Our Scale-up Hub completes its first steps with a focus on 15 selected startups
Scale-up Hub is part of our Business Creation programme and its aim is to promote startups working on the development of urban mobility solutions. Its task continues with the support of 15 selected startups in the launch of their business projects. Despite the limitations due to the COVID-19 crisis, the programme has maintained its work […]
€5 million for urban mobility innovations responding to the COVID-19 pandemic
EIT Urban Mobility announces today the allocation of nearly €5 million to fund 11 innovative projects. These were selected as part of the exceptional COVID-19 Crisis Response call to address urban mobility challenges posed by the pandemic. As part of the EIT’s Crisis Response Initiative, these projects directly contribute to the European Union’s response to the […]
Warm welcome to the first 15 members of the Scale-Up Hub
EIT Urban Mobility welcomes the 15 best selected scale-ups for its Scale-Up Hub programme. In all, 21 scale-ups were selected for a 2-day online Bootcamp from 70 submitted applications from all participating EIT countries. The final Bootcamp pitch sessions then singled out the winners. The 15 selected teams are: Veomo GLEAM Technologies GmbH RideBee UG […]
EIT Communities launch EIT Community Sustainable Cities Calls
EIT Community Sustainable Cities aims at strengthening collaboration across Innovation Communities for European carbon neutral cities by 2030. All the KICs of the EIT Community Sustainable Cities are working with cities in one form or another; and are critical actors in the climate, food, mobility, and digital space, respectively. The aim of the EIT Community […]
Launch of Crisis Funding Instrument 2020 for startups and scale-ups
EIT Urban Mobility is today announcing Crisis Funding Instrument 2020, a new programme dedicated to supporting highly innovative European start-ups and scale-ups with financing rounds affected by the COVID-19 crisis. In return for equity, startups may apply for EUR 50 000 and scale-ups may apply for EUR 100 000. As part of the EIT’s Crisis Response […]
EIT Crisis Response Initiative
As part of the EU’s collective efforts to tackle the COVID-19 crisis, the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) is announcing the launch of the ‘EIT Crisis Response Initiative’. The EIT Governing Board has decided to mobilise EUR 60 million of additional funding to innovators powering high-impact solutions that tackle this unprecedented social and […]
CLOSED! Call for 2020 COVID-19 Response activities launched!
Call closed! FAQ document related to Call for 2020 COVID-19 Response activities available! Find it here. FAQ document related to Call for 2020 COVID-19 Response activities available! Find it here. EIT Urban Mobility is announcing a new call dedicated to addressing urban mobility challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The exceptional COVID-19 Crisis Response call has simplified procedures and […]
EIT Urban Mobility and the European Startup Prize join forces to help sustainable mobility startups recover from the Covid-19 economic crisis
Following the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the European Startup Prize (EUSP) and EIT Urban Mobility, Europe’s most recent initiative to create mobility for more liveable urban spaces, have developed a joint initiative to support European sustainable mobility startups. The aim is to bridge the devastating consequences of the COVID-19 shut-downs on early stage investments by providing necessary […]
EIT Communities launch EIT Community Circular Economy Calls
EIT Community circular action aims to strengthen collaboration across Innovation Communities for a climate-neutral Europe Circular Economy is one of the main objectives of European society right now. Moving to more circular economic models promises a much brighter future for the European economy. This will allow Europe to rise to the current and future challenges […]
EIT Urban Mobility Master School is now open for applications
Our new Master School is now open for students to apply! Aalto University, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) and Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) will welcome our first students in September 2020. The programmes integrate leading technological knowledge with training in innovation and […]
OFFICIAL INAUGURATION OF EIT URBAN MOBILITY
Successful launch of EIT Urban Mobility in Barcelona to transform Europe’s cities into liveable spaces On 19 November EIT Urban Mobility celebrated its Inauguration Event at the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona. The event represented the official start of this EIT Innovation Community, which aims to facilitate and fund the collaboration of cities, […]
InnovaCity – EIT Urban Mobility’s first project, successful!
Publication Date: 15/06/2019 InnovaCity is a project of EIT Urban Mobility, which took place between April and June 2019, offering a challenge-based learning opportunity for professionals from cities, start-ups and corporates. During EIT Urban Mobility’s InnovaCity programme, 90 employees from municipalities, start-ups and corporates came together in three local hubs in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Munich and […]
A vision of the future: presenting EIT Manufacturing and EIT Urban Mobility
The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) today officially presented its two newest Innovation Communities: EIT Manufacturing and EIT Urban Mobility. Publication Date: 24/01/2019 Together with some of their leading partners: TomTom, COMAU, Siemens, CEA, Czech Technical University Prague, Technical University of Vienna, and the City of Barcelona, they offered a glimpse of what society could look […]
Press release: EIT announces two winning innovation communities in manufacturing and urban mobility
Publication Date: 06/12/2018 Two dynamic new partnerships join Europe’s largest innovation network. They will bring Europe’s innovators together to create a better and more sustainable future for citizens. The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) has announced the winning teams that will set up Innovation Communities: EIT Manufacturing and EIT Urban Mobility. These two pan-European partnerships bring […]