Greenspider is a company set up in 2013 by a group of young entrepreneurs, led by Alessandro Cantore, current CEO and main shareholder. Greenspider was born with an international mindset; the intent is to contribute at European and world level to improving mobility and vehicle sharing in our smart cities. The vision was to exploit the new trends of the Sharing Economy, using the Internet of Things technologies, to enable new sustainable mobility services for citizens. The name greenspider recalls the green-economy, the respect for the environment, the best efficiency in the use of resources, the reduction of traffic and emissions. Unlike the ability of greenspider is to aggregate; create networks and communities of ecological vehicle users, light electric vehicles, ecotourism enthusiasts, vehicle sharing, objects, and resources. This is how the mission was born, "connecting people and things" today the company has a development office in Rome, while the Headqarter and the sales office are in Munich. Greenspider is a beneficiary of the SME Instrument Horizon2020 OPEN DISTRUPTIVE INNOVATION Phase 1 and Phase 2, for the SMASH project, Smart Sharing. The company also develops end-to-end solutions for various customers in the fields of mobility, logistics and transport. SMASH, is a smart sharing solution composed by a small-sized device embedding localization, mobile authentication, and cloud connection, that enables Open Source sharing of vehicles and heterogeneous resources. These combined innovative features make SMASH unique and easy to install everywhere. SMASH exchanges authenticated commands and Near Field controls with the user’s smartphone, which becomes the access key for distributed resources, vehicles, charging stations, thus allowing reliable pay-per-use. With a deployment potential of millions of units, SMASH represents a potential revolution in our cities’ mobility.
