next media accelerator was initiated by the German Press Agency (dpa) and founded in 2015 in Hamburg by several independent partners in order to offer media related startups a place to succeed. The program is looking for scalable companies that bring innovation to the media industry and look for international markets.
We run six a month accelerator program in Hamburg for CATS startups from Europe and Israel.
CATS stands for Content, Advertising, Technology and Services.
If you and your team are working on something great that will revolutionize the media industry and your already have a MVP or prototype in progress you can apply now to our program to join our next batch. We can help you open doors!

We are a mixed team made up of serial entrepreneurs, business angels, digital natives, startup junkies and professionals of the media industry who believe in change and entrepreneurial power. Together we run the next media accelerator.
Witnessing how business ideas turn into reality gives Sabela goosebumps. She has worked in London, Beijing and Hamburg. Gute Leute Magazine is her latest project.
Dirk Zeiler successfully founded platzda.de, homewhere.io and UmzugEasy. He built up the YouIsNow Lab for Immobilienscout24 and launched the E.ON:agile accelerator. Dirk is an active Business Angel and invests in startups in Europe and the US.
Nico Lumma hasn’t been offline since 1995. He likes exploring new things and has been a part of the German startup scene for 15 years. Most recently he helped launching the mobile classifieds app Stuffle.
Meinolf Ellers has driven innovation inside of dpa since 1996. Always interested in what’s next, he founded Scoopcamp to explore new ideas in journalism. Meinolf’s ambition is to constantly push the digital transformation of the media industry.
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