BUILT AND MANAGED
BY IMATCH AND UNICORN FACTORY LISBOA

Pilot your solution with industry's leading companies. Startup applications are open.

Apply as a startupSee the 7 challenges

The companies opening their operations

Co-organised byimatchUnicorn Factory Lisboa

LISBON IS ONE OF THE 100 CITIES COMMITED TO CARBON NEUTRALITY, WITH THE GOAL TO deliver tangible results by 2030.

THE ENTREPRENEURIAL AND INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM WANT TO BE PART OF THIS TRANSITION.

A CLUSTER OF ENTREPRENEURIAL FORCES TO TRANSFORM LISBON INTO A CARBON NEUTRAL CITY.

The opportunity for startups

Pilot your solution with a real company, in a real Lisbon setting, during the programme.

Mission C0 is not a pitch competition. Each partner brings a real operational problem, a team, and sites where your technology can be tested. The best solutions move from sprint to pilot between May and September 2027, with emissions measured against a baseline.

3Partner companies
7Open challenges
100Mission cities to scale to
  1. Now – 15 Dec 2026Applications openPick one or more challenges and tell us what you would test.
  2. January 2027MatchmakingUp to 20 startups shortlisted per partner.
  3. Feb – Mar 2027Co-creation sprints5 startups per partner shape the pilot with the partner's team.
  4. April 2027Pilot selectionThe 5 accelerated startups per partner present their pilot. Each partner chooses 1 to 2.
  5. May – Sep 2027Pilots in real environmentsOn the partner's sites and in the city, with the support of the Lisbon City Council.
  6. September 2027Impact reportimatch and Unicorn Factory Lisboa present the impact report and the results of this first edition at the Green Hub.
  7. After 2027Scale beyond LisbonLisbon is one of the 100 EU Mission cities for climate neutrality by 2030. Successful pilots become reference cases to replicate in other cities and across the partners' operations.
Apply to pilot

Seven challenges.
Find yours.

We are looking for solutions at TRL 6 or higher, ready to be tested in a real environment and able to measure their impact on emissions.

Via Verde

Mobility
01

Unified Mobility Experience

Integrated mobility hubs, multimodal routing and occupancy forecasting to enable seamless journeys across car, public transport and soft mobility.

02

Companies on the move, with fewer emissions

For company fleets of more than 10 vehicles: telematics, plug-in hybrid driving behaviour, measured corporate mobility.

03

Less friction at payment

Multimodal payment in the Via Verde account, access and validation, price and incentive at the moment of decision.

Grupo Terris

Waste & materials
04

The truck that sees

Computer vision, fill-level sensors, dynamic routing, automation in controlled zones.

05

Flows with a passport

Automated sorting, characterisation, traceability and recovery of plastics, polymers and foams.

Ponto Urbano

Urban rehabilitation
06

Prefabrication and new materials

Prefabricated elements, fast building systems, certified materials, site logistics.

07

Automation from plot to deed

AI feasibility and budgeting, regulatory checks, reality capture, sales and after-sales.

Wild card

Got a challenge we didn't think of?

If you have a breakthrough solution in mobility, waste & materials or urban rehabilitation that doesn't fit the 7 challenges, pitch it anyway. Choose Wild card in the application.

Pitch your wild card
How selection works

Per partner: 20 startups shortlisted, 5 in the acceleration sprints, 1 to 2 pilots chosen at Demo Day in April, piloting from May to September 2027.

Apply to a challenge

Do you want to make a difference?

Applications are open until 15 December 2026. Pick a challenge and pitch your pilot!

Do you have a proven solution?

Want to pilot it with leading companies, in a real environment in Lisbon?

Ready to scale it from Lisbon to other cities?

PHASES

  1. 1DoneChallenges

    Via Verde, Grupo Terris and Ponto Urbano define 7 real challenges.

  2. 2Now – 15 Dec 2026Open call

    Startups with solutions at TRL 6 or higher apply online.

  3. 3January 2027Matchmaking

    Up to 20 startups per partner are shortlisted.

  4. 4Feb – Mar 2027Acceleration sprints

    5 startups per partner co-create the pilot with the partner's team.

  5. 5April 2027Pilot selection

    The 5 startups per partner present their pilot. Each partner chooses 1 to 2.

  6. 6May – Sep 2027Pilots

    Tested in real environments, with Unicorn Factory Lisboa and the Lisbon City Council.

  7. 7September 2027Impact report

    imatch and Unicorn Factory Lisboa present the impact and the results of this first edition at the Green Hub.

the phases
the phases

CLUSTER Agents of change
WHO'S IN?

You can join us as the next Agent of Change!

Challenge partners

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the phases
the phases

WE CHALLENGED THE ECOSYSTEM TO

JOIN FORCES.

UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES.

TO ADDRESS THEM.

IMPLEMENT PILOTS IN REAL ENVIRONMENTS.

AND MEASURE THE IMPACT!

WHO?

> COMPANIES

Leaders of change, bringing real challenges and opening their operations to pilots with startups to drive decarbonization.

> ENABLERS

Ecosystem catalysts, providing knowledge, tools, and opportunities to accelerate sustainable solutions.

> MUNICIPALITY OF LISBON

The stage for innovation, facilitating pilot implementation to transform the city towards a Carbon Zero future.

> STARTUPS

Visionary and disruptive, bringing proven technology to pilot with our partners from May to September 2027.

> CITIZEN

Agents of transformation, joining the citizen committee to validate solutions and drive Lisbon towards decarbonization.

Thank you!

BUILT AND MANAGED
BY IMATCH AND UNICORN FACTORY LISBOA

← Back to the programme

Open call · Startups · Lisbon Edition

Bring a proven solution.
Run a real pilot in Lisbon.

Choose one of seven challenges from Via Verde, Grupo Terris and Ponto Urbano, tell us the pilot you would run, and send your deck. It takes about 20 minutes.

Start your application
Applications close15 December 2026
Every startup hears back by15 January 2027

Is Mission C0 for you?

Apply if all four are true. If one is not yet, tell us in the form how you would get there.

  1. 01TRL 6 or higher

    Your solution already works outside the lab, in a relevant or operational environment.

  2. 02Lisbon, May to September 2027

    You can deploy and operate on the partner's sites during the pilot window.

  3. 03Impact you can measure

    You can show emissions avoided against a baseline, with real data from the pilot.

  4. 04A team for the sprints

    Someone from your team joins the co-creation sprints in February and March.

Have these ready Pitch deck (PDF)A pilot idea for one challengeOne client referenceAbout 20 minutes
1100cities

Built to scale

Pilot in Lisbon. Replicate everywhere.

Lisbon is one of the 100 European cities selected for the EU Mission on climate-neutral and smart cities by 2030. Mission C0 is designed so that what works here can travel: each successful pilot becomes a reference case to replicate in other Mission cities and across the partners' operations.

  1. PilotLisbon, May to September 2027
  2. ProveEmissions avoided, measured against a baseline
  3. ReplicateOther cities and partner sites
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