We transforms how local governments find and test innovative solutions to challenges that affect residents’ everyday lives.
We bridge the gaps between private innovators and the public sector to fast-track the procurement of technology and innovation solutions that enable municipalities to more effectively and efficiently deliver services and improve quality of life in cities.
Through our signature Public Innovation Challenges, we identify, fund, and support early-to-growth stage companies to pilot, test, and validate their technology in collaboration with the economic engines and local government.
Challenges
Optimizing Water Operations in Miami-Dade County
Miami • Risk & Resilience • 2026
Supercharging Emergency Management Across Miami-Dade
Streamlining Housing Access and Resident Experience
Miami • Risk & Resilience • 2025
Miami • Housing • 2025
A public innovation model that actually works.
67%
faster time to pilot moving from years to months
higher solicitation response rate compared to typical RFP
17x
in projected operational cost savings
$7M+
startups with pilot-ready technologies in company pipeline
670+
Structured collaboration between government and the private sector.
Local governments
Test and evaluate innovative solutions in real-world settings before committing substantial funding. The model works alongside existing procurement rules rather than replacing them.
Startups
Startups and tech-enabled small businesses bring innovative solutions and emerging technology that MDIA-led public innovation challenge help pilot and validate to implement at scale.
Philanthropic partners
Help bring MDIA’s innovative approach model to transforming public service outcomes to more communities.
“With pilot programs and an openness to creative solutions, we are flipping the way government does business by inviting businesses to pilot their innovations with us.”
— Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, Miami-Dade County
Ready to bring a Public Innovation Challenge to your community?
Interested in bringing our public innovation model to your community? Let’s talk.

