In addition to this year’s Top 10 winning startups, several more exceptional startups managed to convince our partners, who have decided to award them a Special Prize in one of the nine defined categories.
Here are our 6th edition Special Prize winners :
Congratulations to our winners — and to all 50 startups who made this edition one of the most competitive and ambitious so far!
Stay tuned as we follow the Top 10 on their acceleration journey across Europe.
Meet Europe’s 10 most promising startups in clean mobility for 2025!
From Monaco to Rzeszów, the journey of this year’s European Startup Prize for Mobility has brought together hundreds of clean mobility startups, top European institutions, industry leaders, and innovation hubs. We are thrilled to reveal the Top 10 winners of our 6th edition, officially announced during the Award Ceremony on 5 June 2025, as part of the European Commission’s EU Industry Days in Rzeszów, Poland.
These 10 standout startups represent the very best of European innovation in sustainable mobility — they made it through among +500 applicants, reviewed by +100 independent evaluators and interviewed by our expert jury. These startups stood out for their outstanding impact potential, scalability, and contribution to a greener, smarter future.
And here they are:
These 10 champions will now benefit from a tailor-made mentoring and visibility programme powered by our co-founders Boston Consulting Group and Via ID — bringing them closer to investors, policymakers, corporates, and the European ecosystem as a whole.
Congratulations to our winners — and to all 50 startups who made this edition one of the most competitive and ambitious so far!
Stay tuned as we follow the Top 10 on their acceleration journey across Europe.
We are delighted to present the Top 50 startups selected for the 6th edition of the European Startup Prize for Mobility.
This year’s selection is the result of a rigorous evaluation process conducted by nearly 100 independent experts from across Europe, representing diverse fields such as mobility innovation, investment, policy, and sustainability. These experts reviewed hundreds of applications to identify the 50 most promising European mobility startups driving the transition to cleaner, smarter, and more inclusive transport.
These 50 semi-finalists now enter the next phase of the competition, where an expert jury will select the Top 10 finalists who will pitch on stage at the Award Ceremony in Poland.
We warmly congratulate all 50 selected startups and community of evaluators. Y’all ROCK!
We’re thrilled to announce that the 6th edition of the European Startup Prize for Mobility is just around the corner! Mark your calendars for November 13, 2024, when we’ll be launching this year’s edition from Monaco, the perfect setting for innovation and forward-thinking mobility solutions.
This year, we’re excited to partner with some fantastic names from across the mobility and innovation sectors. Returning to support us are our longtime partners: the European Investment Bank, Europcar Mobility Group, VNF, Ayvens, Europe’s Rail, Mobilians, and Groupe ADP. But that’s not all – we’re also welcoming some fresh faces into the mix! We’re proud to have Mastercard, Brisa Group, Nevomo, and Unicorn Factory Lisboa joining us for the first time, bringing even more expertise and enthusiasm into the prize.
Our entire ecosystem will jointly boost this year’s startups but potentially also startups who flag their partner organisation of interest in their application. This way the entire ecosystem community benefits!
Stay tuned for more updates – this edition promises to be our biggest and boldest yet. 🚀
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This year, the EUSP winning startups rocked Helsinki by pitching on stage, holding booths, and… shaking the dancefloor!. Our dedicated side session inside Messukeskus Slush venue was packed with investors, developers, and mobility experts who were eager to learn more and meet this year’s winning startups.
The event reaches its crescendo with a memorable afterparty that leaves a lasting impression. As a special bonus, we capture the highlights in a podcast, recorded in a cosy studio hidden from the snow, ensuring that the insights and experiences from this concluding event will be shared with a broader audience. Stay tuned for more details!
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The Pitching clean mobility event, co-hosted by the European Startup Prize and Unicorn Factory in Lisbon – brings this year’s winning startups to pitch on stage in front of interested investors, corporate representatives, and mobility experts. We are lucky to enjoy the beautiful premises of our event partner Concentrix + Webhelp, as well as strong support from Brisa, EMEL, and OVH Cloud. Post-pitching, attendees engage in a networking session, fostering conversations about driving innovation in the mobility sector.
We also enjoy a keynote speech by Sacha Michaud, Co-Founder of Glovo, who shares insights into Glovo’s story and their vision for a cleaner, more sustainable mobility society.
In essence, the event provides a platform for pragmatic discussions and showcases tangible solutions that contribute to a more sustainable future in clean mobility.
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Winning startups of the 5th edition European Startup Prize for Mobility were invited to participate in the Lucerne Dialogue and pitch on stage.
Lucerne Dialogue an annual two-day gathering in the spectacular Swiss scenery that defies conventional conference norms. This event serves as a hub for European decision-makers, facilitating dynamic exchanges across generations, nations, and disciplines to mould a more robust and united continent.
The winning EUSP startups presented each presented their innovation, creativity, and contribution in the clean mobility sector. Ranging from cutting-edge technologies to visionary business models, each of our Top 10 winners contributes a distinct perspective to the ongoing dialogue.
In this unique setting, the intersection of the European Startup Prize for Mobility and the Lucerne Dialogue not only showcases the entrepreneurial vitality within the clean mobility sector but also provides a forum for in-depth discussions on sustainable and innovative solutions driving the future of mobility.
For the 5th edition of the European Startup Prize for Mobility, we truly had our work cut out for us. With more than 700 applicants, the task of picking 50 finalists was in itself a challenge. Now, out of those 50 mobility trailblazers, our jury has come to a decision. The top ten startups, the winners of EUSP 2023, are here!
These companies offer some of the most innovative and more sustainable solutions in the field and are an inspiration to all of us who have come to follow their journey. They stood out in their interviews with the jurors as particularly promising and ready to scale up across Europe. We could not be more proud to announce them.
We look forward to hosting these amazing companies in the European Parliament at our awards ceremony on 26 October and taking them on tour across Europe to be presented to potential partners and investors.
So, with all that said, on a sky with fifty stars shining bright, these ten shine slightly brighter still:
Any competition will tell you that the choice was hard. But we mean it. We received a record number of over 700 applications, from all across Europe (and its neighborhood), covering all sectors of mobility, proposing various business models, company sizes and maturity levels.
Our journey to identify the continent’s Top 50 startups was therefore no simple feat; it was accomplished through a rigorous and uncompromising methodology, based on clear criteria ranging from the business model to the environmental and societal contribution. Over 100 independent evaluators were recruited in order to ensure that each application is properly evaluated.
In the next weeks, our jury members will interview each and every one of our Top 50 in order to determine the final Top 10 of this edition who will be invited to pitch at our Final Ceremony and take part of our acceleration programme.
Now, without further ado, here are Europe’s clean mobility rising starts to look out for:
Our list of partners continues to grow with the addition of ALD Automotive | Lease Plan! In addition to becoming a European Partner, ALD Automotive | Lease Plan is also sponsoring this year’s Female Entrepreneur special category award.
A leading global sustainability mobility player, ALD Automotive | Lease Plan provides full-service leasing, flexible subscription services, fleet management services and multi-mobility solutions to a global client base of large corporates, SMEs, professionals and private individuals.
All of our partners bring added value to our ecosystem of participating startups, meaning more support and opportunities for those who apply; ALD Automotive | Lease Plan is no exception. The company has 15,700 employees worldwide, direct operations in 44 countries, a total fleet of 3.4 million vehicles and EUR 400 million in digital investment firepower. Add to this a focus on innovation and technology-enabled services and a commitment to achieving net zero emissions, shaping the digital transformation and driving the large-scale adoption of sustainable mobility – and it’s clear that ALD Automotive | Lease Plan makes for a perfect match with our mission.
“To remain the leading global sustainable mobility player we are today, it is essential that we foster a culture of innovation and stay ahead of the trends impacting our industry,” adds John Saffrett, Deputy CEO of ALD Automotive | Lease Plan . “Working with start-ups is not only inspiring but also a sure-fire way to find innovative new inroads to further improving mobility for our customers and partners.”
ALD Automotive | Lease Plan, whose majority stakeholder is Societe Generale, is the listed company on Compartment A of Euronext Paris (ISIN: FR001328662 / Ticker: ALD).