Coming to America – Our CoHort of European and Israeli New Mobility Start-Ups at CES Las Vegas

Together with partner sente-link, we have sourced a cohort of startups from across Europe and the Middle East that drive innovation in smart mobility and transportation. Europe has a lot to offer when it comes to innovation in mobility and Israel has emerged as the second largest innovation hub after Silicon Valley. We looked for startups that reinvent mobility across the 5 major themes that shape future of the industry: Connected vehicles, autonomous cars, shared on demand mobility and emission-free, electric mobility. Our goal was to find early stage startups with MVPs that could benefit from a rigorous customer development approach, exposure in the North American market and access to investors to fuel their growth.

At the end of a stringent selection process, the program took 8 participants to Paris for a boot camp, followed by a presence at the Autonomy Paris conference. After several weeks of virtual programming, the cohort came together again in Paris.

Our Finalists

Following an intense program, we have determined the 5 finalists that will now become part of the second phase in the United States that starts at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.

CryptoWatt - Chicago, Il, United States - Distributed Ledger Technologies have a huge role to play in creating the shared identity mechanism, asset transfer and monetary exchange layer that will power the emerging new mobility ecosystem.

CryptoWatt unites charging stations into a global roaming network using blockchain technology. CryptoWatts eliminates the need for intermediaries to create a uniform customer experiences and lower transaction costs.

idatase — Frankfurt, Germany — Data is the new fuel but extracting meaningful predictions from the data is still far from trivial. idatase bridges the language gap between machines, data scientists, and domain experts to simplify the creation of digital twins and to provide real-time monitoring and predictive analytics for mobile and fixed assets.

NetLume is the winner of the “Industrial Internet of Things Quest 2017” by GE Digital and IEEE. 

Make My Day — Tel Aviv, Israel — The digital transformation of mobility extends the car with mobile services that become an increasingly important element in providing mobility experiences. As consumers expect the car to become a part of their digital life styles it is crucial for automakers to create experiences that are meaningful in our everyday lives and enhance the overall brand experience.

This is what inspired the Make My Day app – help consumers organize their day better and outsmart the daily traffic jam. The winners of the Ford Challenge Berlin have created a smart personal assistant using artificial intelligence that helps users run their daily errands in a way that is simpler, more efficient and cost effective.

Shuttle Planet — Wokingham, United Kingdom — The future of mobility is multi-modal, shared and on-demand. But cities and consumers should not get locked into any one provider, but have a range of choices available at their fingertips.

Shuttle Planet is a marketplace for scheduled and on-demand passenger mobility services. People and businesses use Shuttle Planet because it's affordable and easy to book transportation independent of a specific mobility service provider.

Stroma Vision — Istanbul, Turkey — Connected, autonomous vehicles will require passenger-facing technologies to monitor driver’s and passenger’s health, emotions, attention, fatigue to name a few. Stroma Vision is an intelligent driver-facing technology for the automotive industry. Sophisticated image processing algorithms learn to track driver attention, fatigue and distraction utilizing physiological models. Real-time biometrical readings can detect drunk driving to save lives.

We are sure you will find our cohort exciting and encourage you to meet the founders and the technical leaders at their booths.

CES - Eureka Park - Sands Expo, Level 1, Hall G, Booths 51557-51565

AutoMobili-D at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), Cobo Center

Following these events our program culminates at sente-link's home in Chicago at 1871 and the Connectory, a partnership between Bosch and 1871. This last portion of the program will introduce our cohort to potential customers and partners as well as investors.

See you at CES!