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 investment-ready MediaTech, AI and creative-tech startups pitch live
A keynote and Q&A with a leading European tech founder
A jury of top-tier VCs, business angels and ecosystem partners scoring 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.
Programme — Wednesday, 30 September 2026
14:00 — Doors open & check-in
14:30 — MTH Opening: welcome, portfolio numbers and impact, jury introduction, how the competition works
14:40 — Welcome address by the de:hub initiative
14:50 — Startup Financing Story: a founder from the MTH portfolio on raising their round + Audience Q&A
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
from 17:00 — Networking Reception & MTH Alumni Get-Together in the FX Center lobby, with food and drinks (all participants of the Demo Day join us for open networking)
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, and the conference brings the people shaping what comes next: broadcasters, streaming platforms, production and post houses, technology vendors and startups, with 50+ international speakers on AI in production, virtual production, distribution and the business models emerging around them.
Who's in the room
Investors and VCs · startup founders · MTH alumni · corporate and ecosystem partners · startup operators, accelerators and university programs (HPI, Startup-Zentrum University of Potsdam, Film University Babelsberg).
Please note
Registration is free but spaces are limited and every request is reviewed by our team.
You'll 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