The City RAPTOR 2022 Competition is open to start-ups or SMEs based in a European Union (EU) Member State or a Horizon Europe Associated state. A maximum of 9 awards, 3 per city, will be made and administered jointly via the awarded cities and EIT Urban Mobility.
Sponsoring Agency: EIT Urban Mobility
Type of Fund: Competition
Deadline Available: Available
Deadline Date (mm/dd/yyyy): 06/30/2022
Size of the Fund: USD $50,000 to $500,000
The City RAPTOR 2022 Competition is open to start-ups or SMEs based in a European Union (EU) Member State or a Horizon Europe Associated state. A maximum of 9 awards, 3 per city, will be made and administered jointly via the awarded cities and EIT Urban Mobility.
RAPTOR awards a cash grant and provides mentorship, with the end outcome being a minimum viable product and 1-week testing period.
City RAPTOR 2022 is a programme of EIT Urban Mobility (Sponsor). It aims to match niche challenges of cities/towns/neighbourhoods in three cities: Tel Aviv, Cascais, and Istanbul to early-stage start-ups and SMEs.
The Awardee will be supported financially, technically, and commercially to develop and test their Solution over the months of September – December 2022. Each RAPTOR Awardee must conduct an in-situ demo of the Solution for a minimum of one week by 16 December 2022.
Challenges
- Istanbul
- Passenger Discrimination
- How to avoid taxi passenger discrimination in regards to distance and identity ?
- Sea Taxi Service
- How to optimize and integrate the Sea Taxi System into the current public transport system?
- Taxi Driver Licensing
- Which technological solutions could facilitate new or improved systems for taxi driver license inspection?
- Passenger Discrimination
- Cascais
- On-demand Mobility
- What on-demand transport service would most effectively serve the Parede commerce and service area?
- Experience at Bus Interchanges
- How can the experience at bus interchanges become a desired experience by users?
- School Mobility
- How to reduce parent commuters’ car dependency by suppressing their need to drive their children to school?
- On-demand Mobility
- Tel Aviv
- Anti-theft for bikes & scooters
- What solutions can effectively prevent or reduce bicycle and scooter theft, or help in their retrieval post-theft?
- Curb Management
- What are the best ways to manage public realm and especially sidewalks to prioritise pedestrians while accommodating other users?
- Pedestrian Road Safety
- How to use the public realm and the municipality’s assets to make pedestrians journeys safer, thus encouraging walkability?
- Anti-theft for bikes & scooters
About the RAPTOR Programme
Solution Development & Mentoring
- First half of cash prize (15.000 EU) awarded
- You work to develop your solution
- Check-ins with EIT Urban Mobility RAPTOR Team
- Customised mentoring sessions
Solution Handover and In-Situ Testing
- Final completion of solution within timeline
- Deadline for min. 1 week live in-situ testing of solution
- Second half of cash prize ( 15.000 EU) awarded
Funding Information
- The total value of each RAPTOR award package is up to 50.000 EUR.The package includes office space hosting of the Awardees in the city provided location. The award package also includes mentoring and support over the development phase covering technical and business mentoring as well as marketing/promotion.
- The award package also includes a cash element of 30.000 EUR (excluding VAT)
Benefits
One start-up/SME per challenge is awarded a package equivalent to 50.000 EUR. The package includes:
- Cash prize
- Cash prize of 30.000 EUR which you may spend how you choose
- Workspace
- Host city may offer 2-day per week workspace in their offices
- Mentoring
- Online customised mentoring sessions
- City Contact
- A contact person for the city corresponding to your challenge
- In-Situ Test
- Real life testing of your solution in corresponding city
- Future
- Potential invitation to other programmes with EIT Urban Mobility
Eligibility Criteria
- The RAPTOR call is open to start-ups or SMEs based in a European Union (EU) Member State or a Horizon Europe Associated state.
- Applicant Eligibility
- Any start-up or SME from an EU Member State or a Horizon Europe Associated state may submit a response to a City RAPTOR challenge.
- Applicant Eligibility
More information at: https://raptorproject.eu/city-raptor-22/
Eligible Countries:
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
Business Categories:
Business, Startups, Small and Medium Enterprises
