New SPACE for innovation in historical Speicherstadt opened
Hamburg has a new innovation space for companies, startups and freelancers from the content and technology industry. At SPACE in the Speicherstadt, a World Heritage Site, solutions are to be developed for relevant issues of the future. The topics include the financing of quality journalism, the influence of social platforms, the potential of the metaverse, the ethical handling of data, and the application of artificial intelligence in product development.
Strong partners and funding from Europe
SPACE is run by Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft and its nextMedia.Hamburg initiative. Partners include Hamburg-based Carlsen Verlag, the production company and streaming platform Rocket Beans, the media companies Ströer and Bauer Media, the technology groups Google, Meta and Snap, and the creative agency Jung von Matt. In addition, the associations ARIC (Artificial Intelligence Center Hamburg) and nextReality.Hamburg are participating as technology competence partners.
SPACE was successfully placed as a media innovation project for Hamburg in the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF program) 2021-2027 and is to receive ERDF funding with the new funding period. Co-funding is provided by the Ministry of Culture and Media to strengthen the innovative power of Hamburg's media landscape.
Plenty of space for startups in SPACE
SPACE is the first European project of its kind - on the seventh floor of a historic warehouse, it offers over 600 square meters of space for collaborative work, events, workshops, content creation, technology knowledge and informal get-togethers. Hamburg's content and technology industry can use SPACE for events and book free workstations on a daily basis. In addition, startups and founders with business models in the fields of MediaTech, AdTech, CreativeTech, MusicTech or GamesTech have the opportunity to apply for free workstations in the flex-desk area of SPACE as part of the workspace funding.
Numerous innovation formats from different teams at Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft will also be anchored in a joint location at SPACE in the future, enabling mutual inspiration and strengthening synergies between the entire creative and technology industries. For example, the 15 startups from the Media Lift, Games Lift and Music WorX incubators will work together at SPACE in the future and further develop their business models from there.
