VC Good Company and partners seeking mobility startups for new mission

The Movement, a value creation platform by venture capital firm Good Company, has announced that it is on the search for startups to take part in its most recent ‘Mission’, this time focusing on mobility. “Getting from A to B - Future of Mobility” is open to early-stage technology startups that are reimagining the future of mobility and are invited to submit their ideas to a panel of industry experts, investors, and other startups in the space. Previous Missions included a focus on Agtech, sustainable supply chains, and the Future of Work. SOMPO Digital Lab Tel-Aviv is also one of its partners.

“The future of mobility is coming fast in terms of emerging technologies that will help us and/or our things to get from A to B,” explained Shahar Botzer, Managing Partner at Good Company. “We and our partners are on a mission to scale up the best startups that will make this future safe, affordable, accessible, efficient, and resilient while minimizing carbon emissions.”

Applicants to the ‘Future of Mobility’ Mission will need to submit a short application form with specific details about its product. Following a round of meetings, companies will be shortlisted and selected to pitch at the Showcase Event, which will be attended by Ido Fishler, Managing Partner at Good Company; Adi Gigi, General Manager at Tesla Israel; Yaniv Rivlin, Sr. Director, Head of EMEA Government Partnerships & Regional General Manager at Bird; Karolina Bjurehed, Head of Investor Relations at Volvo Cars Technology Fund; Monika Rozalska-Lilo, Senior Startup Business Developer at AWS, and others from Hertz, LeumiTech, and KPMG.

“From our pivotal position within the mobility industry, we can clearly view the substantial amount of "green" technology being developed and deployed across the ecosystem, dedicated to secure a more sustainable future,” added Itay Erel, CEO at Drive TLV, who is also one of the panelists. “We're proud to foster many collaborations of this nature, as part of our efforts to promote sustainability-related opportunities for our partners and startups.”

The selected startups have the potential to receive a $500,000 investment from Good Company, as well as $1 million from Mobilion Ventures and an introduction to Drive’s network. Finalists will also benfit from meeting KPMG's advisory experts, pilot and business opportunities with Tesla, Bird, Ituran, Volvo, Hertz, AWS, BCLP, LeumiTech, and more. Applications are open until January 31.

Avi Feldman, Managing Partner at Mobilion Ventures added: "Our vision for the Future of Mobility is that of seamless mobility; multi-modality mobility solutions, combined with various digital services that will personalize the transportation experience and offer a completely different user experience. While CASE (Connected, Autonomous, Shared, and Electric) technologies are presently becoming the reality, we need to ensure that the Future of Mobility is also sustainable for the sake of future generations."

Good Company is a Mission-driven VC that invests in Israeli companies that are ‘solving the world’s problems’. It focuses on ClimateTech, SocialTech, Future of Energy, Agtech, and others. The Movement is its value creation platform that is designed to bring together multinational corporations, entrepreneurs, and capital.