Project purpose and Description
This activity promotes long-term collaboration and is aimed at mature start-ups from EIT regions who have completed our acceleration process or external start-ups. In 2020, the first TOP15 start-ups will be selected to join Scale-up Hub via a pan-European competition. It is also envisaged to provide the Top 3 start-ups with a budget of 50k Euro each for a pilot with a partner city. An Urban Mobility Start-up Map for Europe will be published to leverage the insights gained on the start-up landscape through the Scale-up Club competition as well as all other Business Creation activities.
Objectives and Outcomes
EIT Urban Mobility Scale-up Hub contributes to the enabling environment for mature start-ups.
The scale-up package for the TOP 15 includes:
- Access to two high-level networking events per year, which will foster engagement between start-ups, SMEs, OEMs and suppliers and with cities and citizens about their needs and expectations.
- Participation in major European City events, which will foster engagement between start-ups, SMEs, OEMs and suppliers and with cities and citizens about their needs and expectations.
- It is also envisaged to provide the Top 3 start-ups with a budget of 50k Euro each for a pilot with a partner city.
- Visibility for the start-ups, e.g. through the Urban Mobility Start-up Map Europe.
- Support from Innovation Hubs with regulatory and country-specific formalities, which will facilitate market entry in other European countries.
- Help with investor readiness and introductions to potential investors (via Finance2Move), which will enhance fundraising processes at the later stages.
