APPLY TO MOBILITYXLAB
Accelerate your startup through a six-month collaboration program in mobility and connectivity with Magna, Volvo Group, Zeekr Technology Europe and Zenseact.
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WHAT ARE WE INTERESTED IN?
The program is stage agnostic, but startups must have a functioning prototype, be a registered company in any country, and be able to show traction (PPCs/pilots with OEMs/Tier 1).
For Batch 15, our focus areas are:
Solutions that accelerate the transition to enhanced future electric vehicles and connected ecosystems' efficiency, including user experience.
Examples: Electrofuel, thermal technologies, efficient charging solutions, predictive maintenance, distributed computing, efficient data storage, and software-defined vehicles (SDV).
Technologies for advancing hardware and software for automated driving platforms, ensuring safety, or enhancing self-driving capabilities and supporting the ecosystem.
Examples: Sensors, synthetic data, digital twins, in-cabin tech, collaborative features, AI, ADAS, L2+, L3+.
Startups that can reshape the future of mobility experiences with connected services and advanced connectivity technologies.
Examples: Fleet management, digitalization, data sharing, V2V, V2I, user consent.
Materials, processes, and systems that drive sustainability forward.
Examples: Remanufacturing, disassembling, recycling, material replacement, CO2 reduction, sustainable sourcing, substances of concern.
Are you a startup in a different vertical such as health tech, infrastructure, or gaming? Welcome to apply in this explorative category. We seek innovation and technologies that can bring value to our partners in pioneering future mobility.
BATCH 15 SELECTION TIMELINE
3 February: Application opens
17-18 February: Reversed Pitches: Our partner companies pitch their needs to the startups
16 March: Application closes at 11:59 pm CET
16 April: Pitch Selection Deadline
5 - 9 May: Pitch Week: Selected startups pitch to the partners
28 May: Startup selection deadline for our partners, you will hear back from us shortly after that
Mid-June: Official announcement
27 August: Batch 15 Kickoff in Gothenburg, Sweden
Batch 15 starts officially on 27 August, with a Kickoff in Gothenburg, Sweden. We welcome companies from all over the world, and most meetings and checkpoints are conducted online. However, we expect you to be at our office for the Kickoff.
WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?
COLLABORATION FROM DAY ONE
MobilityXlab focuses on the joint development of solutions. From the start of the program, you will get an assigned partner lead, an internal champion responsible for the continuous progress of your collaboration.
ACCESS TO GLOBAL PLAYERS IN THE SAME PLACE
Startups are selected by two of our partners to join the program. Still, they get to network and access to all of our partners and industry leaders: Magna, Volvo Group, Zeekr Technology Europe and Zenseact.
A CHANCE AT COMMERCIAL CONTRACT
Our structured framework for collaboration has resulted in over 100 validation projects and 24 accelerations (commercial contracts) since its inception. Our method helps startups validate their technologies and potentially secure commercial contracts with our partners.
YOU KEEP YOUR EQUITY
MobilityXlab is a non-profit neutral platform hosted by Lindholmen Science Park. We don't take equity or charge fees for startups to participate in the program.
INFO SESSION ABOUT MOBILITYXLAB
Which startups can join MobilityXlab? Does it cost anything to be part of the program?
Watch this 15-minute crash course into joining MobilityXlab and get answers to all your questions.
DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS?
Contact our innovation managers
Ahmed Ouaddani
Viktoria Fagerfjäll
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