SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2, 2021 \/PRNewswire\/ — <\/strong>Scrum Ventures<\/a> today revealed it has chosen 95 stage-agnostic startups to participate in SmartCityX<\/a>, its global open innovation program focused on bringing a diverse mix of startups together along with some of the most iconic Japanese corporations and industry thought-leaders to better restore the vibrancy, appeal, and hope in cities across the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “With the help of our program partners, we have chosen an incredible mix of innovative startups, including many that have already made an impact on cities around the globe,” said Michael Proman, Managing Director, Scrum Ventures. “We are excited to begin collaborating with the participants, alongside our incredible corporate and municipal leaders to redefine the smart city category and place a particular emphasis on technologies that make cities more equitable and inclusive.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The program has chosen best-in-class, stage-agnostic startups from around the world with the aim of putting technology, data, and resources to work to make better decisions and enhance the quality of life for our diverse communities. SmartCityX startups fall into six pillars: Consumer Products & Services, Mobility, Smart Buildings, Connectivity & Infrastructure, Social Innovation, and Energy, Resources & Sustainability. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 95 companies were selected to participate in the inaugural program, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The program, which will kick-off on February 12th, will conclude with Demo Day later this Spring. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For more information on Scrum Ventures and SmartCityX, please visit: https:\/\/en.smartcity-x.com\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n About Scrum Ventures SOURCE Scrum Ventures https:\/\/scrum.vc\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Image by StartupStockPhotos<\/a> from Pixabay<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" News provided by Scrum Ventures Feb 02, 2021, 09:00 ET via prnewswire.com SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2, 2021 \/PRNewswire\/ — Scrum Ventures today revealed it has chosen 95…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9,10,8],"class_list":["post-403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recent","tag-japan","tag-scrum_ventures","tag-startups","wpcat-1-id"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iotspotlight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/startup-849805_1920.jpg?fit=1920%2C1280&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iotspotlight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iotspotlight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iotspotlight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iotspotlight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iotspotlight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/iotspotlight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":407,"href":"https:\/\/iotspotlight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403\/revisions\/407"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iotspotlight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iotspotlight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iotspotlight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iotspotlight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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