The results from the Open Call 1
The evaluation of the applications submitted by startups and scale-ups from all over Europe at the Open Call 1 of Media Motor Europe has been completed.
Out of 86 applications submitted by 30 countries, 20 startups from 14 countries, including Bulgaria, were selected to join the MME accelerator six-month program.
An international group of professional mentors and experts will support the program.
The program will start in early September 2020 and is to be implemented by 4 innovative hubs of the media and creative industries in Bulgaria (Sofia), Norway (Bergen), Greece (Thessaloniki), and Belgium (Brussels).
The hubs will be working in a network. Under the program, the four innovation hubs will collaborate through the exchange of experience, information, technology, capacity, business models, and good practices for the development of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the media and creative industries in Europe. The companies ranked for inclusion in the mentoring program are distributed among the four hubs.
Below is a list of the selected companies together with the challenges they solve grouped by innovation hubs.
| Innovation hub Sofia | ||
| AdHash | Bulgaria | Facilitating the transition to a data-driven media industry 4.0 |
| Vixtape | Portugal | Better protection of personal data and data in general |
| StoryTracks | Ireland | Advancing human-machine interaction |
| Macrorec Cinema Technologies | Turkey | Advancing human-machine interaction |
| Mavin.org | Netherlands | The fight against misinformation and fake news |
| Innovation hub Bergen | ||
| Limecraft | Belgium | Facilitating the transition to a data-driven media industry 4.0 |
| Defudger | Germany | The fight against misinformation and fake news |
| Anything.world | UK | Reduce the time/cost of production |
| AdVerif.ai | Israel | The fight against misinformation and fake news |
| Web64 | Norway | Facilitating the transition to a data-driven media industry 4.0 |
| Innovation hub Thessaloniki | ||
| GPU Audio | Switzerland | Creative tools affordability |
| faktual | Germany | Advancing human-machine interaction |
| Adwork | Greece | A transition towards a data-driven media 4.0 market |
| Frameright | Finland | Advancing human-machine interaction |
| Medoid AI | Greece | The fight with the hate speech in social media |
| Innovation hub Brussels | ||
| Ceretai | Sweden | Diversity in Media |
| Arkane | Belgium | Facilitating the transition to a data-driven media industry 4.0 |
| Textgain | Belgium | The fight against misinformation and fake news |
| Verchable | UK | Facilitating the transition to a data-driven media industry 4.0 |
| Akilli Cheviri | Turkey | Improved accessibility to media outlets |
The portfolio of startups and their products from Call 1 can be downloaded here or can be opened in Book link
Two more calls for proposals for participation in two new accelerator programs of Media Motor Europe are to be opened. The expected deadlines for this are September 2020 and March 2021, respectively. For more information, please visit the Media Motor Europe website, or follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram.
