Analysis

October 7, 2021

14 smart city startups to watch, according to VCs

From IoT to transportation, we asked investors to name the European startups pioneering innovation in cities.


Connor Bilboe

10 min read

City populations are only going to grow — 68% of the population (another 2.5bn people from now) are projected to live in urban environments by 2050. Enter smart city technology, which is poised to help conserve increasingly limited resources like energy and water as the population rises.

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