{"id":84242,"date":"2021-02-01T11:49:03","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T09:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/?p=84242"},"modified":"2021-02-03T20:49:22","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T18:49:22","slug":"prototron-funded-8-teams-with-a-record-of-120000-euros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/prototron-funded-8-teams-with-a-record-of-120000-euros\/","title":{"rendered":"Prototron funded 8 teams with a record of 120,000 euros"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Prototron_Finals-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-84243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Prototron_Finals-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Prototron_Finals-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Prototron_Finals-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Prototron_Finals-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Prototron_Finals-400x225.png 400w, https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Prototron_Finals-200x113.png 200w, https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Prototron_Finals-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Prototron_Finals.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The last round of the Prototron fund competition came to a close, sowing our startup field with awesome ideas and motivated teams. Tehnopol as one of the founders of Prototron and a member of the jury congratulates all the teams who participated and reminds them that having created their first successful prototype at Prototron, it would be a logical next challenge for many to join us at the Startup Incubator.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A challenging year 2020 has put Estonians and Latvians inventing \u2013 more than 500 ideas were submitted to\u00a0Prototron. On Friday, the winners of the Autumn round were announced \u2013 a record 120,000 euros were shared between 8 teams.\u00a0Prototron\u00a0has helped to bring 86 technological solution to market and invested more than one million euros in the implementation of smart ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cConsidering everything that is happening around us, I am very glad that we received so many great ideas. All 12 teams that reached the finals and presented their solutions to the expert committee had thoroughly thought through their ideas. These ideas were forward-looking and the teams differed by less than half a point in the final ranking. This is the mark of a consistently good level. In addition, I would like to point out that more and more solutions are reaching funding, which are based on deep technology and research. Although this means that the horizon of the possible success story of these teams may be further than in the case of some simpler solution,\u00a0Prototron\u00a0writes itself into the book of Estonian history \u2013 strong innovation country through these teams, \u201dsaid Jana Budkovskaja, CEO of\u00a0Prototron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The winners of\u00a0Prototron\u00a02020 Autumn round:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Litegrav.AI<\/strong> \u2013 20 000 euros. They are developing a small, incubator-fittable microgravity simulator aimed for basic research, which provides a novel control algorithm over existing solutions and compatible with a wide range of research instruments.<\/li><li><strong>Raiku<\/strong> \u2013 20 000 euros. Cheapest biodegradable alternative to plastic bubble wrap, that is made out of wood industry\u2019s waste. The team also got special-prize from coModule.<\/li><li><strong>Cellboxlabs <\/strong>\u2013 20 000 eurot. Team is developing organ-on-chip that mimics human intestine on small scale outside our body called gut on chip and cultivation instrument for these chips that allows pharmaceutical, food and cosmetic companies to test their products on microbiome more precise, effective and safer.<\/li><li><strong>PurOceans<\/strong> \u2013 15 000 euros. The world\u2019s first ECO-Friendly CleanTech that harmlessly cleans up water body\u2019s floor from oil and micro-plastic pollution and rehabilitates deep water\u2019s wildlife.<\/li><li><strong>Soft robotic cervix <\/strong>\u2013 20 000 euros. They are giving birth to a robotic human body, starting from the cervix. The conceived robotic body looks and feels natural and enhances simulation training of healthcare students.<\/li><li><strong>Neurosalience<\/strong> \u2013 10 000 euros. The team will develop a tool for early detection of dementia from CT scans, which allows private healthcare companies to decrease patient-related costs and improve the quality of life of their clients.<\/li><li><strong>Solaride<\/strong> \u2013 10 000 euros. An app containing an intelligent information system algorithm that can be integrated to your cars software that predicts energy consumption of electric vehicles through processing big data.<\/li><li><strong>Parcelsea<\/strong> \u2013 5 000 euros special-prize from Samsung. A smart mailbox, which let couriers deliver packages in a secure and contact-free way.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>All the teams were wonderful, according to Budkovskaya: \u201cThe only thing I am not happy about is that I never really met the teams. But looking at the results of this round, I look forward to the next one, where hopefully the teams will be able to present their ideas to an even greater circle of investors. \u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prototron\u00a0is baked by Swedbank Estonia, TalTech, University of Tartu, Tallinn Science park Tehnopol , Tallinn city, BuildIt Latvia, LMT, Swedbank Latvia, Samsung, Hedman Lift, Fundwise, Veebimajutus.ee, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, coModule, Harju Elekter, Insplay, science centre AHHAA and Avokaado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So far\u00a0Prototron\u00a0has funded 86 teams with 1,05 million euros, teams have raised 34 million euros. In 2020\u00a0Prototron\u00a0became an Estonian-Latvian fund and due the COVID-19 both rounds were held in e-channels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next round will end in March 25th 2021. Apply:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.prototron.ee\/en\">www.prototron.ee\/en<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last round of the Prototron fund competition came to a close, sowing our startup field with awesome ideas and motivated teams. 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