Interview with Florian Windeler, Curious Mobility
“The future of mobility will not be won by infrastructure alone”
Before co-founding Curious Mobility, Windeler spent six years at MHP.
Curious Mobility GmbH
Corporate mobility is shifting from company cars towards integrated mobility ecosystems. Florian Windeler, CEO and Co-Founder of Curious Mobility, explains how platforms and data are reshaping employee mobility.
Rising cost pressure, sustainability targets and changing
employee expectations are forcing companies to rethink how mobility is
organised. Instead of managing isolated fleet structures, many corporates are
now moving towards integrated mobility ecosystems that combine flexibility, transparency and digital services.
Florian Windeler, CEO and Co-Founder of Curious Mobility,
addressed these developments during the Startup Session 3x5 at this year’s Corporate Mobility Conference in Munich. In
this interview, he explains why data-driven platforms, interoperability and
user-centric services are becoming central to the future of corporate mobility.
Corporate mobility is evolving from traditional fleet
management into a much broader mobility concept. Where do you currently see the
greatest need for companies to take action?
Corporate mobility is currently undergoing a fundamental
shift from managing company cars towards managing holistic employee mobility.
The greatest need for action lies in reducing complexity and creating
transparency. Companies are facing rising cost pressure, sustainability targets
and changing employee expectations at the same time. However, mobility
offerings are often still fragmented across different providers, apps and
reimbursement systems. The key challenge is therefore to create integrated mobility ecosystems that combine
efficiency, flexibility and user-centricity while remaining economically
scalable for employers.
You have been working on transformation processes in the
mobility sector for many years. What role do smart platforms and data-driven
services now play when companies want to organise mobility for their employees
more efficiently and in a more user-centric way?
Smart platforms and data-driven services are becoming the
operating system of modern corporate mobility. They enable companies to move
from static fleet structures to dynamic mobility management. By aggregating
mobility providers, usage data, charging infrastructure and payment processes
into one platform, companies can offer employees seamless access to mobility
while simultaneously gaining transparency over costs, utilisation and CO₂
impact. The real value of data lies in enabling better decisions: optimising
mobility budgets, improving user experience and designing more sustainable
mobility strategies based on actual behaviour rather than assumptions.
At CMxC, you presented Curious Mobility in the Startup
Session 3x5. What was the one key message you wanted to leave with the audience
in those five minutes, and why was CMxC the right event for this conversation?
The key message we wanted to leave with the audience was
this: the future of mobility will not be won by infrastructure alone, but by
simplifying access and creating real user value. Markets only become truly
competitive once transparency, interoperability and platform-based services
reduce friction for users. Curious Mobility focuses exactly on this transition:
from fragmented mobility systems towards connected, customer-centric
ecosystems. CMxC was the right place for this discussion because it brought together
corporates, mobility providers, start-ups and innovators who are all actively
shaping the next phase of mobility transformation.
