Bruntor selected as one of the TOP 20 GLOBAL Mobility Startups to Watch in 2025

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Bruntor together with Riga city have been testing their scooters’ efficiency and adaptability in various terrains and in real-life environment common to Rīga’s landscape, including city streets, cobblestone paths, and grassy areas within parks and green spaces and the results have been great.

Therefore, no surprise and proud to announce that Bruntor, a special cargo scooter developed in Latvia has been selected as one of the TOP 20 GLOBAL Mobility Startups to Watch in 2025.
Bruntor is on a mission to shape the future of urban mobility and make a lasting impact and the city of Riga is glad to accompany on this journey!

Here is a brief overview of what bruntor is and for the full StartUs Insights report, please click here.

Bruntor makes a 4-wheeled Cargo Scooter

startups to watch_mobility_bruntorA startup from Latvia manufacturing a 4-wheel stand-up electric scooter equipped with a cargo compartment, Bruntor Cargo. The scooter has dimensions of 140 x 70 cm and a height of 120 cm. It has a load capacity of 120 kg and achieves a driving speed of 25 km/h. The Bruntor Cargo offers more efficiency than a bicycle and can operate on bike lanes, enhancing its urban utility.

The scooter can withstand bad roads and adverse weather conditions. It enables more last mile deliveries with the same team, avoiding congestion and facilitating faster urban movement. Additionally, the design is user-friendly, allowing easy operation by a wide range of users, including the elderly.

Drone data collection and processing – Riga shares use cases and valuable insights

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​The second drone ecosystem-building seminar “Drone data collection and processing – use cases in Latvia” of the “Smart Skies” project takes place in Valmiermuiza, Valmiera County on the 12th of February.

​Participants will gain practical insights into drone operations through stories shared by Valmiera, Riga Local Government, leading Latvian mobile operator LMT, and others. Riga will share valuable insights from various perspectives and use cases of drones such as citizen safety (5G4LIVES project), planning landing sites and routes of drones (CITYAM project) and surveying the city’s infrastructure and using the data for creation of city’s digital twin (Application of UAV in City Development Department of Riga Local Government). See the full agenda and register for seminar here.

“The Smart Skies project will test the use of drones to monitor infrastructure and territories, seeking smart and innovative solutions for municipal functions. The project will include drone test flights in the territory of Valmiera Municipality and Tartu City Municipality, with a joint report on the tested solution. The project partners will also develop a joint strategy and action plan for the development of drone-based services, which will serve as a useful planning tool for other municipalities in the Vidzeme and South Estonia region.

Project objective:
The aim of the project is to improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of infrastructure surveillance in Tartu and Valmiera by drones, based on a common solution developed within the project.

Project activities:
-Test flights of drones in Tartu City and Valmiera Municipality.
-Development of a common solution based on the test flights.
-Development of a joint development strategy and action plan for the development of drone-based services.
Organisation of joint ecosystem building events with stakeholders, ensuring knowledge and technology transfer.

Project results:
-Jointly developed strategy for a five-year period (2025-2029) for the development of drone-based municipal services in Tartu, Valmiera County and surrounding regions.
-Jointly developed Action Plan (2025-2029) for the development of drone-based municipal services in Tartu, Valmiera and surrounding regions.
-Drone-based municipal infrastructure surveillance trials (pilot activities) in Tartu and Valmiera.
-Development of a joint solution based on the pilot activities, gathering experiences.