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Interviews, takeaways and stories from the urbantech community including our annual reports with data-rich insights into the problems our startups face and the ecosystem in which they exist.

4 QUESTIONS TO ASK BEFORE YOU START FUNDRAISING.

Preparation is key to raising your startup’s first or next round.. During our 20-week accelerator program our startup founders get…

HOW TO CRAFT BRAND VALUES.

Is this on brand? This is a question founders ask a lot. As companies grow from ideas to startups to…

Three Critical Opportunity Areas for New Startups to Create Solutions.

Three opportunity areas calling for singular solutions, mold-breaking fixes and scalable business models that render our cities healthier, more sustainable…

Tips and Advice for Applying to the URBAN-X Accelerator Program.

THE FUTURE IS BEHIND COMPANIES THAT ARE STUBBORN AND EXTREMELY HARD TO DISHEARTEN. That’s Hripsime Rema Matevosyan, co-founder of URBAN-X…

Bluetech: A Thirst for New Solutions.

Water tech — specifically, technologies that enable water conservation and the distribution of safe, clean and easily accessible water to…

Aging: Opportunities In The Silver Tsunami.

Not too long ago, the cutting edge of tech for older adults was a medical alert device made pop culture-famous…

Catching Up With Our Alumni.

More and more, cities spanning the globe are finding themselves embracing new technologies that make traversing the urban landscape safer,…

Terms of Service.

Last summer, New York City struck back against the congestion caused by Uber and Lyft, adopting a one-year cap on…

STEPHEN SMYTH: STAYING NIMBLE IN THE FLUCTUATING MOBILITY WORLD.

Every startup begins with an innovative idea. But the key to success, though it might sound counterintuitive, might actually lie…

Top 5 World Tour Takeaways.

What we've learned from the global tech community.

REDUCING CONGESTION WHILE MAINTAINING LIVABLE NEIGHBORHOODS.

Last-mile delivery services are undergoing significant disruption in light of the explosion of e-commerce around the world. This trend has…

A CONVERSATION WITH UPCYCLES.

Nick Wong and Daniel Wendleck, members of the second cohort at URBAN-X, develop transportation equipment for on-demand and neighborhood-scale deliveries…

SIX QUESTIONS WITH DAN BOWDEN FROM O2O2.

Dan Bowden, a member of the second cohort at URBAN-X, helps active urbanites in polluted megacities like Beijing and London…

FACEWEAR FOR BETTER AIR / BETTER AIR BY DESIGN.

While many world issues are constrained by national borders, air pollution is a problem that knows no boundaries. It affects…

FOLLOWING OUR SENSES.

Visual impairment is a rapidly growing problem around the world as countries such as the U.S, China, Japan and European…

SIX QUESTIONS WITH KEITH KIRKLAND FROM WEARWORKS.

Keith Kirkland, a member of the second cohort at URBAN-X, helps the blind and visually impaired to easily and effectively…

AUGMENTED WORKFORCE.

The manufacturing sector today employs less than 9% of American workers. This number has dropped dramatically from about 50% a…

SIX QUESTIONS WITH STAR CHILDS FROM CITIESENSE.

Citiesense, a member of the second cohort at URBAN-X, organizes the most accurate information about neighborhoods in cities – such…

STREET FACTS.

Cities in the United States have, since World War II, lost a substantial share of their businesses to the suburbs,…

BETTER DATA, SMARTER WORKPLACES.

Too cold, too hot, stale recirculated air, no conference rooms available—the woes of office life are familiar. These daily pains…

SHAPING INTERACTIONS.

An interview with Firat Parlak, Expert-in-Residence at URBAN-X, and founder of Awesome, an interaction and user experience firm specializing in…

A PLAYBOOK FOR URBAN TECH STARTUPS.

Over the last four years, URBAN-X venture partner Urban Us has met with hundreds of founders building startups to solve…

SIX QUESTIONS WITH GABRIEL PESCHIERA FROM ENVAIRO.

Envairo, a member of the third cohort at URBAN-X, helps offices maximize employee productivity while minimizing real estate operating costs.…

THE SCARCEST RESOURCE.

Becoming an URBAN-Xer. By Felix Keser With about 55% of the world’s population living in urban settlements in 2017, cities…