For Startups

We'll help you gain a foothold in the content industry. Get involved and refine your business model in a practice-oriented way together with potential clients.

Coachings by Dr. Harald Henzler and Prof. Dr. Okke Schlüter
Validation of your business model
Feedback from potential clients and partners
Solve a task to refine your business model
Transfer of industry-specific knowledge
Mentorship
Workshops (i.e. presentation training)

Contacts to the jury members
Access to a network with strong ties to the industry
Mutual exchange with other startups
Free membership in the CONTENTshift startup club for one year

€10,000 for the final winner of the competition
Prospects of future investment by jury members

Ongoing coverage and communication
Big pitch at the Frankfurt Book Fair in front of the jury as well as investors
Presence on the CONTENTshift homepage
Be invited to all big industry events as a member of the CONTENTshift startup club

Your business model is related to the content industry and/or can be applied to the content industry.
Your company is more than an idea
You have a solid product concept
You have a stable team of founders
You have already founded the company

Thank you for your application!
The application deadline has officially ended as of May 1, 2021. We will now review all applications and inform all startups about the next steps shortly.

Important: Ten startups will be preselected and invited to pitch in front of the Jury on June 23. Due to the current situation, the pitch might take place in digital form. We will update this website once we know more. Please ensure that you could attend this event in either case, wheter it will take place digitally or physically.

Click here to see the eligibility criteria

Stefanie Perk Project Management, German Publishers and Booksellers Association (Börsenverein)

contentshift@boev.de

Mirjam Wingenbach Project Management, German Publishers and Booksellers Association (Börsenverein)

contentshift@boev.de

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CONTENTshift accelerator 2021

We'll help you gain a foothold in the content industry. Get involved and refine your business model in a practice-oriented way together with potential clients.

Your benefits

Practical Experience

Contacts

Financing

(Media) Attention

Get involved in the CONTENTshift accelerator
and apply right now!

Eligibility criteria

How do I apply?

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Stefanie Perk Project Management, German Publishers and Booksellers Association (Börsenverein)

Mirjam Wingenbach Project Management, German Publishers and Booksellers Association (Börsenverein)

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