The European STADIEM programme aims to bring together startups, scaleups, investors and media organisations. Its goal is to stimulate and shape the application of emerging technologies – including artificial intelligence, 5G, the cloud, the Internet of Things, virtual/augmented reality, wearables, and data analytics, which foster the development of Next Generation Media solutions -the European media/content moonshots. It is a 4-stage programme: Match > Develop > Integrate > Pilot. The programme has a total duration of 14 months and a budget to be distributed of 1,93M€.

Open Call Focus Areas for Cofinancing:

• Content Creation & distribution
• Archiving
• Journalism 4.0
• Content verification and against disinformation
• Data/AI/ML/Synthetic Media
• Monetization
• Moonshots

STADIEM aims to stimulate and shape the application of emerging technologies – including artificial intelligence, 5G, the cloud, the Internet of Things, virtual/augmented reality, wearables, and data analytics, which foster the development of Next Generation Media solutions -the European media/content moonshots. If you feel that your solution sets to revolutionize media or content or utilizes this in Moonshot capacity, you are eligible to apply as well.

Eligibility criteria for SMEs:

• Operational for at least one year with proven founding documents
• Cash runway or self-funded for at least six months to a year to prove the startup can finish the program, or a letter of comfort from their investor(s)
• B2B (Business-to-Business) 80% (if B2C – Business-to-Consumer- then needs B2B Partnerships)
• Proven Initial product/market fit – at least one (corporate) client or LOI or product/business development in the process
• Piloting capable product – live or in late stages of (publicly) available beta
• Has received an investment or is self-financed (minimum: late-seed or Pre-Series A or very well-known acceleration/incubation/CVC program)