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2022 : What a year !
Urban Radar top 5 milestones TWO new product releases : Citizen’s Needs for city heads of departments to execute proximity-based urban planning. FlexCurb for city mobility teams to manage curb allocation and use. Revenue x4 / customers x3 / team x2 Urban Radar in Spain since September !…
How Govtech step into solving our climate and energy crisis
What are we talking about today ? 📣 URBAN RADAR IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A FUNDRAISING ROADSHOW 📣 Meeting investors pushes our co-founder Philippe and Geoffrey to express the core values underpinning their whole vision as well as articulating…
Changing Populations and the Impact on Cities
What are we talking about today ? The proportion of Europe’s population living in cities is expected to increase from 75% to 83.7% by 2050 Within that overall picture, some cities will increase massively, some will remain stable and others will…
Regulatory influence to urban tech
What are we talking about today ? We are revisiting the topic of quick commerce (q-commerce) this week (refresher newsletter), following the news from France that dark stores are to be classified as warehouses. The French government rallies to the…
15mn cities for economic development
What are we talking about today ? The urban planning concept behind the 15-minute city is that cities can be (re)designed, so that all residents access their daily needs (housing, work, food, health, education, and culture and leisure) within the…
Quick commerce
What are we talking about today ? Quick commerce is the ultra convenience of <10 min grocery delivery services popular in major cities Limited turnover compared to the grocery market BUT a 85% CAGR 2020/2021 A ~2 years industry, with multi-billion…
Curb management strategies
What are we talking about today ? Competition for curb space, and how curb space is used, is changing significantly as demand from pedestrians, private vehicles, delivery vehicles, micromobilities and other users grows. Historically, most of the curb spaces were…
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