Is your startup working within the sustainable mobility area developing a product or prototype? Then the Volvo Group Venture Client startup accelerator might be your next step. With a lean, fast-track framework, we set up Proof of Value projects designed to test and scale your solution. Each project addresses an immediate business challenge, giving you direct access to our engineers and decision-makers.
The CampX Venture Client has more than 170 Proof of Value projects with different startups in the portfolio.
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The startup accelerator program launches and runs co-creation projects with startups within the sustainable mobility area. Together we will design a Proof of Value project with the operational department(s). You will gain Volvo Group as a customer, where we together develop your solutions and ideas to incorporate in our offering.
By joining the venture client accelerator program, you will cooperate with the R&D teams of Volvo Group. You will be able to pick the brains of our engineers, senior managers, as well as former Volvo-Group-employees-turned entrepreneurs. You will also have access to our trucks, facilities, and data if required. Here’s how it works:
The venture clienting program is your gateway into the future of sustainable mobility. When working with us, you will gain the support of a world-leading enterprise within the transport industry, empowering and helping your business grow and develop your solution(s).
You will be supported by an innovation manager from the CampX Venture Client program when scoping the project with your main contact persons in Volvo Group. The innovation manager will also be your connector towards all other Volvo Group internal instances such as IP, legal, and purchasing.
You will have access to the Volvo Group rights experts within your domain that can share their competence and industry perspective. You will have a close collaboration with some of the greatest minds in the industry. The experts will help and give input to your product to secure a good product market fit.
The goal is to create a shared pilot project as fast as possible. If we select your startup for our Venture Client, we will design a Proof of Value project together with the operational department(s). We walk you through the necessary steps to give you the opportunity to highlight your product and its unique features. Proof of Value projects typically are within the 3-6 months range, fast and simple!
The CampX Venture Client is your gateway into the future of sustainable mobility, and Volvo Group will be your customer during the project. You will develop solutions addressing real problems and challenges in the sustainable mobility area. With Volvo Group as your customer, you'll validate your technology in a real-world setting, working directly with our teams to create the best version of your solution.
To ensure a successful collaboration, the Volvo Group tech startup accelerator focuses on companies that are ready to hit the ground running. Our Venture Client model is designed for startups that can engage quickly in proof of value projects and bring real solutions to real challenges. When you are interested in sending in your application to the startup accelerator, these are the criteria we consider:
Maturity of technology/solution: Startups must have a technology or solution that is mature enough for testing and validation.
Registered company: Startups need to be a registered company; we do not work with individual entrepreneurs.
Scalability: The solution must demonstrate potential for scalability, allowing it to grow and adapt to increasing demand or new markets
Financial stability: Startups should show financial viability, including funding history, revenue generation, or a clear path to profitability.
Sustainability focus: Startups that prioritize sustainability and environmental impact in their solutions will be favored, aligning with Volvo Group's commitment to sustainable transport solutions.
At the Volvo Group startup accelerator, we’re not just looking for ideas – we’re looking for action-ready startups that can help us shape the future of sustainable transport. If your startup is working on solutions that can improve vehicle intelligence, drive zero-emission progress, streamline operations, or reduce environmental impact – we want to work with you. Below are the areas where we’re actively seeking partners.
We’re looking for startups that bring cutting-edge technology to the vehicle itself. This includes solutions that improve autonomy, connectivity, safety, and overall vehicle intelligence. Think automatic driving, AI-powered driver assistance, sensor fusion, real-time diagnostics, or connected platforms that make vehicles smarter and more adaptive on the road.
Startups that can help digitalize and automate complex workflows across our operations are a strong fit. This includes everything from predictive maintenance systems and logistics optimization to advanced data analytics and robotic process automation. We’re interested in tech that cuts waste, speeds up decisions, and improves how our teams and machines work together.
We welcome startups developing clean mobility solutions – whether it's battery electric vehicles, hydrogen fuel cells, or alternative biofuels. This also includes supporting technologies such as fast-charging or refueling infrastructure, energy storage, smart grid integration, and complete life-cycle management of electric drivetrains. We're building toward a zero-emission future, and we want partners who are ready to move fast and scale solutions.
We’re interested in all customer-facing services that go beyond the vehicle. This includes digital platforms, predictive service models, fleet management tools, uptime optimization, financing, insurance, and more. If your solution enhances the ownership experience or supports customers in their day-to-day operations, we want to hear from you.
Startups that rethink how materials, components, and systems are reused, recycled, or regenerated are essential to our vision. We're looking for innovations in circular design, remanufacturing, waste reduction, life-cycle tracking, and sustainable sourcing. If your technology can help us close the loop and minimize our environmental footprint, it’s a strong match for this track.
The Venture Client startup accelerator program is active across several innovation hubs. Whether you're based in Europe, Asia, or North America, there's a CampX location ready to explore collaboration. You can currently connect with us in Sweden, France, India, and North America – bringing you closer to real-world testing, direct access to our teams, and a path to becoming a Volvo Group partner.
The aim of the project was to assess the environmental, technical and economic feasibility of electric retrofitting for heavy goods vehicles. The project was enabled through collaboration with Novumtech, a startup with expertise in battery design and production, and with financial support from the ADEME, the French Agency for Ecological Transition
The next milestone for this project is certification of the converted truck in order to validate compliance with current regulations. Once this approval has been obtained, Renault Trucks will begin a phase of tests under real operating conditions in partnership with Clovis Grand Paris in France.
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After a successful Proof of Value Group Project in the CampX venture client, where the Foretelix portfolio and its potential value in confined areas was evaluated, Volvo Autonomous Solutions initiated an extended cooperation together with Foretelix. “Volvo Autonomous Solutions believes in a collaborative verification concept, one that uses open standards,” says Magnus Liljeqvist, Global Technology Manager Volvo Autonomous Solutions. “The partnership with Foretellix gives us access to the state-of-the-art verification tools and accelerating our time to market.
“We are very proud to partner with Volvo Group. This partnership is a significant milestone for the industry as it is the first time that large scale Coverage Driven Verification will be used for verification of ADS in confined areas. Our partnership will combine the expertise of the two companies and set a new standard in the verification of automated driving systems, boosting both safety and productivity,” says Ziv Binyamini, CEO and co-founder of Foretellix.
A Venture Client is a collaborative startup accelerator program running co-creation projects with startups to solve real life challenges together. The primary purpose is to pilot a technology or solution in operations, helping both the startup grow and Volvo Group to access cutting edge technologies faster.
Through a venture clienting model, Volvo Group has the opportunity to engage with agile startups, enabling us to learn from and integrate their solutions into our products and services. At the same time, startups in the Venture Client gain Volvo Group as a customer during the project, allowing them to test and validate their solutions on a real challenge faced by a customer.
A Venture Client, or startup accelerator, supports the rapid growth of an already established startup with a defined solution or product, through short proof-of-value projects together with Volvo Group experts. An incubator, the Venture Access, on the other hand, typically engages startups in an earlier stage, providing deep industry access and fostering close collaboration with peers in the ecosystem.
Both programs open our industrial network, facilitate the sharing of expertise and insights, and help startups validate their customer assumptions more quickly.
No, our Venture Client startup accelerator does not offer funding.