On December 5, 2023, the Cluster Sofia Knowledge City held a seminar on talents and competencies in the media and creative industries. At the end of the last century, creative industries became the strategic engine for growth, for creating new jobs and for strengthening the culture of societies in developed countries. The contribution of these industries to the GDP of most European countries is invariably between 2% and 5%, and their contribution to the creation of entrepreneurship in Europe is one of the most significant. Undoubtedly, the knowledge, skills and abilities of entrepreneurs in these industries play an extremely important role in economic growth and the prosperity of society.

During the last 12 months, 10 promising deeptech startups (from a total of 61 startups and scaleups) were selected for the two batches of the MME mentorship program and attached to be served by the Innovation Hub Sofia under a MediaMotorEurope intensive mentoring program.

The aim of the MME project was to bring selected deeptech innovators from an MVP to growing companies together with candidate clients in the media sector and potential investors.

We have some exciting news: #MediatechOnStage announces the date of its final edition. Mediatech on stage #3 - The Grand Finale! Pitching & networking online event! Save in your calendar: 10 February 2022, 14H - 16H CET. FREE REGISTER - JOIN NOW

Once again, #MediatechOnStage is happening as an online event, aiming for the attendance of a bigger and broader audience. Organized as part of the MediaMotorEurope mentoring program, the third edition of #MediatechOnStage features 20 startups that are part of the program’s third support cycle.

We have our winners in the third and final MediaMotor Europe open call! MediaMotorEurope (MME) had three open calls: the first one took place between the 18^th of May and the 17^th of July 2020, the second one from the 1^st of September to the 30^th of October 2020, and the last one took place between 1^st April and 27^th May 2021. Congratulations to the new 20 deeptech media startups & scale-ups that are about to start their MME journey. 

A total of 51 startups and scale-ups finalized their applications to the MME program.