Application form – MediaTech Hub Potsdam

Startup criteria & application process

The first cohort of the Investment Readiness Program started in May 2024. Program start of the second cohort is planned for October 2024 Applications can be submitted as of now!

Startup criteria:

Business model: B2B Saas business models that are innovative, digital and scalable
Phase: MVP with traction
Founders: At least two co-founders (with tech skills and founder-led sales)
Industry: Agnostic
Region: DACH region

Application process:

Step 1: Fill out the application form
Step 2: 1h pitch and Q&A session with a jury
If your application is promising, we will invite you to an interview. The interviews will take place as video calls. As a rule, we make our decision on the same day that the interview takes place. Every startup with which we conduct an interview receives feedback from us.

Questions about the application:

You can find more information about the program here: www.mth-potsdam.de/accelerator
If you have any questions about the application, please contact:
Erdinç Koç
Head of MediaTech Hub Accelerator
E-mail: koc@mth-accelerator.de
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Contact person (required)

Contact email (requiered)

Contact phone (required)

Please provide the founders' responsibilities in the company and their LinkedIn profiles (required)

Please describe the (planned) equity destribution among the founders, employees and others. (required)

If possible, please record a one-minute video introducing yourself. Explain what you're doing and why, and tell us anything else you want to know about the founders or the project. (You can share your video by using filehosting services like WeTransfer, Dropbox or Google Drive).

Company name (required)

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less. (required)

Company URL (required)

Where is your company located? (required)

Have you formed ANY legal entity yet? (required)

Please state your shareholder structure. (required)

Please share your product demo if you have one.

Provide a link to the product, if relevant.

What are your founding hypotheses, and which have you proven or disproved?

What is the specific problem you are solving? (required)

Who has this problem, and who is your customer? (required)

Why did you pick this idea to work on? Do you have domain expertise in this area? How do you know people need what you're making? (required)

Why is your team uniquely motivated to solve this problem? (required)

What key insight about your user led you to build this business? (required)

How are you planning to acquire users? (required)

Who are your competitors? What do you understand about your business that they don't? (required)

How do or will you make money? How much could you make? (required)

Which industry are you operating in? (required)

How long have you been working on this? (required)

How far along are you? (required)

Overview about the traction you have already achieved. (required)

If you have already participated or committed to participate in a startup program, please tell us about it.

Have you taken any investment yet? If yes, how much in EUR, when and from whom?

How much do you want to raise, and what's the status? (required)

What milestone do you want to hit? (required)

What hypotheses will you prove or disprove with this next funding round? (required)

How did you here about the Investment Readiness Program?

What convinced you to apply? (required)

Please upload your pitch deck (.pdf & in English & max. 8 MB) (required)

Do you have any questions about the application? Or problems with the form?

Please contact us by email

Erdinç Koç

Head of MTH Accelerator

tsakiridou@mth-potsdam.de

+49 176 626 82224

Erdinç Koç

Head of MTH Accelerator

tsakiridou@mth-potsdam.de

+49 176 626 82224

Startup criteria & application process

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Application process:

Questions about the application:

Do you have any questions about the application? Or problems with the form?

Erdinç Koç

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