<div dir="ltr">Hi Hannah, <div>I remember seeing your projects a few years ago on HaD and I really liked them!</div><div>I think that it's going to be really hard to find private investors willing to put money on that kind of project; most of them want a direct and safe ROI so the focus right now is in mainstream technology IMHO, otherwise you really have to find someone passionate about the project. Have you tried talking with companies like MOOG that have some interest in open source?</div><div>Another way, which I'm currently pursuing for my osh project, is to apply for EU funding; it's a very bureaucratic process but on the other hand it forces you to write down a clear business plan and gives you a good view on how to manage the company.</div><div>Horizon 2020 gives you up to 2.5mil eur, but you have to self fund (via private investor, loan, etc.) 30% of the amount.</div><div><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/">https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Good luck!</div><div>Mastro Gippo<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 1:48 PM, Plusea <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hannah@plusea.at" target="_blank">hannah@plusea.at</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">dear osh list,<div><br></div><div>does anybody know of current funding/investment opportunities for a project involving open hardware & open source software? more specifically <a href="http://mimugloves.com/" target="_blank">a pair of gloves</a> for gesturally composing and performing electronic music. we’ve been unsuccessfully looking for over a year now, and might have to give up on moving forward with any kind of production. our current estimate for what we need to finalise design for production and make a first run is close to $300K.</div><div><br></div><div>please share any ideas.</div><div><br></div><div>thank you,</div><div>hannah</div><div>
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