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Secure communication, fair cloud, ethical hardware - monocles offers a digital solution without tracking, without surveillance, without compromise.

Big tech is tracking you. We don't. monocles offers a digital solution without tracking, monitoring or data sharing. We combine secure software with ethical hardware - operated in the EU, on sustainable infrastructure. Whether it'… Show more

Funding period

28.03.25 - 30.06.25

Realisation

One year implementation time

Website & Social Media

Funding goal: 10,000 €

Infrastruktur sichern: Server, Domains & Wartung, Später: Entwicklung finanzieren: Vollzeitstelle zur Weiterentwicklung von monocles-Anwendungen, Community & Open Source stärken: Honorare für unterstützende Entwickler:innen & Datenschutz-Expert:innen

City

Bremen

Cooperations

LEMEX - Study project University of Bremen

In 2024, monocles was founded twice by a study project of the Chair for SMEs, Business Start-ups and Entrepreneurship at the University of Bremen and was thus able to concretize its goals.

XMPP Standards Foundation

The monocles founder has been an official member of the XMPP Standards Foundation since 2023 and a board member since 2024. Arne is always in touch with the latest improvements to the messaging protocol.

Startup Prize Bridge Campus Ideas 2022

Finally, in 2022, monocles won second prize in the business concepts category and was thus able to find further good contacts and motivation in addition to the prize money. Thanks to the Bridge team at the University of Bremen!

Startup Prize Bridge Campus Ideas 2021

Back in 2021, monocles won the first audience award and a special prize in the business ideas category. This gave the idea the tailwind to pursue, implement and improve it further.

This fundraising has a flexible goal

How does it work?

Teilen und Projektreichweite erhöhen

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