IOTA News STARTUP AUTOBAHN launches Program 4 with IOTA

StartupAutobahn picked IOTA among other tech startups to work on an innovation platform for Smart Mobility. StartupAutobahn was founded by Daimler, Plug and Play, University of Stuttgart, and Arena2036. The @StartupAutobahn picked #IOTA among other tech startups to work on an innovation platform for #SmartMobility. #StartupAutobahn was founded by @Daimler, @PlugandPlayTC, @Uni_Stuttgart, and @arena2036. #IoT #AutonomousVehicles @DomSchiener @DavidSonstebo https://t.co/F6pdcGjqcd pic.twitter.com/oF7vOj2yGh — IOTA News (@iotatokennews) March 24, 2018   Plug and Play is a global innovation platform, headquartered in Silicon Valley, that connects startups, industrial companies and investors and invests in over 100 startups per year as a Seed Stage Investor. Plug and Play was founded in 2006 and has been operating numerous industry-specific accelerator programs at various locations worldwide. Plug and Play’s international network includes over 120 industry partners, some 180 investors and business angels, thousands of startups, and countless top-notch mentors. Startups within the Plug and Play network have secured $ 3.5 billion in funding. Among them were some successful exits, among others. from Danger, DropBox, Lending Club, PayPal, SoundHound, and Zoosk. STARTUP AUTOBAHN is about facilitating joint projects between young tech companies and established corporations In the current batch, 31 young tech companies – with the combined strength of now 16 corporate partners – will work on joint projects. Plug and Play – as the moderator of the program started the sourcing for these startups in October 2017 and organized hundreds of meetings between startups and the corporate partners of STARTUP AUTOBAHN. This gave the business units the chance to truly understand the startups technologies and to evaluate whether there is a strategic fit. Thanks to this process the selected 31 startups can expect one or more business units who strongly consider carrying out a pilot project. On Expo Day taking place in July 2018 the partners and network of STARTUP AUTOBAHN will hear about many more joint projects happened thanks to the open innovation platform. So far, a record number 130 projects were initiated in just 18 months and many long-term projects resulted out of it. German young tech companies already know that STARTUP AUTOBAHN is the best way to get projects with the participating corporations started. In Program 4 only one third of the participating startups are based in Germany and one third comes even from outside of Europe: USA (5x), Israel (3x), Canada (1x), Japan (1x) and Australia (1x). The European startups were sourced in countries such as: Switzerland, Belgium, Austria, France, Netherlands, Portugal and the UK. The following young tech companies have been offered the opportunity to validate and pilot their technologies on a neutral platform, moderated by Plug and Play within a three-month program: Arculus,  Arkite,  Aroma Bit,  Braincities,  CARFIT,  Chargetrip,  Codepan,  COMPREDICT,  Context360,  Aelectra,  Evertracker,  Fleetonomy,  Imagine,  IOTA,  MakeMyDay,  Moduu,  NEURO Controls,  OTTO Motors,  PACE,  Riddle & Code,  ROBORACE,  Sensefinity,  Sentiance,  Shoof Technologies,  Silentium,  Smartransfer,  South8Technologies,  Streamr,  Third Space Auto,  WORKERBASE and  WorkFusion. Neutral innovation platform – the best way for startups to get in business with our corporate partners STARTUP AUTOBAHN was founded by Daimler, Plug and Play, University of Stuttgart, and ARENA2036. New founding anchor partners are Hewlett Packard Enterprise, DXC Technology, BASF, Porsche, ZF Friedrichshafen, Webasto and Deutsche Post DHL Group. Murata, HELLA, BENTELER, Linde Group, Jardine Matheson Limited,  Wieland Ventures, PostNL and AGC Glass Europe contribute as ecosystem partners. Partners to the innovation platform. STARTUP AUTOBAHN is open for further corporate partners as well believing in open doors, disruptive thinking, and the sharing of ideas, technology, and connections to help startups and corporates thrive faster. Perfect working conditions tailored to startups’ needs The entrepreneurs in the third program are offered the ideal working environment. In the space of the ARENA2036 technology laboratory on the University of Stuttgart campus startups are able to use co – working space and have moderated access to high- tech hardware worth millions of euros. The ideal working conditions to help execute successful pilot projects and to implement and test their technologies with one or several industry partners within the three-month program. About STARTUP AUTOBAHN STARTUP AUTOBAHN is the ultimate innovation platform that unites global young tech companies with the unrivalled tech expertise of Silicon Valley and the best of German engineering. We are a neutral innovation platform moderating an in-depth and curated collaboration between our partners from the industry and young tech companies also considering and supporting key success factors like cultural mindset change within legacy corporations. Our network of investment firms and mentors further helps the growth of tech companies. Our home is Stuttgart – the birthplace of the automobile, one of the leading IP regions of the world, and a hub of business, engineering, and groundbreaking inventions. A total of 74 startups graduated from the innovation platform with more than 130 pilot projects so far.