FutuMed Retos de Ciudad — City Challenge (Seed)
Funds urban challenge solutions in Medellín through practical city-focused projects with multi-partner implementation.
Retos de Ciudad (City Challenges) is Ruta N's open innovation challenge track under the FutuMed 2025–2027 program, investing approximately 3,000 million COP to address defined urban challenges in Medellín and the Valle de Aburrá metropolitan area. The track operates on an annual call cycle and invites companies, universities, research organizations, and nonprofits domiciled in the region to submit…
Open innovation challenges addressing Medellín's urban needs across mobility, health, safety, and sustainability, funded from an approximately 3,000 million COP annual pool.
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