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Motor Valley Accelerator is the first Italian accelerator dedicated to the future of mobility and automotive.

20/10/2026

🚀 Clearing the Track from Lab to Road

At , we’ll explore how Europe’s leading universities are turning cutting-edge research into high-impact startups, and how their innovation hubs are building bridges with industry to accelerate the next generation of mobility technologies.

Join our panel discussion with:
🔹Nic Knapp – Managing Director, TUM Venture Labs Mobility
🔹Frank Floessel – Head of ETH Entrepreneurship, ETH Zürich
🔹Jim Glasheen – CEO, Cambridge Enterprise
🔹Alice Giudicatti – Managing Director, Tech Europe Foundation

📅 November 26, 2026
📩 Request your ticket here: https://plugandplay.typeform.com/to/jTHohH9X
⚠️ Please note: the Expo is invite-only with very limited capacity. Ticket requests do not guarantee admission.

Thanks to:
STMicroelectronics NV, Ferrari, Dallara, OMR Automotive, , Agrati Group, Gruppo Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, Plug and Play Tech Center, UniCredit, Fondazione di Modena

15/10/2026

🚀 The lineup keeps growing! Four more startups are joining the Expo Area at .

On November 26th, they’ll bring their demos and prototypes on stage, showing how AI, advanced materials and new manufacturing processes are redefining the way vehicles are designed and built. 🔧

Say hello to the next wave of innovators:
🔹 Braid
📍 Tokyo, Japan 🇯🇵
Braid is building AURA, an intelligent system that autonomously derives manufacturable geometry from engineering requirements.

🔹 Foundation EGI
📍 California, United States 🇺🇸
Foundation EGI’s intelligence layer turns 3D CAD into standards-compliant, manufacturable designs and optimized process plans.

🔹 Modulatio
📍 Auxerre, France 🇫🇷
Casting lightweight biomimetic lattice components on existing production lines at industrial volumes and costs.

🔹 NexusAM
📍 London, UK 🇬🇧
NexusAM’s physical AI platform verifies metal 3D-printed parts layer by layer: earlier defect detection.

📩 Request your ticket here: https://plugandplay.typeform.com/to/jTHohH9X
⚠️ Please note: the Expo is invite-only and seats are limited. Don’t miss your chance to join us!

Thanks to:
STMicroelectronics NV, Ferrari, Dallara, OMR Automotive, , Agrati Group, Gruppo Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, Plug and Play Tech Center, UniCredit, Fondazione di Modena

13/10/2026

🎤 Join us at for the panel “Global Investment Landscapes in Mobility and Deep Tech”

On November 26th, leading investors from across Europe will share their perspectives on where capital is flowing in mobility and deep tech, what they look for in startups, and how the investment landscape is evolving. 💡

Speakers:
🔹 Matteo Consonni - Head of Portfolio, EIT UrbanMobility
🔹 Bruno Serrano - Partner, Mobility VC
🔹 Jan Kaetker - Investment Manager, High-Tech Gründerfonds

The panel will be moderated by Moderated by Francesca Badiali - Senior Ventures Associate, Plug and Play Tech Center and Motor Valley Accelerator

📩 Request your ticket here: https://plugandplay.typeform.com/to/jTHohH9X
⚠️ Please note: the Expo is invite-only and seats are limited. Don’t miss your chance to join us!

Thanks to:
STMicroelectronics NV, Ferrari, Dallara, OMR Automotive, , Agrati Group, Gruppo Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, Plug and Play Tech Center, UniCredit, Fondazione di Modena

09/10/2026

✨ Breaking ground with the first four startups that will showcase their technologies at our upcoming !

On November 26th, our exclusive event will bring together Italian and international startups presenting demos and prototypes that are shaping the future of mobility. 🚀

Meet the first four startups featured in the Expo Area:

🔹 Soarce
📍 Orlando, Florida, US 🇺🇸
Refining sustainable natural feedstocks into high-performance nanofiber additives that make composite parts lighter, stronger and more durable than ever before.

🔹 Bench
📍 London, UK 🇬🇧
An AI agent that multiplies the capacity of CAD & CAE teams.

🔹 Sallea
📍 Zurich, Switzerland 🇨🇭
The most versatile templating system, with 3D-printed salt cores for advanced manufacturing.

🔹 Magnetless
📍 UK 🇬🇧
A new magnet-free motor topology that matches the performance of rare-earth magnet motors while cutting costs by up to 70%.

📩 Request your ticket here: https://plugandplay.typeform.com/to/jTHohH9X

⚠️ Please note: the Expo is invite-only and seats are limited. Don’t miss your chance to join us!

Thanks to:
STMicroelectronics NV, Ferrari, Dallara, OMR Automotive, , Agrati Group, Gruppo Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, Plug and Play Tech Center, UniCredit, Fondazione di Modena

05/10/2026

🎤 Introducing our first Keynote Speaker at !

Paolo Aversa, Full Professor of Strategy at King's College London and Adjunct Professor at The Wharton School, and widely regarded as one of the world's leading academic experts on Formula 1 and motorsport, will deliver a keynote on:
🏁 The Motorsport Business: Competing Towards the Future

He will explore:
🔹 Motorsport as an innovation lab: how its management models and competitive logic accelerate the innovation lifecycle
🔹 Open innovation and competitive advantage: strategic lessons from motorsport for building successful ecosystems, with a focus on coopetition and the opportunities for the Motor Valley
🔹 Startups meet automotive players: how OEMs and industrial players can integrate the agility and technologies of startups

📅 November 26, 2026
📩 Request your ticket here: https://plugandplay.typeform.com/to/jTHohH9X?typeform-source=www.google.com

⚠️ Please note: the Expo is invite-only, and seats are limited, don't miss your chance to join us!

Thanks to:
STMicroelectronics NV, Ferrari, Dallara, OMR Automotive, , Agrati Group, Gruppo Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, Plug and Play Tech Center, UniCredit, Fondazione di Modena

30/09/2026

⚡ That's a wrap on the Mobility and Automotive Founders Mixer 2026.

On Monday, September 28th, Motor Valley Accelerator welcomed founders from across the mobility and automotive world to Modena for an afternoon built on one simple idea: put the people building the future of mobility in the same room, and let the conversations happen.

Thank you to everyone who made it possible:

🔹 Alberto Caviglia, who opened the afternoon with a look at Plug and Play Tech Center and what we're building here in the Motor Valley
🔹 , First Secretary and Trade Commissioner, Embassy of Canada to Italy, and Kurt de Vries, Trade Commissioner, Government of Canada, for framing the opportunities on both sides of the Atlantic
🔹 Curtis Berlinguette, Founder & CEO of Miru Corp, and Pascal Larose, CEO of , who shared the real story behind building deep-tech companies and answered questions from the room

🇨🇦 A special thank you to the delegation of Canadian startups who crossed the ocean to be here. The exchange between our ecosystems is exactly what these evenings are for.

The icebreaking session and the aperitivo that followed did the rest: new contacts, shared challenges, and plenty of founder-to-founder conversations.

To everyone in the room, thank you for the energy. See you at the next one. ⚡

Thanks to:
STMicroelectronics NV, Ferrari, Dallara, OMR Automotive, , Agrati Group, Gruppo Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, Plug and Play Tech Center, UniCredit, Fondazione di Modena

24/09/2026

🚀 The Mobility and Automotive Founders Mixer 2026 is just days away.

On Monday, September 28, Motor Valley Accelerator opens its doors in Modena to founders building the next generation of mobility and automotive technology and we're glad to share who will be taking the stage.

Our guest speakers:

🔹 Massimiliano Moruzzi – CEO, Xaba
🔹 Pascal Larose – CEO, Exonetik

🇨🇦 This edition also welcomes a distinguished delegation of Canadian mobility startups, crossing the pond to meet our local ecosystem and explore cross-border collaboration. ⚡

📍 Motor Valley Accelerator, Via Francesco Selmi 15, Modena
🗓️ Monday, September 28 | 4:00 PM – 7:30 PM
🥂 Welcome, guest speakers, icebreaking activities and a final networking aperitivo

⚠️ Participation is limited to startup founders in the mobility and automotive space.

🔗 Request your ticket, spots are limited: https://plugandplay.typeform.com/to/HVovNLJp

Let's drive innovation forward, together.

Thanks to:
STMicroelectronics NV, Ferrari, Dallara, OMR Automotive, , Agrati Group, Gruppo Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, Plug and Play Tech Center, UniCredit, Fondazione di Modena

16/09/2026

Last Wednesday, our Manager Alberto Caviglia took part in the 2nd Bologna Hardware Meetup Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, organized by Michele Aiello (èlevit) alongside ApplePies 2026 at the University of Bologna.

Alberto shared what Motor Valley Accelerator is all about and how we support hardware and deep-tech startups on their journey from research to market great to connect with the local hardware community, researchers, founders, and industry leaders.

Thanks to the Bologna Hardware Meetup team for the invitation! 🚀

Thanks to:
STMicroelectronics NV, Ferrari, Dallara, OMR Automotive, , Agrati Group, Gruppo Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, Plug and Play Tech Center, UniCredit, Fondazione di Modena

14/09/2026

🚀 Proud to see Francesca Badiali, Senior Ventures Associate at Plug and Play Tech Center and Motor Valley Accelerator, who moderated the panel "AI Application Layer: Can Europe Catch Up?" at To The Peak on 10 September.

A question more open than it seems: Europe may not build the biggest AI models, but the application layer race is still wide open and the talent, engineering expertise, and industrial strength are all here.

On stage with her:
🔹 Alexander S. Gerfer – CTO, Würth Elektronik Group
🔹 Elisa Seghetti – CEO & Founder, Saturn Dynamics
🔹 Guido Magrin – CEO & Founder, TeiaCare
🔹 Juan Carlo Horna – CTO & Founder, Synemai

The takeaway? The future of AI in Europe will be built at the application layer and there's a real opportunity to lead. ⚡

Thanks to:
STMicroelectronics NV, Ferrari, Dallara, OMR Automotive, , Agrati Group, Gruppo Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, Plug and Play Tech Center, UniCredit, Fondazione di Modena

09/09/2026

🏎️ On September 3rd and 4th, our Manager Alberto Caviglia took part as a judge at Formula Student, held at the Varano circuit.

Formula Student challenges university teams to design, build, and race their own cars, bringing together students and future engineers from around the world. As a judge, Alberto evaluated the teams' ideas in the Business Plan Presentation, one of the three static events of the competition, where the teams pitch a new startup idea based on one of their car's components.

Glad to see our team contributing to a competition that supports the next generation of engineers and motorsport talent.

Thanks to:
STMicroelectronics NV, Ferrari, Dallara, OMR Automotive, , Agrati Group, Gruppo Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, Plug and Play Tech Center, UniCredit, Fondazione di Modena

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