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We’ve celebrated: Eight Years of Prototype Fund! A recap

Eight years of Prototype Fund!

Time to update: The (design of the) Prototype Fund is growing up!

Prototype Fund 2.0 Beta 1

On March 3rd, the Demo Day of the 16th Round of Prototype Fund took place

What a (Demo) Day!

What we mean by that, what we are leaving behind and how we came to our decision,

Why we focus on data security and software infrastructure

The Second Stage is the biggest change of the new Prototype Fund. All details

To lift off, we need a second stage!

The Prototype Fund is going strong!

The Prototype Fund is going strong!

Mehan Jayasuriya works at the Mozilla Foundation and is working towards an open and accessible Inernet for all – with money, among other things.

Money as a tool!? | Open Source and Money Episode 3

In the evaluation of round 12, we asked our grantees about how they developed their project ideas before applying and how they implemented them during the funding period.

How to start prototyping – evaluation of funding round 12

Security and Usability is often labeled as a contradiction. Marta, whose working on Qubes OS Device Management, shows why this isn’t the case and one depends on the other.

Security vs Usability: A Fake Dilemma

Lern-Management-Systeme (LMS) stammen oft aus der Zeit, in der Barrierefreiheit zwar nicht die oberste Priorität und deshalb überwiegend eine Zusatz-Funktion war. Luna LMS macht es anders.

Zurück zur Inklusion – Online-Lernen für alle

Scientific work is hardly conceivable without open source software. But how do FOSS and research come together?

Transparent and reproducible research with open source software

Not all applications are successful. We collected a number of alternative funding opportunities for those looking to try again.

If it didn't work out this time: alternative funding resources

On February 28, 2023, Demo Day marked the conclusion of the 12th round of funding.

Let the sun shine! – Demo Day of the round 12

Ein Gespräch mit Friederike vom Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland.

Public Interest Podcast – Open Source und Nachhaltigkeit, Folge 5

Bernard Tyers of Simply Secure interviewed about his work as a coach at Prototype Fund.

Behind the scenes – an interview with our coaching partner Simply Secure

Wir haben mit Hadi al-Khatib über seine Arbeit, die Vorteile von Open Source Investigation und deren Entwicklung über die letzten Jahre gesprochen.

Open Source Investigation against human rights violations

Noa Tamir and Tobias Sterbak are developing Law in Progress in the 10th round of the Prototype Fund. We asked them how they came up with it, why trial and...

Civic Tech: Insight for all

Open-Source-Tools für ein demokratisches Miteinander

Public Interest Podcast – Episode 11

Software von Frauen und für Frauen

Public Interest Podcast – Episode 10

Wie können Open-Source-Projekte nachhaltig werden?

Public Interest Podcast – Episode 7

Wie steht es um Open Source bei Fintechs?

Public Interest Podcast – Episode 6

Was ist die digitale Zivilgesellschaft?

Public Interest Podcast – Episode 5

Because we want you to be able to make the most of your funding time, here are 12 learnings we think can be useful to anyone who wants to build...

"Do you need that fancy feature?" and 11 other learnings

In October 2018, the third cohort of the Prototype Fund officially concluded their funding period. With the third round, we put a focus on “Diversity” in a multitude of narratives...

A red thread in multitudes: What we learned while funding Diversity