Workplaces for start-ups in new community space
You want to work on your business idea in an innovative and networked environment without office costs? With the Workspace Funding, we offer free workspaces for startups and founders in the field of content and technology.
In our new Space in Hamburg’s Speicherstadt, we bring the content and tech industry together in one place and offer space for informal exchange and relaxed get-togethers in addition to our content-driven programs and regular events. With the Workspace Funding, you have the opportunity to work in close proximity to numerous tech-oriented startups and companies from the content sector and become part of the Space community.
What we offer
Workspace
- free workspace for 6 months in the Flex Desk area in our Space centrally located in Speicherstadt Hamburg
- free use of the workshop and meeting rooms in the Space
- drinks and excellent internet
Events
- free attendance at numerous events, themed quarters and workshops regularly organized by Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft and its initiatives at the Space
- Possibility to organize your own events
Network
- Contacts in the media and tech industry, e.g. with publishers, developers, designers, content creators, investors and universities
- Opportunity to meet decision-makers from the creative and cultural industries, politics, business and research
Who can apply for the Workspace Funding
Start-ups and founders who are working on a concrete project related to content and technology with digital business models – whether in the early stage or expansion phase – can apply for the free workspace in the Flex Desk area of the Space. For example, this includes business models in the area of MediaTech, AdTech, CreativeTech, MusicTech or GamesTech.
We value diversity and welcome all applications – regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic or social background, religion, disability, age and sexual orientation.
If you still have open questions, you can always arrange a non-binding meeting with us.
FAQs
Start-ups, founders and people working on a concrete project around content and technology with digital business models (including MediaTech, AdTech, CreativeTech, MusicTech, GamesTech, etc.) can apply for Workspace Funding – regardless of whether they are in the early stage or expansion phase.
We value diversity and welcome all applications – regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic or social background, religion, disability, age and sexual orientation.
The application for the Workspace Funding is permanently available via this online form.
The jury, consisting of representatives of Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft and its initiatives, nextMedia.Hamburg, Cross Innovation Hub, Gamecity Hamburg, Beratung & Weiterbildung and Design Zentrum Hamburg, continuously reviews the applications received and selects the applications on the first Thursday of each month. Within one week after the jury meeting, the applications are accepted or rejected. In the case of an acceptance, funding starts on the next possible date and depends on free capacities in the Space.
The selection criteria include industry relevance or added value for the industry, degree of innovation of the product, service or business model as well as the professionalism and viability of the business model.
The program offers a free workplace for working on your own laptop in the Flex Desk area as well as workshop and meeting rooms in Speicherstadt Hamburg, including drinks and internet. As part of the Workspace Funding, you will have the opportunity to make contacts in the media and tech industries and meet decision-makers from the creative and cultural sectors, politics, business and research. The Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft and its initiatives regularly organize numerous events, themed quarters and workshops, almost all of which are open to grantees free of charge. The space also offers the opportunity to host your own events.
As a grantee, you should use the workspace three times a week. You can draw attention to the funding via social media, organize an event as part of a theme week, or get involved in the Space’s programs in some other way. Beyond that, we’d love for you to adhere to the basic philosophy that is lived out at the Space: We work together.
You will receive Workspace Funding for a maximum period of six months.
