Тhe results of MediaMotor Europe Project

On 30.04.2022 г., after 28 months of intensive and inspired work by the project teams of 7 partner organizations (VRT, Media City Bergen, THERMI S.A, Cluster Sofia  Knowledge City, Athens Technology Center, Fasttrack Ventures and F6S), the project "MediaMotor Europe" (ММЕ), cofinancd by Horizon 2020 finished. Today, on June 20, 2022, the results of this project will be presented on a meeting with the experts of the European Commission.

 What are the results of this project ?

In three consecutive program cycles, the MME project managed to support 61 European innovative companies (startups) from the media industry, which were able to demonstrate proper potential to develop and implement deeptech solutions for facing the challenges of this industry. To help the selected companies, 4 innovative hubs were established in Sofia, Bergen, Brussels and Thessaloniki, whose role was to manage the portfolio of companies by providing a package of services and assistance.

In particular, what did the selected startups get from their participation?

• access to an international network of mentors and experts through participation in 6-month intensive mentoring support (3 support cycles) and specialized training (workshops). In particular, the companies benefited from the knowledge and experience of 22 international mentors, who devoted a total of 235 hours of mentoring work to them.
• focused access to the international technology market of the media industry and to promising new customers for services, technologies and products to test and go to market;
• participation in important and emblematic events for this industry with the opportunity to participate and present in specialized sessions, pitching and matchmaking meetings
• access to a network of investors. 47 startups from the participating startups, got in touch and presented their investment needs to 64 investors in total.

The main results of the completed project are visualized below:

 Prject ММЕ timeline

The applicants and selected startups per call and in total

The selected 61 starups from 25 countries 

Startups and investors - results

More information about this project and the innovative startups from the media industry, included in can be found on the project's website as well as on social networks.