protontypes is a free community for the acceleration of open projects, business models, technologies and platforms. We create tools for the financing, marketing, and development of liberated innovations. Our community is open to everyone who believes in the innovative power of Standing on the Shoulder of Giants. Our aim is to accelerate open and independent innovation with a sustainable impact. Especially in the development of an low-carbon economy, we need to be fast and efficient. By spreading knowledge in this domain with open software, design, standards, tools, and platforms a sustainable economy can be reached in a short timespan.