MEDIA DEALS UG (HAFTUNGSBESCHRÄNKT)

Their core work

Media Deals is a Berlin-based startup ecosystem facilitator specializing in connecting digital and creative entrepreneurs with accelerator programs, co-working spaces, and funding opportunities across Europe. They focus on building networks that support web entrepreneurship — particularly for women founders and creative industry SMEs — by linking accelerators, organizing meetups, and facilitating access to seed and VC funding. Their work sits at the intersection of community building and startup support services rather than technology development itself.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

All three projects were active in the same narrow window (2015–2016), making it difficult to identify a meaningful temporal shift. Their early work emphasized women-focused web entrepreneurship hubs and ecosystem-building (WeHubs), while concurrent projects expanded to broader themes like linked accelerator programs, creative industry finance, and internationalization. Rather than a clear evolution, their trajectory suggests a rapid broadening from niche community support to a wider startup ecosystem facilitation role.

Their trajectory pointed toward broader European startup ecosystem intermediation and cross-border entrepreneurship support, though no H2020 activity after 2016 makes their current direction uncertain.

How they like to work

Media Deals has exclusively participated as a partner, never leading a consortium — consistent with their role as a network node rather than a project initiator. With 27 unique partners across just 3 projects, they operated in relatively large consortia (averaging 9+ partners), suggesting they thrive as connectors within broad, multi-country networks. This makes them a useful partner for projects needing pan-European entrepreneurship community reach.

Despite only three projects, they built connections with 27 unique partners spanning 15 countries — an unusually wide geographic spread indicating strong reach across European startup ecosystems. Their Berlin base positions them within one of Europe's most active startup hubs.

What sets them apart

Their differentiation lies in being an ecosystem connector rather than a technology provider — they link accelerators, co-working spaces, events, and funding channels into coherent support networks for entrepreneurs. Based in Berlin, they have specific experience supporting underrepresented founder groups (women entrepreneurs) and creative industry SMEs, which is relatively uncommon among H2020 participants. For consortium builders, they offer ready access to a wide European web of startup support organizations and communities.

Highlights from their portfolio

• TWIST DIGITAL
  Largest funding share (EUR 121,625) and broadest scope — covering linked accelerators, lean startup methodology, co-working/co-living, and digital/mobile entrepreneurship across regions.
• WeHubs
  Focused specifically on women web entrepreneurs, addressing a targeted gap in the European startup ecosystem — a distinctive niche among Startup Europe initiatives.