Prototyping Grants
€1k – 5k per grant.
Funding for your prototype.
Industrial Innovators funds entrepreneurial projects with prototyping grants of up to €10k. Our mission is to make prototyping easy and affordable for teams that have not yet secured financial backing.
If this sounds like the opportunity you have been waiting for, take the chance and apply now!
We fund
Prototyping Grants (hardware / software) for industrial prototyping projects with B2B focus; €1k – €5k per grant; up to max. €10k per team.
You are qualified if
- you are working on an innovative hardware or hardware/software project,
- you are associated with a partner entrepreneurship center
- you are pursuing a B2B approach.
Funding can be used for, e.g.
- prototyping material,
- hardware to be hacked,
- patent registration.
Funding cannot be used for, e.g.
- marketing & PR,
- outsourced product development,
- consultancy services.
Funding phases.
Prototyping Grant
Funding Purpose: Enable the team to further refine an entrepreneurial idea and prepare the formation of the company.
- build a first prototype / further prototype the product
- create a business model / refine the business model
- form the company and secure IP
