MTH Accelerator Startup Demo Day
MediaTech Hub Demo Day 2026
The strongest startups from the MediaTech Hub Potsdam ecosystem take the stage in front of a jury of investors and ecosystem leaders, competing for a €5,000 prize.
Demo Day is the closing highlight of the MediaTech Hub Conference 2026 (29–30 September) and brings together investors, founders, corporates, ecosystem partners and the MTH alumni community in one room.
Why you should be there
See eight investment-ready MediaTech, AI and creative-tech startups pitch live
Hear insights from Fabian Tausch, founder of Unicorn Bakery
Watch a jury of top-tier VCs, business angels and ecosystem partners score the teams on team, product, market, scalability and investment readiness
Join us afterwards for an open Alumni & Networking Get-Together with the MTH community — drinks, food, familiar faces, new connections, and the people shaping Potsdam’s MediaTech scene
Who’s pitching?
🎬 Chapter41
Bringing generative AI into professional film, VFX and content workflows.
🔐 European Artist Bank
Building infrastructure for the provenance and secure custody of creative assets.
🎧 BotTalk
Turning editorial articles into brand-safe, monetisable audio content.
🎞️ Ontoworks
Transforming footage archives and briefs into first video drafts with AI.
🎙️ SONALAB
Simplifying European voice production and dubbing through AI.
✅ Valid
Using cryptography and Web3 technology to fight disinformation.
🌍 Graphrs
Developing an AI-powered operating system for global video production.
🗣️ DeepTranslate
Making spoken content accessible across dialects and minority languages through AI-powered transcription and translation.
And then? The jury decides. 👀
We are delighted to welcome the expertise of Jan Kirschnick (de:hub Initiative), Katja Kühnel (Brandenburg Kapital GmbH), Dr. Jens Schmidt-Sceery (HPVC – Hasso Plattner Venture Capital), Lennard Baur (HTGF | High-Tech Gründerfonds), Arnas Bräutigam (AddedVal.io), Johannes Ulrich (Ostwerk) and Sebastian Schwenke (Business Angels Club Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.).
Program — Wednesday, 30 September 2026
14:00 — Doors open & check-in
14:30 — MTH Opening
14:40 — Welcome address by the de:hub Initiative
14:50 — Session with Fabian Tausch, Founder of Unicorn Bakery (title to be announced)
15:10 — Startup pitches
16:00 — Break & jury scoring
16:10 — Top 3 Q&A live on stage
16:40 — Award ceremony: the MTH Demo Day Winner receives €5,000
17:00 — Networking Reception & MTH Alumni Get-Together in the FX Center lobby, with food and drinks
19:00 — Official end
(Times are approximate and may shift slightly.)
About the MediaTech Hub Conference
Demo Day is part of #MTHCON26, Germany’s leading MediaTech conference — two days where creativity and technology intertwine, in the place where German film history was made. Babelsberg has been building the future of moving images for over 100 years. The conference brings together the people shaping what comes next: broadcasters, streaming platforms, production and post houses, technology vendors and startups, with 50+ international speakers exploring AI in production, virtual production, distribution and emerging business models.
Who’s in the room
Investors and VCs · startup founders · MTH alumni · corporate and ecosystem partners · startup operators, accelerators and university programs, including HPI, Startup-Zentrum University of Potsdam and Film University Babelsberg.
Please note
Registration is free, but spaces are limited and every request is reviewed by our team. You will receive a confirmation by email once your registration is approved.
Language: English.
Location
fx.Center Babelsberg
August-Bebel-Str. 26, 14482 Potsdam-Babelsberg
Photo credit: Lars Hübner