EIT launches new global outreach website
The EIT is proud to present a brand-new website dedicated to the EIT Global Outreach Programme – delivering the unique EIT Innovation model beyond Europe and boosting the competitiveness of European innovations. Innovation beyond Europe: EIT Global Outreach The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) is Europe’s innovation engine on a mission to […]
EIT Urban Mobility – Innovation Days 2022
In the run-up to the official launch of the first Call for Proposals for our Business Plan 2023-2025, we will hold a series on Innovation Days online, bringing urban mobility key players together to forge new collaborations. The event series takes place from 21 February to 4 March and will be hosted on the b2match […]
Fluctuo, a company from our portfolio received a further €1.6 million investment!
Fluctuo, founded in 2019, is an independent third-party data aggregator with a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform to collect, process, analyse and visualise the data of shared mobility services (bikes, scooters, mopeds and cars), helping public stakeholders and private companies to make data-driven decisions on mobility services & infrastructures. EIT Urban Mobility portfolio company Fluctuo received […]
Congratulations to our winners of the ENTRANCE 1st Open Competition!
The EIT Urban Mobility is partner of ENTRANCE, a project under Horizon Europe which is designed to mobilise financial resources and boost sustainable innovations in the transport and mobility sectors. To do so, the partnership will create an environment for the promotion of solutions to find buyers or investors. The goal of the ENTRANCE open […]
Just launched: the Mobility Innovation Marketplace, showcasing the mobility of tomorrow!
Are you an innovator seeking more visibility for your new product? Are you are searching for a mobility solution for your city? Then this is the marketplace for you! Join the reference platform for urban mobility and stay up to date on the latest innovation in the sector! Gain an all-round understanding of the current […]
Costs and benefits of the sustainable urban mobility transition in Europe
We are happy to release the fifth report of our Urban Mobility Next series, which explores the costs and benefits of the sustainable mobility transition in European cities. The analysis focuses on 779 EU-27 cities of more than 50,000 inhabitants based on 12 city prototypes. The model used in the report covers small, medium, and large cities […]
Auve Tech wins the award for best pitch at the Ready2Scale II event during ITS World Congress 2021
As part of the ScaleTHENGlobal programme, a programme financed by the EIT Urban Mobility and led by CARNET, the 15 participating startups from this edition were invited to participate in the Ready2Scale II event, which was part of the ITS World Congress, taking place in Hamburg from 11 to 15 October. During this activity, organised […]
Integrated and safe: how innovation can increase micromobility end user adoption
This fourth report of EIT Urban Mobility’s Urban Mobility Next series explores solutions and best practices boosting the uptake of micromobility in cities. Central to this report is the question of how to increase user engagement with various forms of micromobility, focusing on multimodal integration and safety as key enablers. The report, realised with the […]
EIT Community New European Bauhaus launches Ideation Awards for Climathon and hackathon participants
EIT Climate-KIC has launched a call for ideas on sustainable, inclusive and aesthetic solutions for New European Bauhaus challenges. Open to EU teams participating in the 2021 EIT Climate-KIC Climathon and hackathons of EIT Digital, EIT Food and EIT Urban Mobility, the call will be open from 25 October to 15 November 2021 and will offer prizes of up to €10,000 in […]
EIT URBAN MOBLITY | Startup Investments 2021 (Q3)
Urban mobility is undergoing one of the most transformational shifts of a generation. A successful strategy in the industry requires the adoption of a comprehensive and coherent approach, centered on innovative ventures that are disrupting this landscape. While the pandemic has taken a heavy toll on the economy, the crisis has also encountered major opportunities for innovation. Examples of drivers […]
Welcome2Europe has selected its new batch of participating startups
The ScaleTHENGlobal programme, developed by the EIT Urban Mobility and funded by the European Union, recently opened a new call for participants to take part in the Welcome2Europe activity. This programme is looking to expand the capabilities of the selected urban mobility start-ups and help them boost their business ideas into new territories. Welcome2Europe will […]
Podcast: How do startups work and how do they navigate the mobility industry?
Episode 7 of podcast ‘Conversations in the Park’ (the second one sponsored by EIT Urban Mobility) puts all the emphasis on start-ups and how they navigate the complex mobility industry. We invited two start-up leaders to tell us about their experiences and the challenges they are facing. Mari-Ly Klaats is the COO of Auve Tech, […]
Our Innovation Hub Central welcomed last week partners and stakeholders in its new premises in Munich
The Innovation Hub Central is one of five Innovation Hubs that EIT Urban Mobility has created to engage, support and to widen its partnership, to build up and share knowledge amongst the local ecosystems and to increase awareness across the whole Europe. Relaxed COVID19 regulations and the new location of Innovation Hub Central in the […]
Three levers to unlock artificial intelligence benefits in urban mobility
With its ability to interpret data, assist judgments, and generate insights that are beyond human manual processing capabilities, artificial intelligence (AI) is profoundly changing urban mobility systems. Promising AI applications focusing on end users’ journeys are at the centre of the recent EIT Urban Mobility report on AI[1], which explores the use of AI in […]
The EIT Urban Mobility Accelerator South Programme welcomes its Batch #3 participants
From over 100 applications from all over Europe and associated countries, EIT Urban Mobility selected the 25 most-promising startups to be part of the third cohort of this 6-month Accelerator Programme. Out of these, five will be participating in the South Programme, kicking-off officially on 12 July. The selected companies will benefit from financial support, mentoring, […]
ASIMOB wins the first edition of the EIT Urban Mobility Accelerator Pitch Awards 2021! Second and third prizes for OTIV and BIA POWER
ASIMOB is the winner of the first edition of the EIT Urban Mobility Accelerator Pitch Awards 2021! This means the direct nomination of ASIMOB to the regional final of Startup World Cup & Summit, provision of office space in Prague during that event, and technical and media support. Second and third places go to OTIV […]
Meet the 10 finalists to the EIT Urban Mobility Accelerator Pitch Awards
Next 22 June, we will hold the first EIT Urban Mobility Accelerator Pitch Awards! Join us online and enjoy the glamorous evening full of bright ideas and innovative projects that shapes the future of mobility that we are preparing. Over the last weeks, you had the opportunity to vote for your favourite startups out of […]
The Last Mile Digital Platform – Towards a more resilient goods road transport in Europe
Last Mile Team, an EIT Urban Mobility Business Creation’s portfolio company, is the winner of the first Spanish National Mobility Award in the Product category. This awards recognises the team as a catalyst to the green and digital goods road transport twin transition, and a solution that improves cities liveability and contributes to achieve the EU […]
CALL opening! Accelerator programme batch#3 and ScaleTHENGlobal programmes 2021
Does your startup develop products, services or solutions related to urban mobility? Check our call openings for Accelerator programme batch#3 and ScaleTHENGlobal programmes 2021 and apply now! EIT Urban Mobility opens two calls on 06/04/2021: Accelerator batch#3 (July-December) will take place in the five Innovation Hubs (South, Central, North, East and West) with […]
Vianova, an EIT Urban Mobility supported startup improves the shared mobility services in Milan
We are happy to announce that we reached a significant milestone by improving the integration of shared mobility services in the city of Milan thanks to the platform created by the startup Vianova. EIT Urban Mobility supported the implementation of this platform to help Milan’s streets to be safer and more efficient. This is a […]
EIT URBAN MOBLITY | Startup Investment 2021
Urban mobility is undergoing one of the most transformational shifts of a generation. A successful strategy in the industry requires the adoption of a comprehensive and coherent approach, centered on innovative ventures that are disrupting this landscape. While the pandemic has taken a heavy toll on the economy, the crisis has also encountered major opportunities […]
EIT Urban Mobility Accelerator programme SPECIAL: COVID-19 kicks off with 23 high-calibre European startups
To address the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic EIT Urban Mobility has launched the “EIT Urban Mobility Accelerator programme SPECIAL: COVID-19” to support startups developing mobility solutions for COVID-19 related problems. From a pool of over 100 applicants, 23 startups have been selected for the programme, which hail from Spain to Sweden and all the way from Ireland to Israel. For the next three months they will receive a tailored programme including one-on-one coaching, mentoring, peer-to-peer learning, training, workshops, access to international startup and mobility events, and […]
Power4Global call selects five startups for presentations at Reuters Mobility Summit
Twenty three startups submitted their information to be evaluated. All participating startups had to submit a pitch deck and answer a set of questions focused on the viability of their business model, scalability and other important factors. All of these attributes were then examined individually by the evaluators who gave the startups a total score. […]
