L.A. New Mobility Challenge Opens for Urban Mobility Solutions

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The L.A. New Mobility Challenge is a major global startup competition focused on solving the challenges of urban mobility. The fourth edition of the Challenge brings together cutting-edge startups looking to solve two critical issues: Solutions for Transporting Goods in Urban Environments, and Solutions for Transporting People in Urban Environments.

Interested companies should apply by October 30, and semi-finalists will be invited to pitch their concepts to our esteemed judges at CoMotion LA LIVE: November 17-19.

To be eligible, companies must be less than five years old, have revenue of less than $5 million, and have a product in pilot, beta or prototype stage.

The Challenge is a joint initiative of CoMotion, the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator, the NewCities Foundation, and our partners at the UK Government / British Consulate-General in Los Angeles, SparkLabs Group and Urban Movement Labs.

The Grand Prize Winner receives:

  • A trip to present at SparkLabs Korea DemoDay16 in 2021,  the largest accelerator demo day in the world. Over 2,500 people attend these half-day events twice a year. (Includes 1 economy fare ticket and a 3-night five-star hotel stay.)
  • Three month mentoring from 2-3 of SparkLabs Partners or Venture Partners.
  • The right to join Urban Movement Labs as a partner, alongside mobility luminaries like Lyft, Waymo, Verizon, and Avis Budget Group.
  • Access to UML’s team of experts, resources, and data.
  • The opportunity to network with other partner companies and organizations.
  • The right to an accelerated incubator, including previewing applicable technology to UML stakeholders for potential deployment in an LA Urban Proving Ground.
  • Promotion to the greater UML community.
  • Intros to key stakeholders at the UK’s Department for Transport’s Future of Transportation Strategy Team or other team, as relevant.
  • Intro to the Connected Places Catapult, Zenzic and UK testbeds.
  • Connection to relevant universities such as Warwick and Cranfield.
  • Support from London & Partners, including access to Transport for London.
  • Socially-distanced in-person gathering to celebrate winners (potentially at British Consul General’s Residence or British Consulate).
  • Recognition by UK senior leadership.
  • Conversations with and case studies from similar companies that have set up in the UK.
  • Intro to Satellite Applications Catapult, Innovate UK, or CCAV, as relevant.
  • Possibility to connect with opportunities and offers in other regions of the UK including Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
  • Promotion of winning company in CoMotion NEWS.
  • Exposure to the LACI team and opportunity to apply for its world-class startup incubation programs.
  • LACI to make introductions to three curated investors.