EQS Group-News: Baloise Holding AG / Key word(s): Miscellaneous 
Baloise launches a proprietary mobility accelerator 
2021-05-28 / 07:01 
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Basel, 28 May 2021. Baloise is working hard on the expansion of its Mobility and Home ecosystems. Under the tagline 
Mobility@Baloise, the company is now launching its own 'mobility accelerator' in the field of transport and mobility 
with the aim of promoting innovative ideas at the earliest possible stage. The initiative goes hand in hand with the 
launch of the information platform www.baloise.com/mobility, which is designed to act as a new gateway to the 
Mobility@Baloise ecosystem for interested start-ups and young entrepreneurs. Start-ups that would like to participate 
in the programme have until the end of June to apply for the mobility accelerator. 
As part of its Simply Safe strategic phase, Baloise has been making huge efforts since 2017 to boost its innovative 
strength, especially in the Home and Mobility ecosystems. To this end, it uses a highly structured innovation process 
that provides routes to five possible cooperation models: incubation, acquisition, investment, cooperation and 
partnership. All innovation initiatives in the past few years have been based on these principles. Together with the 
strategic innovation consultancy Spark Works and its spin-off Sparkademy, Baloise is now issuing a call for 
participation in a 10-week Baloise Mobility Accelerator programme, which is based on an innovation concept that is 
tailored to early-stage start-ups. Sparkademy offers a structured learning programme based on innovation principles 
that guide start-ups through problem-solving processes in a structured manner. 
'Programmes like this one are geared towards concrete, tangible results and have the added benefit of fostering a 
culture of innovation,' says Patrick Wirth, Head of the Mobility ecosystem. 'Our aim with this call for participation 
in Mobility@Baloise is to attract start-ups from the European mobility start-up scene - especially those in the 
pre-seed or seed phase - to our Baloise ecosystem.' 
At the end of the programme, Baloise will evaluate the selected mobility ideas together with the relevant start-up 
teams and accordingly provide funding to further develop the minimal viable products (MVPs) they created. 
Interested start-ups with a business focus on 'mobility as a service', 'shared economy services', B2B[2C] services for 
vehicle fleets or other services centred around mobility can go to www.baloise.com/mobility to apply for participation 
in the accelerator programme up to the end of June. 
 
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Language:     English 
Company:      Baloise Holding AG 
              Aeschengraben 21 
              4002 Basel 
              Switzerland 
Phone:        +41 61 285 85 85 
Fax:          +41 61 285 70 70 
E-mail:       media.relations@baloise.com 
Internet:     https://www.baloise.com 
ISIN:         CH0012410517 
Listed:       BX Berne eXchange; SIX Swiss Exchange 
EQS News ID:  1201769 
 
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