About Us

From vision to prototype — the practical arm of Protopia.Garden

Synaptiq is part of Protopia.Garden — our shared space for exploring what matters, imagining better futures, and building the tools to get there. While Protopia.Garden is where we hold the big conversations about values, change, and possibility, Synaptiq is where we turn those conversations into reality. We turn ideas into working prototypes and clear, vendor-neutral specifications with your people across roles. Product, operations, data, service, finance — everyone in the room, shared goals, transparent assumptions.

We help organisations navigate turbulence, plan for multiple futures, and move from ideas to working prototypes. Whether it’s a startup testing a new product or a corporation rethinking a process, we bring the methods, tools, and expertise to design, test, and specify solutions that are ready to scale.

Lisbon · Remote across EU

Where we help

• • • Startups & innovators. Test bold hypotheses and assemble minimum viable prototypes.
  • • Mid-sized companies & corporates. Rethink processes and services through fast, low-risk pilots.
  • • Family offices & investors. Align strategy and validate decisions in practice.
  • Impact & public teams. Design programmes, measure outcomes, and prototype services with real users.

What we do

• • • Strategic Foresight. Map plausible futures, define direction and guardrails.
  • • Strategy & Reporting. Translate intent into roadmaps, KPIs, and decision cadence.
  • • Data & AI Enablement. Find the “small wins” where technology proves value quickly.
  • • Impact Design. Plan interventions and measure what actually works.
  • Rapid Prototyping. Build a thin, working slice before scaling.

A calm stance on AI

There’s a lot of hype — and with it, anxiety and pressure to “automate everything.” We help teams decide where AI truly fits, at what pace, and with what safety and ethics guardrails. No buzzword-chasing. Human-first, value-focused change.

90-day integrated sprint

From idea to specification — without losing momentum.

Weeks 0–2 – Foresight & framing: scenarios, outcomes, first KPIs.

Weeks 2–4 – Embedded fieldwork: observe, map, and define the pilot.

Weeks 4–8 – Prototype: minimal, testable version with weekly feedback loops.

Weeks 8–12 – Specification: complete, vendor-neutral blueprint for scaling.

How we work

We start from future contexts, work shoulder-to-shoulder with people across functions, test on real workflows, make risks and assumptions explicit, and hand over a vendor-neutral specification so your internal team or chosen partner can scale with confidence.

About Synaptiq

We are the consulting-and-prototyping arm of Protopia.Garden. The team blends foresight, investment thinking, and practical delivery — not just imagining futures, but assembling them from working parts.

Tetiana Honcharenko — Co-Founder & Strategic Venture Architect. 15+ years across investment, innovation, and transformation; from M&A and smart-city to endowment models — turning complex ideas into clear, investable plans.

Aliaksei Kanstantsinau — Co-Founder & Foresight Lead. 15+ years in foresight and strategy.

Lisbon · Remote across the EU