(May 24, 2024) The Innovation Fund, in collaboration with the World Bank (#WorldBank), organized a Demo Day where ten innovative companies, beneficiaries of some of the Fund’s support programs, presented their innovative ideas to private investors and business angels. Demo Day enabled companies to directly connect with private investors such as Vuk Lau from Silicon…
(May 20-22, 2024) In collaboration with the World Bank, we organized online workshops for the beneficiaries of our support programs, led by Helen Vasilevski, founder and CEO of FLECT. These workshops provided participants with the necessary tools and strategies for successful pitch planning and presentation. The “Plan your Pitch” exercise helped participants understand the key…
IP and the SDGs: Building our common future with innovation and creativity Join us in celebrating World Intellectual Property Day at an event we are organizing with the Ministry of Economic Development of Montenegro. The event titled “Building our common future with innovation and creativity ” will take place on April 26, 2024, at the…
A significant event for the Montenegrin innovation ecosystem took place in Podgorica on March 29th of this year. The first part of the event highlighted the importance of systemic collaboration among state institutions, as well as their specific activities in the development of the innovative ecosystem, including the Ministry of Education, Science, and Innovation, the…
January 19, 2024. Mentorship and Innovation: Key Elements of Success in the Program Support for the early phase development of start-ups Support for the early phase development of start-ups Program represents an initiative aimed at providing assistance to promising teams, grant recipients, through a combination of financial support and mentorship. This program aims to support…
January 15, 2024 We hereby inform you about the results of the Public Call Support for the early phase development of start-ups, announced by the Innovation Fund of Montenegro on September 8, 2023. The total value of the Call amounted to 350.000 euros, with individual grants of up to 35.000 euros each (30.000 for financial…
January 10, 2024. The Innovation Fund of Montenegro is pleased to present the approved projects within the Public Call program for strengthening the innovation of newly established or existing micro, small and medium-sized enterprises. The public call, which was open from June 1 to September 1, 2023, attracted significant interest from innovative companies, resulting in…
Annual conference – results and programs On Wednesday, December 27, the annual conference was held where we presented the results achieved during the year 2023. The event was attended by representatives of the most important state institutions, innovation and academic communities, partners, grant recipients, friends of the Fund, and other esteemed guests. Grand Hall, CUE…
December 15, 2023. The implementation of the “EduRobotić” project initiated in the year 2022 continues, aiming to stimulate the development of logical thinking, creative problem-solving, and acquisition of specific knowledge among first and second-grade elementary school students through the educational robot Botley 2.0. By integrating the Botley 2.0 robot as an additional teaching tool, students…
November 5, 2023 The Innovation Fund of Montenegro (the Fund) announces the list of approved projects within the Public call for Proof of Concept program. After completing the evaluation process, the Fund allocated a total of 236,010 euros to support projects from the specified program line. Twenty-five companies applied for the Public call, which was…