Brussels startup Trosort selected for EU funding

How will their scalable textile sorting automation enhance new market opportunities for existing textile sorting centers?

Trosort’s SortMate project selected under Horizon Europe-funded IN-TRANSIT funding 

Brussels startup Trosort just received the good news that their project SortMate had been funded under the IN-TRANSIT “Develop” call, itself funded by a wider Horizon Europe project. 

SortMate is a collaborative project between two Belgian innovating companies: Brussels startup Trosort and Wallonian ICA, seeking to develop together a prototype system combining advanced image recognition and conveyor belt technology. This prototype is designed to evaluate garments’ resale potential based on fashionability and real-time market pricing, and aims to revolutionalize the second-hand market and make sustainable shopping more accessible. 

Their selection under the IN-TRANSIT competitive procedure not only illustrates the excellence of their project, but also the potential impact of this solution on the second-hand sector. NCP Brussels and Enterprise Europe Brussels were proud to help out in the application process by offering process clarifications and proof reading of the application. 

Achille Mathot, Co-founder and CEO of Trosort: “We would have never seen the opportunity to apply to In-Transit Development without NCP/EEB. They screened all subsidy potentials and reviewed our application draft to optimize it.” 

Can I be the next success story? 

If you are a Brussels-based start-up / SME and would like to explore funding opportunities for your innovative projects, NCP Brussels and Enterprise Europe Brussels are there to help you!  

The support of NCP Brussels will focus on funding opportunities under the Horizon Europe programme for R&I collaborative projects and for disruptive SMEs’ projects. For these opportunities, your NCPs will be glad to help you identify the most relevant calls, get in touch with potential consortium partners, clarify any topic questions, screen your proposal, from the concrete submission to the reporting, in the case of a successful project.

Complementarily, the support of Enterprise Europe Brussels will also include other sources of funding outside of Horizon Europe (such as the SME Instrument), but also access to the EEN partnering opportunities database as well as in-depth assessment of sustainability, innovation and/or digitalization for the most ambitious SMEs, and further support regarding IP and tech transfer. 

Like for Trosort, there is likely to be a funding programme at the EU level that will fit your project(s)! Still confused? Get in touch with us and we’ll be happy to support you at all stages of this process!