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History

Research First. Company Later.

The VENDOR project originated as a long-term independent research effort in the field of nonlinear electrodynamic systems and regime-based energy architectures.

The R&D phase began in 2010–2011 as an informal engineering and research group, without a registered legal entity, without external investors, and without institutional funding.

Early work was fully funded by the founders and focused on physical principle verification, subsystem behavior, and long-duration experimental cycles.

The commercial legal entity — MICRO DIGITAL ELECTRONICS CORP S.R.L. — was incorporated in May 2024 to industrialize, certify, and scale the already developed VENDOR technology within the EU regulatory framework.

Founder-Funded R&D (2011–2025)

For more than a decade, VENDOR development was carried out exclusively using founder capital.

Between 2011 and Q3 2025, more than €1 million of founder funds were invested in the project.

Investments were allocated to:

  • early R&D and experiments with regimes and subsystems

  • multiple generations of prototypes (3 W → 100 W → 0.5 kW → 1 kW → 2.4 → 5 kW)

  • laboratory infrastructure and measurement equipment

  • long-duration experimental and regime testing cycles

  • patenting and legal structuring of IP

  • transition to the EU for certification and scaling

  • working TRL 5–6 laboratory prototypes for VENDOR.Zero and VENDOR.Max

Laboratory Infrastructure

More than 70% of total founder investments were allocated to capital expenditures (CAPEX), including:

  • high-precision measurement equipment

  • oscillography and high-voltage test benches

  • load banks and testing systems

  • laboratory power supplies and measurement interfaces

  • infrastructure for long-duration regime testing

Investment Volume

Total founder investment: more than €1 million.

Development Timeline

2011–2015 — Early Research

Concept validation, initial discharge architectures, micro-scale experiments.

2016–2020 — First Working Prototypes

Low- and mid-power systems, resonant drivers, high-voltage subsystems, initial stability logs.

2021–2024 — Patents and Advanced Prototypes

Laboratory prototypes up to 5 kW, subsystem stability testing, extended operational cycles.

International patent filing and grant of the Spanish patent.

2025 — EU Transition and TRL 5–6 Completion

Relocation to Romania.

Laboratory planning, preparation for certification, and transition to subsequent TRL stages.

Intellectual Property

All intellectual property rights related to the project are owned by the founders and the operating company.

The project:

  • is not an academic spin-off

  • has no legal or financial obligations to universities

  • is not encumbered by third-party rights

Ownership Structure

  • Founders — 85%

  • ESOP — 10%

  • Legal advisor — 5%

SAFE Round

The SAFE round budget defines the use of funds for:

  • establishing a laboratory in the EU

  • procurement of high-precision laboratory and testing equipment

  • development of laboratory infrastructure

  • preparation for certification and transition from TRL 6 → TRL 7

Get In Touch

VENDOR.Energy
Autonomous Solid-State Energy Systems by MICRO DIGITAL ELECTRONICS CORP SRL
Headquarters: Splaiul Unirii, nr.16, office 705, Bucharest, Romania, European Union
Email: info@vendor.energy