Request for proposal:

Request for proposals: Ecosystem Agent Northern Italy

A diverse, well-functioning and dynamic ecosystem is crucial for startup growth. Such an environment of interdependent actors is characterised by, and dependent on access to markets, industry leaders, support organisations, talent, knowledge, and capital.

As a leading European impact investor our mission is to accelerate sustainable mobility innovation in Europe, by supporting and promoting the most promising mobility startups. As an impact investor, we are acting within The Network approach to Venture Capital and believe that in order to best fulfil our mission, we must also engage and collaborate with leading local startup ecosystems in Europe. Such local leading players own knowledge, experience, and a strong established network of startups, investors and other supporting entities. Combining the capabilities of local power hubs with the pan-European scope and capabilities of EIT Urban mobility, will ensure maximum impact for the entire European ecosystem and will contribute to strengthening connections and bonds between European countries and markets – a necessary condition to boost innovation in the continent.

Via this call, we are looking for a tenderer located in Northern Italy to provide services which align with our main lines of activity (hereinafter also: “Ecosystem Agent” or: “Agent”) for the purpose of increasing and establishing EIT Urban Mobility’s outreach to Italy, providing support to Italian and European mobility startups, providing support to EIT Urban Mobility’s European equity portfolio companies interested in the Italian market and contributing to EIT Urban Mobility goals and KPIs. Such services may include, but are not limited to:

• Knowledge and mentoring support.
• Investment recommendations.
• Pre-investment assessment reports.
• Office spaces.
• Startups support.
• Events and general networking opportunities.
• PR, external communication support, video production, events photo shootings
• Impact reports.

The organisational profile of the companies applying to this call should demonstrate the following:

• Owning a strong network within the Italian startup ecosystem, high-quality connections to important players in the startup community and to private and institutional investors, as well as to local and global industry leaders, etc.
• High-quality, experience-based knowledge of the mobility industry in Italy, also with regards to regulation, trends, as well as knowledge of the global mobility startup ecosystem, current technologies and trends.
• Engaged with own startup investment activity.
• Proven experience in supporting mobility startups for the last 5 years.
• Proven experience in delivering high-quality knowledge and training, mentoring and/or coaching programmes to startup, in the last 5 years.
• Proven experience in successfully scouting and selecting high-quality teams to accelerators, investments, and other training programmes, for the last 5 years.
• Located in a professional and high-quality venue, in a central area of Milan or Turin, easily accessible by public transport.
• Experience in organising networking events for startups and investors.
• Led by a professional team of experts, out of which at least two are with 7 years of personal experience in the startup ecosystem, including direct experience in scouting, accelerating, and investing in startups.

Check the Request for Proposals here.

To apply, please send the completed and signed Tender’s Submission and Declaration Form.

Deadline for submissions: 29 October 2024 at 16:00h (CET)