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One Ecosystem, Many Pathways
Leading Cities’ initiatives are designed to work together. Some identify and prepare high-potential solutions. Others help communities test projects, strengthen public-sector readiness, connect with capital, or build the partnerships needed to scale. Together, they create a more practical pathway from innovation to implementation.
The Leading Cities Innovation Pathway
Leading Cities uses a structured pathway to help promising solutions move from discovery to real-world implementation. Each initiative plays a distinct role in reducing risk, building readiness, and accelerating impact.
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Find Your Right Pathway
Leading Cities offers different pathways for different roles in the ecosystem. Whether you are bringing solutions, shaping community priorities, exploring investment opportunities, or building partnerships, these initiatives are designed to help you move forward with greater clarity and impact.
Build readiness, gain traction, and access pathways to deployment.
Best Fits:
Key Initiatives
LaunchPad 11:
Ecosystem Development
LaunchPad 11 is Leading Cities’ year-round membership ecosystem for innovators, local governments, investors, partners, and experts working to shape resilient, sustainable, and smart communities. It creates structured pathways for members to build relationships, access opportunities, and stay connected to the work happening across the broader Leading Cities network.
AcceliCITY:
Innovation Accelerator
AcceliCITY is Leading Cities’ global accelerator for high-impact climate and urban solutions. It helps innovators strengthen business models, public-sector readiness, and deployment strategy, while giving communities and partners access to solutions already screened for feasibility and impact.
LC Academy:
Public Project Readiness
Leading Cities Academy is a professional certification program designed to help innovators work more successfully in public-sector markets. Through practical coursework on procurement, partnerships, and sustainability, participants build the readiness and credibility needed to engage governments more effectively and support stronger project outcomes.
AcceliGOV:
Project Deployment
AcceliGOV connects communities with vetted solution providers through structured, no-cost, low-risk projects. It gives communities a practical way to evaluate promising solutions in real-world conditions before making larger commitments, while helping innovators generate evidence, strengthen credibility, and move toward implementation.
C.I.V.I.C:
Investor Matchmaking
C.I.V.I.C. connects investors with vetted, deployment-ready urban solutions aligned with real community demand. By creating visibility into companies already working with cities or positioned for public-sector adoption, it helps align capital with practical use cases and stronger pathways to scale.
Leading Cities Advisory:
Strategy for Scalable Action
LC Advisory helps communities identify, define, and prioritize the challenges that matter most. It gives local leaders a clearer understanding of community needs, reveals overlooked gaps, and supports stronger strategies that can move from early planning to scalable action.