The EIT Community celebrates innovation in Budapest at the EIT Awards 2025
Once again, Budapest became Europe’s capital of innovation on 25 November 2025, as the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) gathered entrepreneurs, researchers, educators, and industry leaders for this year’s EIT Innovation Awards and the EIT Jumpstarter Grand Finale. With a record-breaking 908 applications, the 2025 edition marked the most competitive year in EIT Jumpstarter’s history. From this pool, 42 early-stage teams from 17 countries reached the […]
Turning Europe’s biggest stage into a testbed for sustainable mobility and tourism
Mobility is at the heart of every journey, and it shapes how people arrive, move and explore. With tourism responsible for 75% of travel-related CO₂ emissions and only 5% of mobility innovations currently addressing tourism, Europe faces both a challenge and an opportunity. To close this gap, EIT Urban Mobility, an initiative of the European […]
Annual POLIS Conference 2025
The Annual POLIS Conference is a key sustainable urban mobility event, providing an opportunity for cities and regions and other stakeholders to showcase their transport achievements to a large audience of mobility experts, practitioners, and decision-makers from both the public and private sectors. The event is organised by POLIS, the leading network of cities and […]
inVest-Urban Mobility Accelerator Demo Day
The inVest Urban Mobility Accelerator, a programme dedicated to startups building smart, sustainable, and accessible urban mobility solutions, concludes its first edition with a Demo Day. The event will take place on 22 October 2025, between 17:00–19:00, at Cowork Timișoara @ The Office (Calea Aradului 11). After more than two months of mentoring, validation, and […]
EIT Urban Mobility recognised in European Commission’s first progress report on cycling
On 1 October 2025, the European Commission released its first progress report on the European Declaration on Cycling, presented to the Council and the European Parliament and officially launched during the Urban Mobility Days 2025. The report, based on the work of the Expert Group on Urban Mobility (EGUM), highlights achievements and next steps in […]
EIT Urban Mobility’s recommendations for the European Innovation Act and the 28th Regime
EIT Urban Mobility has taken an active role in shaping the future of Europe’s innovation landscape by contributing to two major European Commission consultations – the European Innovation Act and the 28th Regime – aimed at strengthening Europe’s innovation capacity and creating a more harmonised framework for startups and scaleups across the EU. Both initiatives […]
Ten startups selected for the 2025 Scaleup Mobility Programme
The Scaleup Mobility Programme 2025 has announced the selection of 10 startups from a total of 50 applications received. The programme, led by EIT Urban Mobility and its consortium partners, supports later-stage startups in the mobility sector with the aim of accelerating their growth and facilitating expansion among Europe. About the programme The Scaleup Mobility […]
European Mobility Week 2025: Over 1 billion steps taken across Europe
European Mobility Week (EMW), the European Commission’s flagship awareness-raising campaing on celebrated every September, encourages cities, organisations, and citizens to embrace sustainable urban mobility and healthier ways of moving. This year, from 16 to 22 September, participants across Europe took their commitment to heart, walking over 1 billion steps in the European Steps Challenge, organised […]
Request for proposals: Professional media training and interview facilitation services
By the present procurement procedure, EIT Urban Mobility, hereinafter referred to as “EIT UM”, is seeking professional support through the appointment of a qualified provider, hereinafter referred to as “the provider”. The objective is to strengthen the capacity of the spokespeople of EIT UM’s and ensure high-quality media representation during its flagship event, the Tomorrow.Mobility […]
Request for proposals: Commercial advisor’25-28, Sept’25
By the present procurement procedure, EIT KIC Urban Mobility S.L.U, (hereby referred to as “EIT UM”) aims at appointing one sole provider (hereinafter, the provider is hereby being referred to as “the Contractor” or “Tenderer”) to draft, negotiate and handle the signature process of the contracts awarded by EIT UM under its procurement rules, following […]
HEIPowered Startup Pitch Competition Final
The HEIPowered startup pitch competition final will take place online on Tuesday 23 September 2025, from 15.00 to 16.00 CEST. Organised by the EIT Higher Education Initiative community, the competition brings together eight promising startups from across Europe. Each team, supported through the initiative, will pitch their ventures live to a panel of investors, entrepreneurs […]
Investment e-pitch Sustainable Mobility
Together with the European Commission’s Horizon Results Platform, EIT Urban Mobility is organising an investment e-pitch focused on Sustainable Mobility. During this one hour event, six startups will pitch their solution for 5 minutes, followed by a short Q&A. We invite all investors interested in early-stage startups to sign up. Meet the startups *All startups […]
Meet’Up Greentech
Meet’Up Greentech Innovation is the benchmark annual ecotech event organised by the Ecolab of the French Sustainable Development Commission. The forum, which is free and open to all, encourages exchanges between public and private players in the ecotech sector: startups, researchers, local authorities, major groups, investors and public buyers. The 2025 event will be held […]
Europe’s largest mobility startup platform reaches 1,300 members
Startups Growth Lab, powered by EIT Urban Mobility, is an online mobility startup platform built to support mobility founders in finding opportunities and connections efficiently. It has now officially welcomed its 1,300 member, a major milestone for this growing network of mobility entrepreneurs, now the largest community of its kind in Europe. “Startups Growth Lab […]
Request for proposals: Media partnership
By the present procurement procedure, EIT Urban Mobility, hereinafter being referred to as “EIT UM”, is seeking professional support, hereinafter being referred to as “the supplier”, to position itself as a serial impact investor and a trusted source of training and knowledge on the mobility sector in the eye of the public. This document, along […]
52 % of Spain’s road network is severely deteriorated, ASIMOB tech reveals
A new audit from the Asociación Española de la Carretera (AEC) published in July 2025, reveals that over 52 % of Spain’s interurban road network, more than 54,000 km out of roughly 101,700 km, shows serious or very serious deterioration. Examples of these damages range from deep pavement cracks and potholes to failing signage, safety barriers, and road […]
Request for proposals: Women Founders’25
By the present procurement procedure EIT Urban Mobility Innovation Hub East, (hereby being referred to as “EIT UM”) is seeking an external expert (hereby being referred to as “Expert”), who will facilitate Investor and Startup Networking events in 2025 to support Women Founders in priority and key countries (Romania, Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic). The objective […]
Request for proposals: Startup investor networking session
By the present procurement procedure, EIT Urban Mobility (hereinafter being referred to as “EIT UM”) is seeking to select and contract a qualified external provider (hereinafter being referred to as “Provider”)to design and deliver an in-person startup investor networking session to be held at Norrsken House in Barcelona on Monday, 3rd November 2025. This document, […]
EIT Urban Mobility makes a strong case for public transport innovation at the UITP
Global Public Transport Summit 2025 in Hamburg. Through sessions, showcases, and startup spotlights, the EU-backed community highlighted why collaboration and automation must go hand in hand to create cleaner, more resilient urban mobility systems. Public transport remains the most effective lever for sustainable urban mobility. Yet operators and cities often face barriers: limited R&D capacity, […]
ScaleUp Mobility Programme Info Session 2
Join us for the final info session on the Scaleup Mobility Programme 2025, EIT Urban Mobility’s flagship accelerator that empowers high-potential startups and SMEs to scale their mobility solutions across Europe. As the 24 August 2025 application deadline approaches, this session offers your last opportunity to gain first-hand insights into the programme. Specifically designed for […]
ScaleUp Mobility Programme Info Session 1
Join us for the first info session on the Scaleup Mobility Programme 2025, EIT Urban Mobility’s flagship accelerator designed to help high-potential startups and SMEs scale their mobility solutions across Europe. This session is tailored for urban mobility companies interested in applying to the programme. You’ll get a clear overview of what the programme offers, how […]
Request for proposals: Travel agency support for press trip
By the present procurement procedure, EIT Urban Mobility, hereinafter being referred to as “EIT UM”, is seeking to find a provider (hereinafter being referred to as “Provider”) for the logistical side of the delivery of pan-European and regional press trips, namely the transport, accommodation and subsistence of attending journalists. The main press trip will be […]
Mobility Startup Nexus: Connecting mobility startups with key ecosystem players across Europe
EIT Urban Mobility is pleased to host the second edition of Mobility Startup Nexus, an invite-only networking event focused on impact-driven mobility startups. It brings together 100 professionals from across Europe, including startups, investors, corporates, and key ecosystem partners. Mobility Startup Nexus is designed to accelerate collaboration, spark meaningful exchanges, and support sustainable urban mobility […]
Tomorrow.Mobility World Congress 2025
Tomorrow.Mobility World Congress 2025 (4–6 November, Barcelona) is the leading global event for smart urban mobility, co-organised by Fira Barcelona and EIT Urban Mobility, an initiative of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union. In an era of ever-growing cities and technological innovation, Tomorrow.Mobility World Congress stands as the […]
