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Generator HdM Startup Center (Hochschule der Medien Stuttgart)
The Migrant Accelerator — Autumn Batch
Amount
(no monetary award)
Deadline
Aug 9, 2025
Odds
Not published
Effort
1 to 2 hrs
Can you get this?
✓For first or second generation migrant founders
✓Must be based in Germany
✓Knowledge- or technology-based startup at prototype to early MVP
✓Team must have at least two co-founders
✓At least one co-founder must have migrant background
Your real odds
Selection runs in two stages, with accepted teams invited to a video call before the final decision is made.
The program runs twice a year, giving you two application windows, though no cohort size is published so there is no way to calculate your actual odds.
What it takes
Complete the online application form1 to 2 hrs
Upload a 10-slide pitch deck3 to 6 hrs
Join a video call interview if shortlisted30 to 60 min
Worth knowing
The application asks directly whether you want EXIST funding and whether you have a university affiliation to support it, which signals that the program actively helps founders pursue this German government grant alongside the accelerator itself.
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