As part of ESSEC's digital excellence cluster, the Chaire Media & Digital, is dedicated to training media managers and their innovations. THE MEDIA HOUSE incubator benefits from the recognized expertise and know-how of ESSEC Ventures, which has supported nearly 400 companies since its creation in 2000. The incubator also draws on the highly specialized experience of Media Maker, a Grande École du Numérique accredited gas pedal of innovative media projects with high editorial added value. This incubator is designed to encourage the emergence of media that meet society's new needs, by encouraging the younger generation to seize the tools of entrepreneurship and the possibilities offered by new technologies.
The aim of THE MEDIA HOUSE is to provide 6 months of support to start-ups with innovative visions and proposals for the media.
The new THE MEDIA HOUSE incubator offers 360° support from these three complementary players - the ESSEC Media & Digital Chair, ESSEC Venture and MEDIA MAKER - for around ten start-ups a year.
High-level, specialized training provided by Essec and Media Maker, individualized support and access to our partners' networks will ensure the best possible conditions for the long-term success of startups.
Applications are open to all media start-ups. Selection criteria are based on editorial, technological and business model innovation.
ESSEC, founded in 1907, is one of the world's leading business schools, with EQUIS, AACSB and AMBA accreditations. With 5,867 undergraduate students, a wide range of management programs, partnerships with the world's leading universities, a network of 50,000 graduates, a faculty of 162 permanent professors in France and Singapore, including 20 emeritus professors, recognized for the quality and influence of their research, ESSEC perpetuates a tradition of academic excellence and cultivates a spirit of openness at the service of economic and social activities and innovation. In 2005, ESSEC opened a campus in Asia, ESSEC Asia-Pacific, strategically located in Singapore. This campus represents an opportunity for ESSEC to participate in Asia's growth and to bring its expertise to this rapidly expanding region. In 2016, ESSEC opened a new ESSEC Afrique-Atlantique campus in Rabat, Morocco. ESSEC's international expansion enables its students and professors to study and understand the economic forces at work in different regions of the world. For further information: www.essec.edu.
Launched in 2016 and awarded the Grande Ecole du Numérique label, Media Maker is an innovative media accelator, supporting startups on business, marketing and editorial fronts. Media Maker relies on a solid network of media partners, enabling supported projects to benefit from the expertise of their teams. www.mediamaker.fr.