URBAN MOBILITY CHANGEMAKER BOOTCAMP
Urban Mobility Changemaker and the Mobilise Research Group of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) is inviting you to the two-day Urban Mobility Bootcamp on November 22-23, 2022 on the VUB Campus in Brussels and online. The Bootcamp focuses on the transition towards zero emission mobility, addressing both mobility and logistics. During the two days, we […]
Gender Diversity in VC
Come and join us to talk about Gender Diversity in the world of VC! EIT Urban Mobility along with Soulmates Ventures are organising a panel discussion featuring top women investors from CZ and CEE regions as an official side event of the Prague European Summit. Venture Capital (VC) is a young community in the whole […]
Extra investment opportunities to start-ups incorporated in RIS countries
All over Europe, entrepreneurs are working on innovative solutions to cope with urban mobility challenges. However, circumstances differ across the continent resulting in unequal number and quality of funding opportunities for locally emerging businesses. Through the Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS), EIT tackles such disparities by spreading its activities more evenly. More precisely, the RIS region […]
Eleven new entries to EIT Urban Mobility’s equity portfolio
EIT Urban Mobility’s equity portfolio keeps growing! During the first half of 2022, EIT Urban Mobility has invested in eleven innovative start-ups. Furthermore, four follow up investments have been made in existing companies from our equity portfolio. The common factor between all these top-tier entrepreneurs is their impact on reshaping the mobility landscape. They are […]
Best of The Baltics | sTARTUp Days
EIT Urban Mobility was thrilled to be in Estonia last week mingling with the best of the Baltic’s (and beyond) start-up scene. The three-day event is the largest one in the region bring together the start-up ecosystem in the city of Tartu, Estonia. Our Partners, the University of Tartu were one of the key organisers […]
Nordic Female Founder Series | Copenhagen & Gothenburg
In June, EIT Urban Mobility hosted two events to identify female founders in the Nordics, within urban mobility. The events are part of an effort made by EIT Urban Mobility and Position99 to both identify more female founders in the region and, to help them get access to venture capital through increased visibility and match […]
Meet the 10 European start-ups selected for Rocket Up 2022
The EIT Community Supernovas welcomes its 2022 cohort for its Rocket Up programme. This first year’s selection will bring pioneering ideas and business to different markets over Europe as they expand through the continent and become the leaders and role models of the future. In the coming months, the chosen start-ups will benefit from top […]
The Scale-up programme has selected its 13 participating start-ups
Out of 100 applications, the Scale-up Programme has identified the 13 most promising start-ups with solutions for sustainable urban mobility. These companies will now take part in one of the two programme paths. Path A will focus on providing visibility. Path B is oriented towards the performance of a pilot within a European city which […]
The Urban Air Mobility Plazza Accelerator programme kicks off in Toulouse
Funded by EIT Urban Mobility, the Urban Air Mobility accelerator programme will accelerate 10 startups in Urban Air Mobility from all over Europe during the next 6 months. The selected startups will receive mentoring and coaching, expert workshops, and access to local ecosystems and markets, in addition to the possibility to test their solutions in […]
Co-creation at H22 City Expo
Creating more sustainable urban mobility is one of the keys to helping cities reduce their climate impact. However it is only one part of a system wide transformation that needs to take place. How can different sectors come together to work on changing entire systems? Bringing together different knowledge communities to shape systematic change Following […]
EIT Urban Mobility’s equity startup HOPU got acquired by Libelium
HOPU (HOP Ubiquitous), one of EIT Urban Mobility’s first equity startups, has been acquired by Libelium. With its Internet of Things (IoT) solutions for monitoring air quality, noise pollution, and meteorological parameters, HOPU makes a good match with Libelium, a leading company in the design and manufacturing of wireless sensor network devices to deliver reliable […]
EIT Urban Mobility has invested in 35 ventures since 2020 and keeps up
EIT Urban Mobility just opened an ongoing investment call for early-to-seed stage ventures. Selected scale-ups and start-ups can receive up to €500,000 capital. More importantly, the offer goes beyond funding. Ventures will benefit from fast-track introductions into the urban mobility community via the extensive regional and pan-European network, including cities, mentors, and industry leaders. This allows […]
S+LOADZ – accelerating intelligent and sustainable city logistics
S+LOADZ was tested, for the first time in a real urban environment, last month of June in the Catalan city of Vic. Other pilots will be done in Paris, France, Ankara, Istanbul, and mid-sized cities such as Argenteuil within the Greater Metropolitan Area of Paris, to test varying conditions and address different challenges specific to […]
Welcome Urban Lab Mobility Barcelona! – EIT Urban Mobility, Barcelona City Council, Fira de Barcelona, and DGT join forces to turn the city into a test bed for future mobility.
For EIT Urban Mobility, living labs are instrumental for testing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating new and innovative mobility solutions. Our Living labs knowledge base platform is a collection of both living lab learning practices and management tools. While the learning practices are initiatives that can function as an inspiration for other living labs, the management […]
Sustainable City Logistics – Workshop & networking for building winning Horizon consortia
In late May EIT Urban Mobility’s Action and Impact Group together with the Innovation Hub North organised a community building workshop on the challenge area of Sustainable City Logistics. The purpose of the workshop was to support partners and other relevant stakeholders to exchange ideas, ideate, and to start forming winning consortia for upcoming topics […]
Discover the selected startups of the accelerator programmes 2022
Out of the 244 applications, 62 startups were selected to participate in the five thematic accelerator programmes of EIT Urban Mobility. With their wide variance of innovative ideas, the startups aim to solve challenges regarding sustainable city logistics, urban air mobility, e+mobility, energy and public realm, and 5G technologies. Together they represent various mobility subsectors – […]
5GTurbo Accelerator
The 5G Turbo Accelerator will support up to 20 start-ups to address key challenges in urban mobility with a focus on developing 5G technologies and services to improve traffic efficiency and traffic management, smart parking options, and road safety solutions, among others. The programme will use the existing online open community of Impact Connected Car, […]
E+Mobility Accelerator
E+Mobility is one of the thematic accelerator programmes of the Business Creation sector, and a continuation of the EIT Urban Mobility Hub South Acceleration Programme. The accelerator aims to support at least 10 start-ups in 2022 focusing on mobility and energy, micromobility and shared mobility solutions.
Sustainable City Logistics Accelerator
The Sustainable City Logistics Accelerator selects 10 start-ups per year to develop products and services to improve urban freight and goods transport. The participating start-ups benefit from an experienced consortium of seven industry and university partners and receive access to an established ecosystem of mentors and investors as well as an existing network of pilot […]
Scale-up Programme
The Scale-up Programme will promote the proposed solutions of 12 mature European scale-ups, introduce them to different stakeholders, and provide access to mentors, learning sessions, and events. Additionally, seven of the participants will have the opportunity to access funding, on exchange of equity, and to solve one urban mobility challenge presented by a city or […]
Energy & Public Realm Accelerator
The Public Realm Accelerator supports start-ups working on mobility- and energy-related activities to improve the quality of life for residents in European cities. The Accelerator, through interventions created by its start-ups, aims to achieve better design, use and management of public spaces through socially innovative, inclusive, environmentally sustainable and accessible solutions. Specifically, the programme will […]
Logismile, the delivery driver of the future: the autonomous robot Ona tested in Barcelona.
Co-Funded by EIT Urban Mobility and led by CARNET, the LogiSmile project aims to respond to the major challenge of last-mile urban distribution in increasingly congested cities. The metropolitan area of Barcelona and Esplugues de Llobregat hosted a test in a real urban environment of the autonomous goods distribution robot Ona last Friday, 10 June. […]
Liveable Cities, Innovation and Gender
What do we know about innovation and gender and what are the opportunities for the future if we learn to tackle this important question? How can we get better at improving conditions to create equal opportunities for entrepreneurs regardless of gender? AND why is this important for creating more liveable cities? Let’s get practical! Location […]
Save the date: 19-20 September 2022 INNOVEIT BRNO: The Future of Sustainable Urban Mobility
EIT Urban Mobility is organising INNOVEIT BRNO: The Future of Sustainable Urban Mobility, part of ’INNOVEIT WEEKS’ event series – the flagship event of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). INNOVEIT BRNO will be a side event of the Urban Mobility Days, a biennial conference held on 20-22 September in Brno, jointly organised […]
