Full CMC operations commencing in Q1 2021
CMC is currently in pre-production mode
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Commercialization
The CMC was established to help future mobility start-ups at all stages of the innovation-to-commercialization lifecycle to rapidly progress beyond demonstration projects and pilot programs, to the point of actual product launches and sustained market viability.
California
The CMC is strategically located in the Western Hemisphere’s most influential future mobility market, California. California is home to leading investors, motivated consumers, leading global public policymakers and regulators, and access to an advanced and properly skilled workforce.
Collaboration
Partnering between clients and members is a distinguishing advantage of the CMC. Instead of preparing start-ups to make a favorable impression with industry leaders, the CMC empowers them to work together to develop and implement mutually developed commercialization plans.
Customization
CMC programming is customized for each client-member partnership and driven by a start-up’s stage in the commercialization process and the needs of their mutually developed plan. Some might focus on advanced manufacturing readiness. Others might conduct testing and validation or product launch support.
"The CMC has enabled us to reach early adopters and bridge the gap between innovation and commercialization. This brings tremendous value to a start-up in the form of product maturity, process deployment and quantifying our value proposition."
Members
CMC members are corporations, institutions and government agencies with a vested interest in future mobility commercialization and a desire to observe and/or partner with entrepreneurs and innovators who are on the frontlines of transforming the global mobility landscape.
Clients
CMC clients are future mobility start-ups that recognize the global importance of commercializing products in the California market, and the value of working with corporate members and service providers to reduce the time and cost to commercial success.
Preferred Service Providers
Preferred service providers are vetted, results-oriented vendors in industries like manufacturing, funding, business strategy, legal and regulatory support. Importantly, all service providers will have demonstrated an ability to simultaneously work with start-ups and large corporations to produce meaningful results.
“California Strategies is proud to be part of the CMC to help commercialize advanced transportation start-ups—applying California innovation to clean the air, combat climate change, create jobs, and improve mobility and accessibility for California communities.”
Sacramento State
Founding Member
As California’s capital university, Sacramento State is a recognized leader in education, innovation and engagement. As a CMC founding member, Sacramento State will play a vital role in the successful engagement of the CMC, which will be located on campus property, in addition to bridging the academic talent of our university with CMC and its partners.
SMUD
Founding Member
SMUD has been providing low-cost, reliable electricity for almost 75 years and is a recognized industry leader and award winner for its innovative programs and sustainable solutions for a healthier environment. As a founding member of the CMC, SMUD is proud to support mobility start-ups seeking to commercialize new products, technologies and business models.
PEM Motion
Founding Partner
As a global leader and provider of technology and business consulting as well as deep engineering expertise, PEM Motion will support CMC clients in developing mobility solutions in two ways.
1. Business, technology and engineering consulting
2. Support clients’ product development, prototyping and pre-series production
EnerTech Capital
Founding Partner
EnerTech’s significant experience, deep domain expertise, and collaborative approach to working with portfolio companies makes EnerTech the ideal investment partner. EnerTech will consider direct investments in CMC’s clients’ companies that need funding as well as help identify other potential sources of capital.
Greater Sacramento Economic Council
Founding Partner
The Greater Sacramento Economic Council (GSEC) is the catalyst for innovative growth strategies in California’s Capital Region. The organization spearheads community-led direction to attract, grow and scale new businesses, develop advanced industries, create jobs and investment throughout a six-county region. As a CMC founding partner, GSEC spearheaded and helped advance the CMC into the leading future mobility center.
Guidehouse
Strategic Partner
“Guidehouse is thrilled to work alongside the CMC at the forefront of the global mobility transformation. By working shoulder-to-shoulder with the center and its clients, we look forward to fostering groundbreaking innovations in California that reverberate through markets around the world.” – Jan Vrins, Leader of Guidehouse’s Global Energy, Sustainability and Infrastructure Segment
OpenGrants
Grant Funding Partner
OpenGrants is the easiest way to find, win and manage non-dilutive grant funding. We maintain and leverage the most complete data set of grant funding in the United States.
Momentum
Strategic Partner
Momentum designs, develops, and deploys innovation campaigns for organizations working on transformative water, energy, transportation, and manufacturing technologies. Through rigorous research, thoughtful analysis, and strategic engagement we dramatically increase the ability of our clients to access and manage public and private investment, acquire new customers, and commercialize advanced technologies.
California Strategies
Strategic Partner
California Strategies, California’s leading advanced transportation firm, helps the CMC and CMC’s clients achieve their goals and commercialize advanced mobility products and services. California Strategies aligns technologies with the State’s mobility goals, accelerates achievement of economic sustainability for mobility start-ups and drives innovation throughout California and beyond.
NEED STARTUP FUNDING?
Don’t let a lack of funding stop your product or service from reaching the market. Explore these grants and funding options available to your growing business. Additionally, the CMC ecosystem includes a venture fund managed by EnerTech Capital that will consider equity and/or debt funding based on terms that are mutually agreeable with the client.
LET'S CONNECT
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