Programmes

HEMI Incubator is the Music Business training programme of The Hub for the Exchange of Music Innovation (HEMI) addressed to music entrepreneurs and companies of the 9 HEMI participating countries: Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia. It provides a framework for music business professionals and young entrepreneurs that seek opportunities to develop their businesses or create a new project.

Over the next 3 years, HEMI Incubator will launch several acceleration and incubation cycles annually, with the objective to help music professionals develop sustainable services and products for the music industry by enhancing their business skills, entrepreneurial mindset and competitiveness.

Combining hybrid and scalable training schemes with coaching, mentoring & matchmaking sessions, as well as online and in situ networking activities, HEMI Incubator aims to:

• Offer tailor-made business consultancy to help music professionals define or adjust their goals.
• Create connections between professionals and key players of the music industry.
• Generate opportunities eventually leading to long-term relationships.

You can apply for one of two programs:

• 6-month incubator program, designed for high-growth potential startups offering sustainable solutions for the music sector.
• 5-month accelerator program, which supports up to 20 music industry entrepreneurs in developing their ideas and projects into real products or services.

All projects and companies selected for the program will:

• Receive personalized mentorship throughout the program from experts in their field.
• Participate in a training program tailored specifically to the needs of the participants.
• Attend selected international events, including Athens Music Week (with travel and accommodation expenses covered).
• Have the opportunity to network at partner festivals associated with the HEMI project.
• The top three projects from each subprogram will be awarded a financial prize at the end of the program (€3,000 for the incubator program and €2,000 for the accelerator program).