on her pinky finger, seemingly unconcerned about whether the bottle would drop and shatter.

The bottle was being gripped by a thin material she developed and describes as the “next industrial Velcro,” except it doesn’t require two complementary surfaces to attach and it works without any damaging adhesives or suction.

Instead, the material was inspired by the grippy toe pads on…