Accelerator – Government-backed Accelerator, Vertical Accelerator

Media Startup Fellowship

We support Startups in developing innovative digital Media Products

The Media Startup Fellowship is supporting startups in developing innovative digital media products.

Within our innovation hub we aim to provide solutions for established companies while also assisting new digital media ideas in entering the market and becoming sustainable businesses.

Media Lab Bayern stands for the future and transformation of the media industry. We support technological innovation, such as new tools or gadgets, as well as innovation in formats, business models, and target audiences. Through extensive coaching in areas like business and product development we help our startups find the right customers and revenue streams and establish themselves in the media industry.

In addition to the Media Startup Fellowship, Media Lab Bayern offers further funding opportunities aimed at advancing the development of the media industry for startups and individual.

Intake: Batch

Duration: 9 Months

Format: Hybrid

Operated by: private company

Time spent

Access to

Primarily provides

Coaching

Office Space

friendly Intros

Prototyping Budget

Also provides

Events

Community

Investor Network

Field Trips

About the startup

team

seed

mid-stage

scaleup

pre-seed

early-stage

growth

Founded: No

Financial Support: Zuschüsse/

Financial support size: 21-50k

Innovation strategy: pull external

After graduation: larger network/ better Product/ more Customers/ Investment-Readiness/

Applicants can be early stage and don‘t need to be legally founded yet. We do expect a team and a (basic) prototype. Successful applicants convince us of their relevance to the world of media, and solve a real problem for prospective users/customers.

Keywords

Content, Streaming, Big Data,
XR, Smart Home, CMS, Natural
Language Processing, Natural
Language Generation, Smart
Mobility, AI, Trust, Payment,
Membership

Technology

We are technology agnostic and focus more on Problem-Solution Fit and relevance to the media industry. Teams building non-tech solutions or targeting underserved audiences are also welcome to apply.

Use cases

Media Consumption, Media
Production, Media Monetisation,
Media Distribution, Verification,
Community Building, Community
Management, Research

TEAM

Ronja Schneider

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