Karima Delli, Chairwoman of the European Startup Prize for Mobility and former Chairwoman of the Transport Committee in the European Parliament, unveiled the 2025 selection of the 50 most promising sustainable mobility startups at ChangeNOW (Paris) on Friday, 25 April, alongside the Boston Consulting Group and Via ID, co-founders of the Prize.
For nearly seven years, the European Startup Prize for Mobility has been identifying and ranking the most cutting-edge startups in green and smart mobility, through a rigorous methodology led by industry experts. Each year, the Prize receives between 500 and 700 applications from across Europe.
The 2025 TOP 50 reflects the most innovative initiatives accelerating the ecological transition of the transport sector in Europe.
Each of the 50 startups will now be auditioned by the Prize’s expert jury. The 10 finalists will have the opportunity to pitch at the official awards ceremony, which will take place on 5 June 2025 in Rzeszów, Poland, as part of the European Commission’s EU Industry Days and under the patronage of the Polish EU Presidency.
This edition reflects the diversity we’re looking for, with applications from across Europe and covering a wide range of themes — from AI and data to electrification. The selected projects, from seed stage to scale-up, offer concrete use cases and real value for the sector’s key challenges.
The European Startup Prize for Mobility offers selected startups several key opportunities:
- International visibility and recognition: Winners will benefit from media exposure, a prestigious label, and an awards ceremony followed by thousands of industry professionals and a European Tour to pitch and present at some of Europe’s most prestigious innovation fairs.
- Access to funding: Through strategic partnerships, the European Startup Prize for Mobility connects startups with a broad network of institutional and private investors, as well as VCs and CVCs (including a closed Demo Day featuring over 100 key ecosystem players);
- Acceleration programme: The top 10 startups will take part in a 3-month acceleration programme with Via ID, and the top 4 will receive an additional 6-week strategic mentoring with Boston Consulting Group;
- Collaboration with major companies: Winning startups will enjoy privileged access to innovation departments of multinational corporations to help scale their growth.
The list of the 50 selected startups is available here.