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01.06.2021: The three-day summit features eight early-stage start-ups alongside energy, real estate, and city experts on the power of innovation in tackling our most pressing urban and climate challenges |
The three-day summit features eight early-stage start-ups alongside energy, real estate, and city experts on the power of innovation in tackling our most pressing urban and climate challenges
URBAN-X, the leading urban technology start up accelerator backed by MINI and Urban Us, today graduates its ninth cohort of start-ups reimagining city life.
This milestone also kicks off the first-ever URBAN-X Summit, a three day online event that will feature eight founders from Cohort 09 who will explore how new technologies can build safer, healthier, greener and more enjoyable cities. The inaugural event will also feature experts across cities, the built environment and energy and is done in partnership with Canary Media.
The URBAN-X Summit comes as cities are ascending from an unprecedented year and are increasingly looking to place equity and resilience at the center of their COVID-19 recovery strategies and amid growing calls for climate action. Cohort 09 solutions include secure bike parking for enhanced micro-mobility; disaster preparedness for homes and businesses; low-cost, affordable hydrogen; building communications platform; real-time carbon intelligence; affordable multifamily housing financing; and software fueling the clean energy transition.
“We are thrilled to showcase this diverse group of founders who are rethinking the way cities are built, lived in and powered in order to create a more sustainable future,” said Micah Kotch, URBAN-X Managing Director. “Under the intense stress of the pandemic, these founders have built cutting-edge solutions that challenge the traditional built environment and make smarter, more efficient cities feasible.”
The full list of Cohort 09 companies includes:
Builders Patch: Builders Patch is a SaaS platform revolutionizing housing finance for multifamily developers and lenders. The platform automates and manages the underwriting process and enables closing loans at lightning speed.
Dorothy: Dorothy provides cash advancement “gap loans” to individuals and small businesses who go through unexpected events.
Domatic: Domatic makes buildings smarter, healthier, and more efficient by reinventing electrical wiring to distribute power and intelligence with plug-and-play simplicity.
OneRoof: a communications platform that helps people living in the same building form a community and become more resourceful.
Oonee: smart, modular, customizable pods that provide secure parking for scooters and bicycles, while offering public space amenities.
Origen Hydrogen: low-cost, renewable hydrogen to reduce carbon emissions for industrial processes and heavy-duty vehicles.
Singularity: Singularity is a data-driven carbon intelligence platform that provides a suite of innovative products, developer APIs, and intelligent tools for companies to build the future of decarbonization solutions.
Urbio: Urbio is a SaaS platform that helps utilities plan for and design the most efficient energy infrastructure and technologies.
URBAN-X, launched by MINI in 2016 as part of the brand’s innovation practice and in partnership with venture firm Urban Us, twice a year invests up to $100,000 in up to 10 companies building solutions to address climate change and other challenges facing cities today. The URBAN-X Summit marks the start of the teams seeking additional investment to grow their companies and serves as a celebration of their hard work and determination across the 20-week, intensive program.
“The spirit of turning challenges into opportunity and our belief that cities are at the heart of innovation -- especially when it comes to sustainability and climate action -- is what led us to create URBAN-X to support start-ups working to make city life brighter,” said Bernd Körber, Head of MINI. “We are thrilled for the eight start-ups in Cohort 09 and look forward to their future successes outside of the accelerator.”
“Amidst the pandemic, there were significant shifts in our industries that put greater emphasis on creating a more resilient society. Cohort 09 has demonstrated a strong commitment to addressing the needs for affordability, reliability, emissions reductions and environmental justice in an inclusive way,” said Shilpi Kumar, Partner at Urban Us . “The success of these eight companies will be vital in creating a sustainable urban environment for communities and businesses across the globe.”
The URBAN-X Summit takes place Tuesday, June 1st through Thursday, June 3rd beginning at 1: 00 p.m. ET each day, with sessions that explore building strong communities, innovating in the built environment, and fueling decarbonization.
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