The Contentshift Accelerator is entering its ninth round. Startups that aim to advance the world of books with their innovations – whether analog or digital – are now eligible to apply for this funding program. These innovations could include tools for optimized content creation, new AI-based applications that save time in customer management, or even products that can be used analogically.
Contentshift Accelerator: Program flow
The application phase starts now and ends on May 1, 2024. First, the jury will select the best ten applications. After an initial PitchThe coaching phase begins for five startups at the event. Participating startups can further develop their business models in workshops and coaching sessions with high-ranking decision-makers from various business sectors. The jury will be on hand to provide the startups with advice, support, and excellent contacts, among other things, during three workshop days in September. The program concludes during the Frankfurt Book Fair. After a public pitch round of the top five at the Frankfurt Book Fair, the jury will decide which will be named "Content Startup of the Year 2024." The winning team can look forward to funding of €10,000.
This year's jury consists of Martina Fiddrich and Olaf Carstens (Cornelsen Verlag), Carla Scheunemann and Jonas Konrad (Community Editions/Bastei Lübbe), Alexander Woge (KNK Customer Engagement), Stefanie Penck (TeNeues Verlag), Nina Hugendubel and Per Dalheimer (Hugendubel Bookstore), Leif Göritz and Detlef Büttner (Lehmanns Media/Thalia Bookstore), Philipp Lindinger (Herder Verlag), Ronald Schild (MVB), and Lennart Schneider (independent strategy consultant) as an external industry partner. Harald Henzler (SDI International University Munich) and Okke Schlüter (Stuttgart Media University) will support the program in an advisory capacity.
Further information about the Contentshift Accelerator can be found here.
