A Powerful Network of Innovators
Innovators are at the center of CoMotion activities throughout the year. Selected companies have free access to all CoMotion events and are put forward in the selection process for our three annual challenges: M2 Challenge at CoMotion MIAMI, Motivate in Vancouver, and The LA New Mobility Challenge at CoMotion LA. Finalists will get to pitch in front of a curated team of investors, VCs, and key players from the public and private sectors.
SELECTED STARTUPS WILL BENEFIT FROM:
🎤 Possibility to pitch in Miami, Vancouver and Los Angeles as part of the M2 Challenge, Motivate and LA New Mobility Challenges.
📘 Inclusion in the CoMotion Startup Deck, a digital brochure with key insights about your company and story. The Startup Deck is shared with our network of investors, VCs, and private sector leaders.
🙌 Raise your profile and reach with our bespoke marketing tool-kit. Get featured on the CoMotion network: Innovator profiles are shared on CoMotion’s website, social media networks, and our newsletter.
THE APPLICATION CRITERIA
Feature a new and differentiated technology
Be independent, not a subsidiary
Total revenue less than $5 million
Be less than 6 years old
Have a product in beta at leastThis is your chance to make valuable connections with the community and to connect, partner, and close deals with top investors and stakeholders in the mobility space.
Be part of an exclusive network and elevate your business. Deadline closes on April 30, 2023.
SELECTION PROCESS
CoMotion Innovators are automatically nominated as applicants to our annual startup challenges. No additional application is required. A jury of experts comprised of private and public industry leaders and investors will select the finalists for each event.
The criteria for the selection process will be based on the themes for each event and the needs of the local mobility ecosystems. Business model, social impact, and environmental benefits are some of the qualifiers that the jury will consider in their selection process. A CoMotion Innovator can potentially be selected for more than one challenge.
Application Deadline
- April 30 – CoMotion Innovators. Applications close.
Key Dates
- May 3 – Innovators 2023 Cohort announced
- May 4 – Six startups selected for M2 Challenge
- June 9 – Eight startups selected for Motivate
- October 15 – Six startups selected for the LA New Mobility Challenge
Winner Announcement
- May 11 – M2 Challenge
- June 28 – Motivate
- November 16 – LA New Mobility Challenge
M2 CHALLENGE FINALISTS
We are delighted to announce CoMotion MIAMI’s 2023 M2 Challenge finalists:
Zygg’s ebikes as-a-service platform is used by consumers, food delivery workers, corporate teams, hotel guests, and other enterprise clients. Zygg provides ebike hardware, financing, delivery, maintenance, repairs and theft protection, all at a simple monthly or even weekly price.
Meep is a MaaS platform that integrates a mobility integration solution plus a mobility dashboard to combine all available transportation in a single app with multimodal routes, payments through the app, customized offers based on user behavior, meaningful user personalization and promotion of more sustainable routes.
GridMatrix provides cities with a continuous stream of real-time, accurate data on vehicular and pedestrian road users, traffic congestion, signalized intersection performance, emissions, and safety.
Undefined Technologies have created an all-electric drone powered by ion propulsion, with minimum noise signature and zero carbon emissions, which uses innovative physics principles to generate noise levels below 55 dB.
Swyft Cities is here to revolutionize transportation and real estate! Providing an innovative gondola system that combines autonomous pods with lightweight, fixed cable infrastructure to move passengers efficiently, with significantly lower cost-per-mile & less emissions than traditional options.
Zing provides businesses with customizable turnkey solutions that enable them to get started efficiently with their drone delivery operations. Recently developing a new and sophisticated drone delivery system that is fast, efficient, and eco-friendly.
THEY SAY IT BETTER
