Founding Media Partner Pilot
A Different Way to Run a Financial Newsroom
A 90-day founding pilot for fintech, crypto and financial media. UpGate is global — this cohort starts together across our first launch markets, open to qualified publications worldwide.
- 90 daysPilot period
- $2,700UpGate Credit
- GlobalOpen worldwide
- LaunchSG · IN · UAE/GCC · MY
The problem we built for
Financial media never lacks information. It lacks attention.
As a publication grows, monitoring and preparation eat into the day — before the editorial work even starts.
A day in the newsroom
Five editors. Dubai opens the morning on developments that started hours earlier in Asia. Singapore picks up overnight moves in Europe and the US. Crypto does not wait for anyone to get back to the desk.
UpGate keeps watching in the background — so the team starts informed, not catching up.
An always-on newsroom layer
UpGate does not replace journalists. Tell it what you care about — companies, sectors, assets, regulators, markets — and it keeps watching as stories emerge.
- Wider view without another tab open all day
- Signal matched to your interests, not generic noise
- International sources, including across languages
From development to coverage
UpGate turns developments into publication-ready coverage: what happened, why it matters, what your audience needs to know.
You choose the process — full review, lighter-touch categories, or selected automated publishing. Editorial control stays with you.
Your publication, your workflow
Publication Edition configures UpGate around your audience, tone and focus. A crypto outlet should not read like a business broadsheet.
- Publish manually, connect WordPress, or use API workflows
- Automate where it helps; keep humans where judgment matters
What the program includes
Selected partners join as Founding Media Partners for 90 days from activation — with $2,700 in UpGate Credit (platform credit via Wallet, not cash), direct access to our team, and a place in the first UpGate media partner network.
We are building globally. The first cohort launches together in Singapore, India, UAE/GCC and Malaysia; strong publications from other markets are welcome to apply.
- Real newsroom use — not a restricted demo
- Onboarding: monitoring, publication identity, publishing setup
- Partner feedback shapes the product
Who should apply
Active fintech, crypto, digital assets, banking, payments and financial markets publications. Lean teams with ambitious coverage are often the best fit.
- More worth covering than the team can follow today
- Too much time on monitoring and repetitive prep
- Another market would mean unsustainable manual work
- Automation interest — without giving up editorial control