Review I That was Slush 2022

On Novem­ber 17 and 18, foun­ders and inves­tors from all over the world met again at Slush in Hel­sin­ki. The five acce­le­ra­tor teams Frame­right, fre­que, Klang­chat, Journ­ex­xa and Yoo​na​.aias well as Head of Acce­le­ra­tor Erdinç Koç were the­re. On the one hand, Slush impres­sed with its cosy atmo­sphe­re and the bril­li­ant after-show par­ty inclu­ding karaoke, […]

Review | Digi­tal Hub Initia­ti­ve Pitch Ses­si­on & Award

Last week, the five start-ups Artist­Con­nect, far­vel, pro­mi­seQ, Sav­vi and valu­pa pre­sen­ted their ide­as at the “Start-up Pitch Ses­si­on” of the Digi­tal Hub Initia­ti­ve. The pitch ses­si­on took place as part of the Media­Tech Hub Con­fe­rence. The pitch ses­si­on took place as part of the Raw Ven­tures, was pre­sen­ted the same evening at the after-show […]

Art meets Vir­tu­al Production

Art meets Vir­tu­al Pro­duc­tion in Babels­berg. The well-known Ger­man film artist Juli­an Rose­feldt pro­du­ced sce­nes from his latest film instal­la­ti­on “Eupho­ria” at the Halos­ta­ge in Pots­­dam-Babels­­berg. The taxi ride and bus sta­ti­on sce­nes were shot at the Halos­ta­ge: 17 minu­tes of film­ing within two days. The avera­ge for such dri­ving sce­nes is nor­mal­ly up to four […]

Review I The first GITEX GLOBAL

A week ago, from Octo­ber 10 - 14, 2022, the Digi­tal Hub Initia­ti­ve pre­sen­ted the Ger­man start-up eco­sys­tem in Dubai for the first time at North Star, the start-up fair of GITEX GLO­BAL. The teams Feel­belt, Klang­chat and yoo​na​.ai from the Media­Tech Hub Pots­dam were the­re and were able to pre­sent them­sel­ves along­side lea­ding technology […]

MTH Unboxing: Den­ton Systems

Your den­tal health is the num­ber one prio­ri­ty for Den­ton Sys­tems. The foun­ders Den­nis Wag­ner and Mari­us Lie­fold tell us in the July edi­ti­on of MTH Unboxing about their moti­va­ti­on to start Den­ton Sys­tems and their method to fur­ther deve­lop den­tal medi­ci­ne. MTH Acce­le­ra­tor: What did you do befo­re start­ing Den­ton Sys­tems? Den­nis: I gra­dua­ted as […]

MTH Unboxing: MusoMind

We live in the age of strea­ming. Various plat­forms allow users to lis­ten to music any­ti­me and any­whe­re. Howe­ver, the pay­ment of the artists is not always fair. The foun­ders of Mus­o­Mind, Yuval Ron und Ishay Som­mer, are now try­ing to chan­ge this situa­ti­on with their plat­form. In the Sep­tem­ber issue of MTH Unboxing, they […]

Review | MTH Design Thin­king Chall­enge Batch No. 4

At the begin­ning of the jour­ney of every start­up, the­re are many chal­lenges that need to be mana­ged. The design thin­king pro­cess can help to find solu­ti­ons to spe­ci­fic pro­blems in a crea­ti­ve and inno­va­ti­ve way. At the MTH Design Thin­king Chal­lenges, start­ups have the oppor­tu­ni­ty to tack­le a very indi­vi­du­al chall­enge with the help of design […]

MTH Unboxing: VEITA

When it comes to mana­ging receiv­a­bles, com­pa­nies are often facing chal­lenges. The Pots­­dam-based start­up VEI­TA wants to use its soft­ware to help com­pa­nies keep an eye on cash flow, ensu­re liqui­di­ty and streng­then cus­to­mer rela­ti­ons. In the 20th edi­ti­on of MTH Unboxing, the three foun­ders Mat­thi­as Kör­ner, Pierre Sten­gel and Richard Ein­horn tell us how […]

Review | Inno­va­ti­on @ Babelsberg

The results of a new site sur­vey on the eco­no­mic situa­ti­on of Babels­berg as a media loca­ti­on com­mis­sio­ned by the Media­Tech Hub Pots­dam were pre­sen­ted yes­ter­day at the Babels­berg Medi­en­in­no­va­ti­ons­zen­trum Babels­berg (MIZ) as part of the new series of events orga­ni­zed by the Stra­tegy Cir­cle for Media and Tech­no­lo­gy “Inno­va­ti­on @ Babels­berg”. The stu­dy was con­duc­ted by […]

de:hub Aca­de­my: “Fund­rai­sing” with Erdinç Koç

Fund­rai­sing is neces­sa­ry for start­ups to coll­ect money and advan­ce the busi­ness idea. Howe­ver, fund­rai­sing is not always easy. Espe­ci­al­ly at the begin­ning of their start­up jour­ney, foun­ders are often faced with the ques­ti­on: How can fund­rai­sing be suc­cessful?  Erdinç Koç, head of the Media­Tech Hub Acce­le­ra­tors, pro­vi­des the fun­da­men­tal know­ledge requi­red for this. He […]