New Mobility Challenge 2019

Nov 13 | Los Angeles, CA, USA

https://comotionla.com/la-new-mobility-challenge-2019
Global startup competition focused on urban mobility

About this Program

LA New Mobility Challenge is a major global startup competition focused on urban mobility. This pitch competition is a joint initiative of CoMotion LA, the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) and the NewCities Foundation. Twelve companies will have the chance to pitch their innovations on stage to a crowd of top Venture Capitalists and key public and private stakeholders. Semi-finalists will compete for $25k in prize money, priceless recognition in front of funders and a fast-track application to be a LACI Portfolio Company.

Categories for this year's competition include:

• Electric & zero emission mobility (including hydrogen)
• Shared/personal mobility
• Smart & autonomous cities
• Urban Air Mobility.

To be eligible companies must be:

• Less than five years old
• Revenues < $5M
• Product in pilot, beta, or prototype stage

The CoMotion LA event brings together the brave new world of the urban mobility revolution — a revolution that is set to transform every city in the world, large and small in a two day conference (November 14-15) in the Arts District of Downtown LA.

The New Mobility Challenge will take place at the La Kretz Innovation Campus on November 13, one day before CoMotion LA.
• Semi-finalists will compete for category winner prize of $5k and a grand prize of $25k, for total prize winnings of $40K
• Finalists and winners receive round-trip travel and accommodations for a trip to London, where they’ll be introduced to organizations that include Transport for London, Connected Places Catapult, and the UK Department for Transport. All entrants additionally receive introductions and exposure to city leaders and VCs working in this important field.
• LACI will provide Mobility Challenge semi-finalists with pitch prep support prior to the final competition
• LACI will fast-track the finalist of the Mobility Challenge for consideration as a LACI portfolio company (i.e., confirmed interview to be a given a condition offer to be a portfolio company). Fast-tracked consideration is only valid for one year following the award of the 2019 Mobility Challenge
• The winner will be jointly presented on the Comotion LA main stage by LACI and New Cities Foundation

Judging will take place in front of a curated, invitation-only audience of sector investors and corporate leaders. Last year's New Mobility Challenge audience included over 50 venture capitalists and corporate venture capitalists from:

• Autotech Ventures
• CREO Syndicate
• Crosscut
• CrowdSmart
• Creative Ventures
• Deutsche Bahn
• DBL Partners
• Embark Ventures
• Energy Systems Network
• EVgo
• General Motors
• HBS Alumni Angels
• LADWP
• Lime
• Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi
• Moving Capital
• Navitas Capital
• Partners Capital Group
• Pritzker Group Venture Capital
• Scopus Ventures
• Shell Ventures
• Southern California Edison
• Techstars
• Total Energy Ventures
• Verizon Ventures
• Wonder Ventures
• Wavemaker Partners

Industries

Transportation