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Indian research centre launches smart city start-up challenge

News06 May 2021

The month-long programme will give selected start-ups an opportunity to pitch to smart city technology multinational companies as well as smart city officials.

Plug and Play accelerator launches in Seoul

News27 Apr 2021

Plug and Play will build an innovation platform in Korea based on its relationship with leading corporations, start-ups, and government entities in the country.

Pandemic drives £500m into top GovTech start-ups

News21 Jan 2021

Core to the boom in GovTech development and investment is the recognition of a new digital focus by governments which have been forced towards digital adoption through the pandemic.

SMEs chosen to accelerate West Midlands' net zero drive

News28 Oct 2020

Innovations include using data from end-users to create new services and business models and user-centric approaches that help to reduce fuel poverty.

Green electricity start-up wins 2020 QBE AcceliCity Resilience Challenge

News23 Oct 2020

Barcelona-based start-up Bioo has developed a unique way of generating electricity from plants’ photosynthesis that doesn’t damage them and is 100 per cent renewable.

Smart city accelerator launched in MediaCityUK testbed

News09 Oct 2020

The programme is aimed at UK based start-ups and scale-ups which have market-ready technology solutions that aspire to help people live, work, play and learn in new innovative ways.

Indian university sets up Smart City Research Centre

News06 Oct 2020

The International Institute of Information Technology in Hyderabad will also establish the Living Lab to showcase new ideas and a place to co-create smart city innovations with start-ups.

Smart cities accelerator to be launched in Osaka

News10 Aug 2020

Plug and Play wants to make the Keihanshin Metropolitan area one of the world’s leading start-up ecosystems as well as contribute to the Japanese city’s smart city progress.

Milton Keynes invites applications to 5G accelerator programme

News10 Aug 2020

Innovation challenges are based around exploiting 5G technology in the four areas of mobility data, health and wellbeing, low carbon energy and energy data.

Enel launches crowdsourcing campaigns for open data smart city solutions

News07 Aug 2020

The multinational energy firm has set two challenges and will use the InnoCentive Open Innovation Marketplace to drive innovation and help reshape the global energy market.

Climatetech organisations launch carbon-to-value initiative

News17 Jul 2020

The aim is to build an innovation ecosystem for the commercialisation of carbontech – technologies that capture and convert carbon dioxide into valuable end products or services.

Cleantech start-ups address climate change

News24 Apr 2020

Participants in the Urban Future Prize were challenged to develop productive and equitable solutions in a number of areas, including smart cities.

Start-ups partner with NY transport agencies on accessibility, congestion and revenue

News05 Mar 2020

After an eight-week demo period, successful start-ups will move on to a formal pilot project.

Smart city start-up challenge launches in Ruhr Metropolis

News04 Mar 2020

The German cities of Bochum, Bottrop, Gelsenkirchen and Hagen and their business partners are seeking innovative solutions for their individual problems and development projects.

Start-ups chosen for City of 2030 accelerator programme

News02 Mar 2020

Arcadis and Techstars have identified 10 companies which they believe can develop the solutions that will have a transformative effect on life in the cities of the future.

India to launch first 5G testbed

News24 Feb 2020

Cavli Wireless and Maker Village, the Indian IoT and hardware innovation hub, will open the test lab in Q3 at the Kinfra Hi Tech park campus in Kochi.

Reading ranked as the best place to start and grow a business in the UK

News06 Jan 2020

High rate of start-ups and businesses, including 11,000 digital and tech firms, and its population diversity are among the factors boosting the Berkshire town’s entrepreneurial credentials.

San Francisco’s Office of Emerging Technology gets the green light

News17 Dec 2019

Applications will be judged on whether they “ultimately result in a net common good” as well as on costs and benefits.

Sidewalk Labs co-founds venture capital fund to invest in urban tech

News06 Dec 2019

The fund could launch and begin making investments next year but it is conditional on Sidewalk Labs’ Toronto project being approved.

Planning consultation citizen engagement tool wins future housing pitch contest

News14 Nov 2019

The Future Fox won a start-up pitch contest focused around housing solutions at Connected Places Catapult’s CityX event yesterday in London.

The wider benefit of incubators to their surrounding areas

News22 Oct 2019

Research has found that on average over five years, an additional £48 million was invested in UK regions where an accelerator had been based.

Ottawa named best city to live for expats

News14 Aug 2019

Seventy cities were judged on 24 criteria across the four categories of environment and urbanisation, family and society, experience and economics.

Global open innovation contest looks for "society-changing" ideas

News24 Jul 2019

NTT Data experts will work with respective winners to determine where the start-up company’s product or service could be used in its client ecosystem.

Peachtree Corners partners with Expo to unveil smart city testbed

News22 Jul 2019

The Georgia city will officially open its 5G-enabled test track and living lab, designed to help better understand how new technologies work in a suburban setting.

Govtech start-up workspace to open in heart of Westminster

News01 May 2019

A collaboration between venture firm, Public, and the accelerator, Huckletree, aims to bring technologists and government closer together to help transform public services.

MassChallenge accelerator seeks start-ups in Houston

News04 Feb 2019

Six-week bootcamp includes a range of intensive in-person training, mentoring, community connectivity and virtual classes

Open innovation call for geo and proptech start-ups

News23 Jan 2019

Companies are invited to apply for the Geovation accelerator programme, which gives access to expertise and data sources

Dubai begins global search for blockchain start-ups

News07 Jan 2019

Smart Dubai has launched its third Global Blockchain Challenge as it continues its push to become the first blockchain-powered city by 2020

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