OPEN CALL for music business professionals & entrepreneurs in CSEE.
Applications deadline: 10th of April at 24:00 CET
#HEMIincubator
The Hub for the Exchange of Music Innovation – HEMI, is proud to announce the first music business incubation & acceleration programme in the region!
HEMI Incubator offers the tools, guidance, expertise, and network to enhance music business professionals and entrepreneurs, in Central & Southeastern Europe (CSEE), to develop their products, services, and ideas. You will gain a deeper understanding of the ever-changing international music sector, the opportunity to connect with key industry players as well as support grants for 6 projects/companies!
HEMI Incubator is a new hybrid training scheme that is divided into 2 streams:
- The 3-month Acceleration Programme addressed to 20 entrepreneurs who have a business idea / project and need support to transform it into tangible products or services related to the Music Industry.
- The 6-month Incubation Programme addressed to 10 high potential startups/SMEs that offer sustainable solutions to the music sector and need to foster their growth.
In this musical alliance, HEMI Incubator aims to bring measurable results to applicants and therefore collaborates with top industry experts and mentors as well as some of the most active and results-oriented music and tech organizations/associations in Europe such as :Found.Ation (GR), IMPALA (EU), Music Innovation Hub (IT), Music Tech Europe (EU),Startup Wise Guys (EE).
The selected projects, start-ups and SMEs will receive:
- One-on-one mentoring;
- Workshops on specialised business topics and soft skills;
- Access to CSEE music markets;
- Networking events and pitching sessions
- Accreditations to HEMI partners’ music conferences and showcase festivals
- Matchmaking with key industry players to develop synergies
- Support grant for 6 projects/companies in total
Who can apply?
- Music business professionals, self-employed or small and medium-sized companies (e.g. management / booking / comms / marketing agency, licensing / publishing / copyright company, live / recording / production sector, etc..)
- Business professionals who offer a sustainable solution to the music sector (e.g. SaaS, blockchain, AR, AI, ticketing, entertainment attorney/accountant, etc..)
- Entrepreneurs who are about to create a new service, product or company related to the music sector
- Companies that are registered in one of the 9 HEMI countries (Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia)
- Citizens of the nine HEMI countries living anywhere in the European Union, UK and the EFTA countries
Shape the future of the Music Industry!
Apply here: https://hemimusichub.com/hemi-incubator-2022-open-call/
Hub for the Exchange of Music Innovation – HEMI
HEMI, is an initiative of 10 music organizations from Central and South Eastern Europe (CSEE), co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union, aiming to develop innovative business models, and support artists and music business professionals to meet current market needs.
Find out more: www.hemimusichub.eu
