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 […]
Study tour | Helsinki, the world’s most functional city?
Helsinki, like many European cities, is facing the interconnected challenges of offering smarter, more convenient mobility services, reducing its emissions, and catering to a growing population. To face these challenges and to meet its aspirations to become the most functional city in the world, Helsinki has developed an extensive Mobility as a Service (MaaS) package […]
Supernovas: Unleashing female’s entrepreneurship potential!
We welcome Supernovas, the new programme that thrives for an entrepreneurial ecosystem with more women! Supernovas is EIT Urban Mobility’s new programme that, along with EIT Manufacturing and EIT Food, has the ultimate goal of increasing the presence and role of women in the EU entrepreneurship ecosystem. Participants in this programme will have access to […]
Female founders, it’s your time to rocket-up!
As part of Supernovas, the Rocket-up programme has opened a call for female-led startups to support their access to new European regions. Ten startups will be selected to participate in the activities, which will promote international outreach and sales to the most innovative ventures. The deadline for the call is 19 June 2022. Gender balance […]
EIT Urban Mobility at EcoMotion 2022 in Israel
EIT Urban Mobility participated in the 2022 edition of the EcoMotion Week in Tel Aviv, Israel from 9 to 12 May – the largest mobility event in Israel that celebrated its 10th anniversary this year. EcoMotion is a growing mobility community comprised of over 650 start-ups and 13 000 members and a joint venture of the […]
EIT Urban Mobility will be at ITS 2022
The ITS Congresses represent the ultimate showcase of mobility services deployment and are the means for the ITS Community to keep pace with the incredible evolution of the industry. Over the years, the European Congresses have offered a platform for thought leaders, developers, entrepreneurs, and decision-makers from the transport, logistics, and IT industries to share […]
The Scale up programme is looking for 12 urban mobility startups
The Scale up programme, financed by EIT Urban Mobility, opened up a call to identify the 12 most promising startups with solutions for sustainable urban mobility. The programme aims to take the selected startups to the next level by helping them find funding and partnerships through attendance at major European events, giving them visibility to […]
Signing of memorandum of understanding (MoU) between EIT Urban Mobility and the Spanish Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda
The MoU establishes an agreement to jointly work together in the development of standards and solutions to promote urban mobility and sustainable solutions in Spanish cities, and expresses the common intention to join forces to meet shared objectives. Madrid, Spain, 5 May 2022 – EIT Urban Mobility and the Spanish Ministry of Transport, Mobility and […]
Opportunities for Startups
EIT Urban Mobility innovation Hub South Partner, BGI, presents its two acceleration programmes dedicated to supporting tech startups in validating their business and scaling it. BGI Accelerator: Acceleration programme of 10 months, dedicated to startups from all over the world in the areas of Medical Devices and Health Care; Smart Cities and Industry 4.0; Blockchain […]