Overview

What they do
Prototron is a start-up fund that gives money to teams for turning their great ideas into the first working prototype. Founded in 2012 by Swedbank, Tallinn Technical University and Tallinn Science Park Tehnopol. We finance teams with high growth potential in areas of Greentech, Electronics, Mechatronics and ICT. We run 3-4 rounds of financing every year. During last 5 years we've funded 58 startups with over 470'000€ in cash + coaching/incubation services. Our protfolio has generated >4,5 M€ revenue and raised >17'000'000€ capital. These results make Prototron the most productive pre-seed fund in Estonia. Do you want to be part of the success? We seek for: *) New start-up teams who need money for building a prototype. Apply for funding: www.prototron.ee *) Additional partners who want to be part of Estonia's next success stories.
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What they look for
Prototron finances prototypes to contribute to the birth of new start-ups, develop world-changing technologies, and commercialize innovations from science labs.
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Stage
Ideation, Pre-seed
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Sectors
Climate, Deeptech
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Based
Tallinn, EE
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Sources

2026-09-02prototron.eePrototron is a fund created in 2012, which aims to contribute to the birth of new start-ups…
2026-09-02prototron.eeSpiral Hydrogen Grant from Prototron: 35,000€ Year: 2025 Developing a step-wise innovation in…
2026-09-02prototron.eeTriin Preem: https://www.linkedin.com/in/triin-preem

Portfolio, cheque size and the rest

The 10 companies they have backed that we can see, the cheque they write, and whether they are deploying right now.

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