Meet Baloise Mobility Accelerator’s Ten Selected Startups

With everyone flocking to the city, it is important to consider how to tackle the increasing mobility issues faced by urban dwellers. Baloise’s first Mobility Accelerator has selected ten startups that are trying to solve this issue in a safe, convenient and sustainable way.

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With both climate change and urbanisation on the rise, there is a clear need for mobility solutions that simplify getting large amounts of people from A to B, all while decreasing the latter’s carbon footprint.

Recognising the potential of startups to provide such solutions, Baloise created its first Mobility Accelerator. The 10-week program aims to promote and support early-stage mobility businesses which focus on road, rail or land movement. These can also include ideas which focus on the daily commute of people or are service oriented (e.g., platforms, market places or subscriptions).

“We’ve been really enjoying the expert calls. Another stand out point I’ve noticed is that on another program we took part in we saw our business coach maybe once a month. But within the Baloise 10-week time frame it’s more compact, direct and agile,” says Michiel Jannssen, Founder of Ayes.

Changing core strategy

As part of diversifying their core strategy, Baloise founded their accelerator to adapt to the strong shifts in consumer behaviour. Fulfilling their changing needs is at the heart of what Baloise aims to achieve with their Mobility Accelerator.

While most accelerators, regardless of the industry they focus on, work in similar ways, some founders feel that working in the mobility industry comes with its own set of challenges.

“I feel like compared to other industries, the mobility industry is more interconnected. It’s not a business where one player takes it all, it’s a matter of interlinking wealth and playing along with different partners,” says Claudio Geyken of RiDeERgy.

While this is certainly true, having worked in insurance for over 150 years, Baloise knows how to tackle such issues. Indeed, next to their unquestionable experience in both the corporate and start-up world, Baloise also has a breadth of partnership opportunities and a strong customer base to learn from.

To learn more about Baloise’s ten mobility startups, find a short description below or read Baloise’s interviews with their founders.

“The Baloise Mobility Accelerator was designed to continue to show our support and involvement in the mobility ecosystem. The accelerator is a unique opportunity where the startups will receive mentorship, training and insights, all under one roof. Chosen for their promising capabilities, these startups should bring their dedication, drive and creativity to this accelerator programme,” concludes Alice Repetti, Mobility Venture Developer at Baloise Group.

AYES

AYES is an Antwerp based AI startup that delivers a mobile application that assists blind and visually impaired to navigate safely from A to B.

Find out more → ayes.ai

carmino

Carmino is a personal carbon reduction and offset manager for sustainable mobility & travel. With the Carmino app users can automatically track, reduce and offset their mobility carbon footprint.

Find out more → carmino.de

Leih mir dein Auto

Leih dir mein Auto is the easy, worry-free and eco-friendly way to share a car among neighbors and friends. Among the 42 Mio privately owned cars in Germany, 24 Mio are underused. Leih dir mein Auto provides a safe way for these vehicles to be borrowed to friends and neighbors, while the car and insurance rate of the owner is protected.

Find out more → leihdirmeinauto.de

LIF Technology

Wim Buzzi and Alain Duez, having a combined experience of 45 years in all aspects of fleet management, founded Let it Fleet in 2020 to support F&M professionals with expert consultancy.

Find out more → letitfleet.com

PARK-Cy

PARK-Cy is an innovative solution combining – Locking technology and Mobile-App based User-Interface to provide secured parking service for Bikes in city Parking lots. These existing Parking-lot racks are retrofitted with our Unique, Smart and Robust Locking mechanism, along with an AI-based-Surveillance system specifically designed for securing the bikes for any attempt of theft or vandalism, while following the legal guidelines in the city.

Find out more → park-cy.business.site

RIBE

Founded in July 2020 by 3 passionate motorheads with fuel in their veins, RIBE believes that the beauty of motorcycling should be easily accessible without having to own a bike. That is why we disrupt the motorcycle industry by introducing a new era of motorcycling through a subscription & sharing based business model – farewell to high acquisition-, depreciation-, and maintenance costs – hello simple and convenient subscription & sharing.

Find out more → ribeme.ch

RideBee

RideBee enables sustainable B2B-Mobility by developing an employee platform for shared mobility on the way to work via carpools and shared bus shuttles. Emissions and increased traffic are problems that can be solved by pragmatically increasing the utilization of vehicles.

Find out more → ridebee.de

RiDERgy

Renewable energies are volatile in production and prices. To keep the power grid stable and low-cost, a flexible power demand and batteries are needed. Electric vehicles (EVs) are the ideal providers of both. RiDERgy accelerates EV and renewables synergies via its B2B software subscription for electric fleets.

Find out more → ridergy.com

Streetwaves

Streetwaves facilitates a carefree ride for a growing group of long-distance bikers who own an e-bike. Each of the co-founders has developed new products and services in the past and made them successfully marketable (bicycle lease, development of the first mobile apps in Flanders, setting up refugee centers, last mile delivery,…).

Find out more → streetwaves.be

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