Next Mobility Labs

🚀 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠. In the latest episode of Babson F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business Podcast, our Entrepreneur in Residence, Fabian Schmidt, joins Drin Govori to talk about what it means to build new ventures from within existing organizations. Fabian highlights why intrapreneurship is becoming a critical driver for innovation — especially in established industries: “𝐶𝑜𝑟𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑠 — 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑑 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡.” As Entrepreneur in Residence at Next Mobility Labs, Fabian works at the intersection of corporate assets and startup speed. His work shows that founding doesn’t always mean starting from zero — it can also mean building new ventures on top of what already exists. At Next Mobility Labs, we believe this mindset is key to scaling deep tech innovation — bridging the gap between established players and agile new ventures. 🎧 Tune in to Babson’s new episode and dive deeper into how intrapreneurship is shaping the future of innovation and leadership: https://lnkd.in/eEaq6EPE A big thank you to Erica DeBiase, Associate Director at Grad CCD, for hosting this insightful conversation and shining a spotlight on the next generation of entrepreneurial leaders. #Intrapreneurship #Innovation #VentureBuilding #EntrepreneurInResidence #DeepTech #NextMobilityLabs #BabsonCollege

☕ 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧, 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲. That’s the gap and the bridge we’re here to explore. This morning started with jet lag, coffee, and a question we keep coming back to: what happens when two ecosystems (each with their own rhythm) build together? 🇪🇺 Europe builds deep. The 🇺🇲 U.S. builds big & fast. 💡 We believe the future belongs to founders who combine it all. 📅 We’re here this week co-hosting the panel “Build the Future of Mobility: Bridging the U.S. and Europe” at Babson College to listen, to compare, and to find new ways to connect founders, investors, and ideas across the Atlantic. If you’re in Boston this week, let’s meet. We’d love to continue the conversation ☕ maybe over another coffee. Göran Göhring Armin Bieser Ava Gordley-Smith Fabian Schmidt Thomas Vogel Adam Willmouth #NextMobilityLabs #BabsonCollege #MobilityInnovation #VentureStudio #Entrepreneurship #FutureOfMobility

🌍 Same mission, new territory. Boarding for Boston and a week of conversations about how founders, investors, and builders can connect both sides of the Atlantic. We'll co-host two events focused on the subject of "Building the Future of Mobility: Bridging the U.S. and Europe" with Babson College. If you're around, meet Armin, Ava, Göran, and Fabian on site. #NextMobilityLabs #BabsonCollege #MobilityInnovation #VentureStudio #EIR #Entrepreneurship

🚀 Launching a new safety layer for autonomy: obsurver. 🧠 Autonomous systems depend on their sensors. When cameras, radar or LiDAR degrade, risk creeps in. 🛡️ Sensor-Health isn’t just a feature anymore—it’s safety infrastructure for autonomy. 🏗️ Built from scratch at Next Mobility Labs, obsurver turns Sensor-Health into a managed safety layer for autonomous systems. 👥 Founded by Fabian Schmidt (former Entrepreneur in Residence at Next Mobility Labs), Benjamin May (Next Mobility Labs shareholder and founder of survSchool UG), and Dr. Sven Fleck (expert in computer vision & IEEE standardization)—bringing company building and research together to make autonomy safer in the real world. ✍️ With the ink dry on the founding, the work truly starts. And we’re ready. Read the official press release in the comments 👉

🤍 Our first Shareholder Summit — our community of investors and startups in one room. 🗣️ Face to face, we went straight into conversations:   what’s working,   what’s hard,   and how we move faster together.    🤝 Investors with founders, founders with founders — and us with our investors: sharp questions, useful ideas, and intros that open doors.    🧭 We set out what we want to achieve in the next year — priorities, timing, and where we need leverage.    📈 With Getyourdrive and Circunomics, we got specific on scaling and financing — and the choices that changed our pace.    🛠️ We also gave our investor community a first look at obsurver — our new sensor-technology venture (sensor health & degradation).  Those in the room saw it first. Be sure to watch this space 👀    🙏 Thanks to our investors and guests for making the trip — and for leaning in.  And thanks to Futury and Isabell Schastok for hosting us in the new Startup Factory in Frankfurt and sharing your vision for the next generation of founders.    #NextMobilityLabs #VentureBuilding #Community #SensorTech #MobilityInnovation #InvestorNetwork 

We are excited to announce a major milestone for Next Mobility Labs: ROWE Group joins us as corporate investor.🚀 ROWE MINERALÖLWERK GMBH is a German family-owned company founded in 1995 and today one of Europe’s leading producers of lubricants and specialty products. Under the leadership of Alexandra Kohlmann, ROWE has become a strong voice for sustainability, circular economy, and long-term responsibility in the industry. At Next Mobility Labs, we build ventures from the ground up. Partnering with ROWE means our founders gain access to deep industrial know-how, production and material expertise, and global market channels. It is a combination of entrepreneurial speed and corporate strength that will help transform early ideas into scalable companies faster and more sustainably. #VentureStudio #CorporateVenture #Partnership #Innovation #Sustainability

This one’s personal. Two years ago, I graduated from Babson College. Pitching ideas, writing business plans, dreaming about what could be. Now, just two years later, I’ll be back - not as a student, but as a speaker, with Next Mobility Labs hosting two major events here. Because Babson was the launchpad. It gave me the mindset and network to actually do the thing. And now, I get to return to the same rooms... this time, to talk about what it means to be an Entrepreneur in Residence, to build ventures from scratch, and to raise the bar for what founders can achieve. For me, it’s a milestone. Proof that momentum compounds. That the late nights, the setbacks, the “is this even working?” moments add up. Coming back to Babson isn’t just nostalgic. It’s a reminder: You can be the student writing the plan today and be the founder sharing the stage tomorrow. If anyone in Boston would like to meet up for 1:1 to discuss investment opportunities with Next Mobility Labs, feel free to reach out or share! ---------------------- You're interested in entrepreneurship? 💡   I'm Fabian, german-born Serial Founder 🤝   Watch us build the next big companies! 🦄   Follow for weekly 9am insights, updates and more! 🤓

✨ What if your one-day solution became the next venture in Next Mobility Labs’ portfolio? 📅 On Oct 24, we co-host a mobility hackathon with Babson College  (ranked #1 in U.S. entrepreneurship) from *9am–5pm. Together, we bring venture-building into one of the most entrepreneurial environments worldwide. 14 teams (7 undergraduate, 7 graduate) will compress the startup process into a few hours:  ➡️identify a problem ➡️️️build a solution ➡️pitch a venture-ready demo Each team chooses one of four tracks:  💡 AI  ⚡ Clean Energy  🔄 Circular Economy  🧮 Quantum Computing They mirror some of today’s mobility bottlenecks: misaligned charging demand, unrecovered hardware value, fragmented data, and looming quantum risks. Top outcomes may enter Next Mobility Labs’ portfolio pathway, gaining access to mentoring, fundraising support, and a global network of leaders in the mobility ecosystem. 👉 For founders, investors, and partners: which of the four tracks do you see as the strongest bet today?

Interesting news from our venture studio Next Mobility Labs

From raw ideas to real companies — inside Next Mobility Labs 🚀 In this newsletter edition we open the studio doors and share how we build: 🔧 EiR program: start from zero with structure, senior mentoring, and less early risk. 🧭 Fabian’s year as EiR: from a wide problem map → an investable venture. 🎙️ Podcast: Göran Göhring on Startup Insider — why resilience and committed time can outperform capital. 🎓📍 Boston next: Oct 23–24 at Babson College — panel + 1-day hackathon.