International Press Institute | New Media Incubator

IPI’s New Media Incubator is an eight-month programme supporting startups and new media ventures in Europe. The programme offers funding, personalized advisory services, training, tools, and guidance to help identify market needs, discover new opportunities, and build sustainable and creative news products.

About the programme

• One month of personalized needs assessments to identify challenges, problem statements, and roadmap solutions.
• Intensive training focused on tools and skills transferable to your newsroom, including problem-solving, audience research, strategic planning, product management, journalism formats for user engagement, digital business models, and diversifying revenue streams.
• 4-day, in-person bootcamp in Vienna with 2-3 members from each participating media organization, coupled with attendance at IPI’s 2025 World Congress and Media Innovation Festival.
• One-on-one personalized advisory services tailored to your newsroom’s needs, with flexible, on-demand industry experts as coaches.
• Group coaching sessions with peers developing similar projects.
• Speaker sessions and workshops based on themes identified in the needs assessments.
• Access to an e-learning platform with training modules and recordings from industry leaders, including monthly “Ask-Me-Anything” sessions with experts.
• Access to a networking platform with the current cohort, expert coaches, programme alumni, and a network of media innovators.

Funding

A grant of up to €15,000 to deliver your project.

Eligibility

• You are based in one of the following countries: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, or Ukraine.
• You are a media organization with an idea ready to launch in the next six months or a startup up to three years old building or expanding news products or revenue streams.
• Applicants should have existing market and audience research, a solid business case, and the energy to grow.
• Organizations must have a minimum viable product (MVP)—a basic yet functional version of your product sufficient to test and gain feedback with minimal resources.

Application deadline

June 6, 2025 (23:59, CEST).