MEDIEN.NRW - Media Cluster of North Rhine-Westphalia is the regional development agency promoting the expansion, marketing and internationalisation of North Rhine - Westphalia media companies with a specific focus on digital media.  Its main objectives are to foster long-term growth and innovation in the region’s thriving media business. North Rhine – Westphalia is Germany's main media location with over 65,000 media and communications-based companies providing employment to over 342,000 individuals. In 2007, sales generated in the media and communication industry totalled more than €118 billion.

Ingegnum is a venture capital fund designed to support start-ups in the Emilia-Romagna Region. The Ingegnum fund is managed by the Italian-Dutch joint venture META Group - Zernike Group. The fund, which finances innovative start-ups through the acquisition of temporary stock capital, can count on €7 million (5.3 from the Emilia- Romagna Region and 1.7 from the group).

The ImMediaTe Consortium is currently pursuing a coordinated strategy to promote all its activities and identify possible synergies and financial opportunities for SMEs with all public organizations, associations, companies and other type of stakeholders active in the creative industries.

To date, the consortium has organised three major thematic events (Mobile Applications Forum, Barcelona; IPR for Creative Talents, Amsterdam; Mobile Gaming Summit, Malta) to mobilise local SMEs and stakeholders and attract select international players in the creative industries sector.