The time has come again: Founders from the media world can apply for the new round of nextMedia.Hamburg's Media Lift incubator. The application phase runs until May 21, 2023, and the program runs from June to October. Find out what you can expect and what criteria you have to meet in this article.
Whether you're a student, a startup, or an employee of a media or digital company, nextMedia will take your prototype to the next level. What's special: Media Lift is a program for early-stage startups. You will be supported in developing your innovative prototypes further and making them ready for business. Your prototypes are yours! After the Media Lift incubator, you can freely found your project, further develop it with partners from the Hamburg startup ecosystem, or transfer it back to your company - without giving up shares.
These are the benefits of Media Lift
Financial support of up to 15,000 euros per team
1,000 euros individual coaching budget for the Media Lift coaching pool
Workstations from August 2023 and tools for (digital) collaboration
Methodological, technical and market knowledge
Personal coaching and team building
Contact to the mentor network
Editorial coverage
Presentation at the graduation pitch
The incubator is looking for innovative solutions, business models or technologies that will drive the content industry forward. The thematic focus of the incubator is on MediaTech developments.
Your team should already have a first digital prototype that revolves around one of the aforementioned topics and thus show that you not only have an idea but can actually build a product.
Your startup should be in the pre-founding or early stage. There must be at least two of you and you should not have more than five team members. You don't necessarily have to be from Hamburg, but there will be some face-to-face meetings, where in the best case your whole team can participate.
