European Startup Prize for Mobility (EUSP)
Gives Europe's top clean-mobility startups a place in a TUM Venture Labs acceleration and investment programme, plus ten special category prizes worth funding, mentoring and expert support.
European Startup Prize for Mobility (EUSP) is an EIT Urban Mobility programme that gives Europe's top clean-mobility startups a place in a TUM Venture Labs acceleration and investment programme, plus ten special category prizes worth funding, mentoring and expert support. Applicants are narrowed to a TOP 50, then a TOP 30 that gets a private Demo Day with EU institutions and over 50 VCs and CVCs, …
EUSP looks for startups building cleaner, safer and more connected mobility: low-emission vehicles, sustainable logistics, rail, river and maritime transport, road safety and smart infrastructure. It also runs dedicated tracks for female founders, academic spin-outs, software-led ventures, and startups that measurably cut or remove CO2 or improve road safety toward the internationally recognised target of cutting road deaths and injuries in half by 2030. Any stage of clean-mobility startup based in an eligible country can enter.
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