A shared platform for helping promising industrial technologies move from laboratory validation toward pilot and industrial scale.
PilotBridge™ brings together universities, public organizations, investors, infrastructure providers and industrial specialists around one practical path for startup scale-up.
The goal is simple, reduce unnecessary friction, clarify what the next step requires and help promising projects become easier to evaluate, fund and execute.
Interested in helping build the model?
Many industrial and deep-tech startups have promising technology, but moving from laboratory validation to a real pilot facility introduces an entirely different set of challenges.
The project may still lack:
The result is often a gap between “the technology works” and “we are ready to build and operate the pilot.”
PilotBridge™ connects the organizations needed to support industrial scale-up through one shared operating model.
A startup enters the process with its technology and development need. PilotBridge™ first evaluates whether the project is ready to move toward pilot scale.
Projects that are ready can proceed to a defined Investor Ready package, where the pilot concept is developed far enough to explain:
The resulting material can then be presented to investors and funding organizations for an investment decision.
If funding is secured, the startup can move toward building its own process technology into existing pilot infrastructure instead of starting the entire facility from zero.
Projects are assessed before significant time and capital are committed to pilot preparation.
A defined preparation package creates the first practical view of the pilot, its layout, requirements and investment framework.
The objective is to connect suitable projects with existing industrial space and infrastructure where the pilot can be installed and operated.
Bring the required parties around the same project. Universities, public actors, investors, infrastructure providers and industrial specialists support the project through a shared model instead of separate disconnected processes.
PilotBridge™ is being developed together with organizations that want to make industrial scale-up easier for promising startups.
We are interested in discussions with:
The goal is not to create another startup programme. The goal is to create a practical route where the right projects can be evaluated, prepared, funded and moved into real industrial execution.
If your organization can contribute research capabilities, funding, infrastructure, industrial expertise or another important part of the scale-up path, we would like to hear from you.
PilotBridge™ is still being developed, and the purpose of these discussions is to understand what each partner can bring to the model and what is currently missing from the path between lab and pilot.
