Berlin – In a year dominated by digital transformation and tightening margins across the automotive trade, Instavalo has emerged as one of the brightest innovators in Europe’s dealer-tech landscape.
The company captured the 2025 “What’s hot? Award” in the Start-up category, a flagship prize issued by mobile.de during its annual mo:re conference — widely regarded as one of the most important stages for showcasing tomorrow’s automotive technologies.
A Closer Look: What are the mobile.de Awards?
The “What’s hot? Award” showcases the most forward-thinking tools shaping the future of automotive retail. The competition is split into two categories — Start-ups and Scale-ups — and shines a light on digital products that deliver real, measurable value to dealerships.
Each year, a jury of industry experts curates a shortlist of outstanding software solutions. The final vote is then placed directly in the hands of hundreds of car dealers, the professionals who use these tools every day.
The award’s purpose is simple but powerful:
Help dealers cut through the noise of an overcrowded software market and identify the innovations that will actually move their business forward.
Why Instavalo Won
Instavalo secured its category win with InstaScan, its AI-powered vehicle scanner that automates damage detection and condition reporting. The system combines underbody scanning, wheel and tyre diagnostics, exterior imaging, and machine-learning-driven assessment to provide near-instant, objective evaluations of any vehicle.
What Makes InstaScan a Standout Innovation?
1. Automation that removes manual bottlenecks
Dealerships typically waste enormous amounts of staff time on walk-arounds, subjective assessments, and inconsistent condition reports. InstaScan compresses that process into minutes, with high-precision output.
2. Objective, consistent reporting
Whether inspecting trade-ins, lease returns, auction arrivals, or stock already on the lot, Instavalo’s system eliminates human variability — a pain point that leads to disputes, valuation errors, and lost margin.
3. New revenue opportunities
Because InstaScan highlights repair candidates, tyre wear, minor damage, and reconditioning needs, many dealers are using it to increase service uptake, streamline appraisal-to-sale workflows, and speed vehicle turnover.
4. Customer-facing transparency
InstaScan gives dealers a tool to build trust: objective scans and digital reports reduce negotiation friction and reassure buyers that the dealership is committed to accuracy and fairness.
For many in the industry, this combination of automation and transparency is exactly what modern dealerships need to stay competitive.
Inside the Awards Process
This year’s awards saw six finalists across the Start-up and Scale-up categories. A jury of digital experts, automotive analysts, and dealer representatives evaluated dozens of technology submissions. Those that made the shortlist went head-to-head on stage at Berlin’s mo:re conference, pitching their solutions to an audience of over 800 dealers and industry leaders.
After live presentations, the audience voted in real time — making the “What’s hot? Award” one of the few industry awards where dealers themselves choose the winners.
Instavalo’s win was decisive, driven by strong dealer interest in automated inspection, margin protection, and time-saving technology.
What this means for the Automotive Industry
Instavalo’s recognition signals a clear message about where the market is heading:
Dealers want automation.
Dealers want accuracy.
And dealers want tools that directly protect profitability.
InstaScan answers all three.
With used-vehicle competition intensifying, EV inspections becoming more complex, and reconditioning demands rising, technologies like InstaScan will likely become standard equipment in modern dealerships — just as digital appraisal tools did a decade ago.
For dealers and remarketing operators planning their next strategic investment, Instavalo’s recognition puts InstaScan firmly on the map as a technology they should be prioritising today.
With its AI-powered automation delivering faster, more accurate vehicle inspections, objective condition reports, and new revenue opportunities, InstaScan offers immediate operational benefits and long-term ROI.
