Prototron

Prototron offers winning teams up to €35,000 in equity-free prototyping funding, incubation, R&D mentoring, legal aid, pitching and media communications training, and investor contacts.

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Prototron selected 10 technological solutions from program participants to compete for a main prize of up to €35,000 in equity-free funding to build or further develop prototypes.

Prototron mentors selected 47 business ideas from the fall batch for eligibility to join the six-week Prototron Mentoring Program.

The Latitude59 start-up conference showcased Prototron’s spring-round finalists, who competed for €75,000 in prototype funding. ILUS Bike received the €35,000 grand prize for its modular electric bikes.

The 29th batch of Prototron selected BatCycle, Smarif and Wayren as its top three business ideas, awarding each team €20,000 in funding for further development.

Brait Pilvik became head of Prototron on 1 January. Pilvik previously worked at Tehnopol Science and Business Park, the Latitude59 startup conference, and the Greenest Summit conference.

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Prototron aims to help turn ideas into prototypes that can grow into businesses.

The conditions in this document are intended to become the main basis, providing guidance for applicants, participants and stakeholders on the work of Prototron.