Patricia Leu, Prototype Fund
Patricia is co-director at the German public funding programme Prototype Fund. She is also responsible for the communication of the Prototype Fund. She studied religion and culture in Berlin and did research on medial discourse hegemony. Before joining the Prototype Fund team in 2020 she worked in public relations for various NGOs.
Session
06-17
15:00
20min
Small seeds – why funding new ideas matters
Patricia Leu, Prototype Fund
More money for open source software is a never ending issue. In a tech ecosystem built on start-ups, venture capital and data-gathering apps, the fight for sustainable funding for ethical technology projects is a fierce one. After some big victories for open source funding in the last years, this talk is about why we should not forget the small projects coming from and catering to the needs of civil society.
Financing open source and commons
Main stage