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'Pitch to MOVE' - 32 start-ups make it to final round

By TIOL News Service

NEW DELHI, SEPT 05, 2018: The final round of Pitch to MOVE was held in Delhi yesterday. Organized by NITI Aayog in collaboration with Invest India and Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), the final round featured 32 start-ups panning across different fields of mobility, who pitched their ideas in front of a Jury of Industry experts and Venture Capitalists.

Attending Pitch to MOVE, Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman NITI Aayog said, “It is very impressive to see such innovative ideas being presented by Indian Start-ups. Their contribution in the mobility domain is extremely valuable. We all need to work together to achieve our goal of shared, connected and clean mobility.”

Two winners each from the ideation & growth stage start-ups were selected by the distinguished jury. In the growth stage start-up category, Mobycy, Dockless Bike Sharing App was selected as the winners. Flowerpot Mobility solutions who have developed a Peer-to-peer carpooling platform was selected as runners up. In the Ideation stage, Journee, An android based ticketing solution were the winners and TieTran Cycleloop, a solar powered E-bike mobility system were the runners up.

“The young generation of entrepreneurs hold the potential to transform India's future with breakthrough innovations. NITI Aayog will always be supportive of their efforts”, said Mr. Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog.

Pitch to MOVE aims to identify and incentivise the start-ups, which will help the Government realize its vision of Shared, Connected, Intermodal and Environment Friendly Mobility for India. The objective is to harness the latest disruption for generating employment and growth in our country. We look forward to working together with these start-ups.


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