#28 Driving Innovation in Urban Mobility - an Expert’s View with Celeste Reglá Díaz, EIT Urban Mobility
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Today we are happy to welcome Celeste, leader of EIT Community programs for startups in EIT Urban Mobility. She manages the Supernovas initiative, empowering women in entrepreneurship and investment, the New European Bauhaus Catalyser, an accelerator to promote companies that champion on sustainability, aesthetics, and inclusion, and the Jumpstarter, a competition that propels innovative ideas into validated businesses while fostering innovation in Central-Eastern and Southern-European Regions.
In this episode you’ll learn:
EIT Urban Mobility has achieved significant gender equity, investing 47% of funds in 44% companies led by women, greatly surpassing industry averages of less than 2% investment in women-led companies and 5% in mixed-gender teams.As of 2023, EV battery and EV charging are the two sectors attracting the most funding in mobility.A staggering 95% of investment committees are composed solely of men, highlighting a significant gender disparity.
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Published 07/24/24
Today we are happy to welcome Christos, DesignDirector at Zaha Hadid Architects. He has worked with the firm since 1998 and has been a lead numerous projects and winning competitions, including most notably the Sterling Prize nominee with the Phaeno Science Center Wolfsburg, nominated by the...
Published 07/10/24