Imagine the internet as a giant city where a few big landlords own all the buildings and decide who gets in. This project helps small teams from Europe and North America build new 'neighborhoods' where users own their own data and identities. It's like a matchmaking service that provides funding and mentors to turn these wild ideas into working tools.
Companies struggle to implement decentralized internet technologies due to a lack of cross-border collaboration and high R&D risks. There is a gap between academic ideas and market-ready digital identity or data sovereignty tools.
A funding and acceleration mechanism that produced 53 prototypes and experiments in security, interoperability, and digital governance.
If you are a digital identity provider dealing with centralized data breaches — this project funded 53 experiments that developed new ways to handle digital identity and trust. This allows you to offer users more control over their own credentials.
If you are a FinTech startup dealing with rigid legacy payment systems — this project supported the implementation of prototypes in decentralized technologies and DLT standards. This helps you build interoperable financial tools that work across borders.
If you are a cloud provider dealing with data sovereignty laws — this project focused on internet architecture renovation and data sovereignty. This enables you to build services that comply with strict regional data ownership rules.
Based on available project data, the project distributed equity-free funding to 53 projects; specific commercial pricing for the resulting technologies is not listed.
The project focused on the implementation of prototypes and experimentation. Based on available project data, the goal was to catalyze collaboration and provide capacity building to prepare these ideas for long-term growth.
The project emphasizes contributions to open-source communities and standards. Based on available project data, specific licensing terms for individual grantees are not provided.
The program provided a 9-month period for projects to benefit from funding and capacity building services.
The project offers business support services, incubation, acceleration, and access to industry mentors to help grantees develop their business models.
The consortium is a lean, 5-partner group spanning 4 countries (EE, ES, FR, US). It is heavily weighted toward 'Other' organizations (80%), including the European Science Foundation, which provides a massive network of 40,000 experts. With a 20% industry ratio and 2 SMEs, the group functions more as an ecosystem orchestrator and funding distributor than a direct product developer.
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