vision
Research at its earliest stage finds neither gatekeeper nor investor — and dies in silence. Experienca explores crowdfunding for emerging science, where the public could play a role.
Funding what public gatekeepers filter out by design — counter-intuitive ideas: a crowdfunding platform dedicated to R&D, for researchers and deeptech that ANR or Horizon won't carry.
at a glance
maturity · stopped, 2024
targets
technologies
shutdown
Stopped before the POC. Post-mortems of defunct French platforms all say the same thing: the platform that makes researchers win isn't the one that best validates the science, it's the one that turns the researcher into a communicator. That's a media and community-management job, not a product a single person launches without a first committed lab — and no letter of intent was ever obtained.
legacy
The mapping of players, sector post-mortems, and the legal framework for a donation platform (patronage, no authorization needed as long as there's neither a security nor a loan). Reusable the day a partner lab steps forward.
Worth reviving this topic?
A lead, the urge to pick up the torch — write to me.