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Asteroidea: from Parking Chaos to Smart Mobility

By |2025-10-31T13:52:40+01:00October 31st, 2025|Uncategorized|

Asteroidea, a Tunisian startup, is transforming parking areas into connected, data-driven mobility hubs. Selected among the five startups of the Terna Innovation Zone Tunisia (TIZ) — an open innovation program launched by Terna, in collaboration with Mind the Bridge and ELIS Innovation Hub — Asteroidea is rethinking how parking systems can accelerate the shift to sustainable mobility.

Be Wireless Solutions: How IoT and AI Can Redefine Resource Efficiency

By |2025-09-30T11:14:57+02:00September 30th, 2025|Uncategorized|

“We want sustainability to be affordable”. Founded in 2016, Be Wireless Solutions (BWS) builds IoT and AI systems to monitor and optimize the use of electricity, water, fuel, and gas. Selected among the five startups for the Terna Innovation Zone Tunisia (TIZ) — in collaboration with Mind the Bridge and Elis — BWS is pushing forward conversations with European TSOs on demand response and industrial efficiency.

Silicon Valley Bets Big on Physical AI: 93% of VC Flows Now Go Into Artificial Intelligence

By |2025-09-16T12:21:36+02:00September 16th, 2025|General|

Mind the Bridge launches its “Physical AI. Shaping the Market of the New Possible” Report at the Scaleup Summit San Francisco. The study reveals a funding shift from Generative to Physical AI, with $16B raised in 2025 for humanoid robots, brain–computer interfaces, and real-world AI applications.

Are We at the End of the Startup M&A Era (and Silicon Valley’s Tech Leadership)?

By |2025-05-12T11:40:06+02:00September 24th, 2024|General|

Global innovation advisory firm Mind the Bridge with the support of Crunchbase released the Report "The End of the Startup M&A Era?" in San Francisco at the opening of the Scaleup Summit Silicon Valley. The Report outlines key data showing a significant decline in startup M&A activity over recent years, raising concerns about its impact on the Venture Capital industry, in Silicon Valley and globally.

IPEC and SES Introducing the Public Sector Special Award 2024

By |2024-07-31T18:37:20+02:00June 3rd, 2024|General|

The Innovation Procurement Empowerment Centre (IPEC), a project of the Connected Places Catapult focusing on introducing innovative solutions through procurement in the public sector, is advancing open innovation and fresh thinking. To boost this initiative, IPEC has teamed up with the “Startup Ecosystem Stars (SES)” to present a special prize at the 2024 Awards scheduled for December 6th in Paris, co-organised by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the global open innovation platform Mind the Bridge, in collaboration with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the European Commission, and with support from Microsoft.

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