Mobility Innovation Valencia is developing a programme for startups aimed at projects in the field of smart and sustainable mobility. The MiV Startup Program will have the goal of combining the capabilities of the Valencian industrial environment and the agility of startups arising from technological opportunities, in order to develop a viable product and validate its business model.
MiV Startup Program is an initiative for startups promoted by the automotive business cluster of the Valencian Community (AVIA), with the collaboration of Startup Valencia and the support of the Department of Sustainable Economy, Productive Sectors, Trade and Labour of the Valencian regional government.
This programme arises from the opportunity born in the field of mobility with the development of new vehicles and the adaptation of current ones through clean energy technologies, the transformation of cities to improve the quality of life of citizens, and the need to identify new business models derived from the current trends of the different economic sectors. This will allow them to contribute to the development of the Valencian Community, promoting industrialisation and, therefore, its development and increase in competitiveness at the international level.
The MiV Startup Program is aimed at startups and spin-offs with projects related to the transformation of the automotive sector towards smart and sustainable mobility, as well as the integration of aspects related to energy, digitalisation, and new types of vehicles.
The new trends in sustainable and smart mobility are key for the automotive sector, so this initiative will prioritise those projects framed within some of the key technological areas for companies in the sector, such as electric vehicles, connected vehicles and V2X, batteries and systems, logistics and transport, and Artificial Intelligence, among others.
According to the director of the MiV, Jackie Sánchez-Molero, “this is a programme designed with a 360-degree vision to work jointly on the development of three fundamental pillars such as new business models, personal development and the entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystem of the Valencian Community”.
The initiative will work to offer each participating project the guidance and technical resources necessary to develop, as well as to give it greater visibility. “In addition, activities will be carried out to promote public-private financing of the initiatives. In short, it is an opportunity to make contacts within the automotive industry of the Valencian region for the companies supported and promoted by the MiV programme”, said Jackie Sánchez-Molero.
The committee responsible for the pre-selection of the projects will be made up of representatives from companies in the mobility sector of the Valencian Community, the MiV management team, AVIA and Startup Valencia, as well as from the different entities promoting the initiative, who will be supported by independent experts specialised in the main areas of interest.
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