Open Innovation

Strategy

Achieving success in open innovation requires a clear, well-defined strategy:

• We analyse global and sector-specific startups that impact your business and identify potential future opportunities and threats for you.

• We keep you informed about the startup collaborations of your local and international competitors.

• Together with you, we determine the key focus areas that should guide your open innovation efforts in the short, medium and long term.

• We walk you through the different tools and mechanisms available in open innovation so you can choose the ones that best fit your organisation.

Startup Accelerator Program

By acting as a bridge between your company and the game-changing startups of the tech world, we design, implement and measure the most suitable, end-to-end venture clienting methodology for your needs. Within our Venture Clienting Service, we help you access global startup technologies and boost your innovation capacity through:

• Technology Scouting & Partnership Management

• Startup Challenge Programmes

• Startup Acceleration Programmes

We produce solutions to access global startup technologies and enrich your innovation capacity.

CVC as a Service

CVC as a Service is a consulting model designed to run the entire startup investment process end-to-end on behalf of your corporate organisation. In line with your company’s strategic objectives, we establish and manage a corporate venture capital (CVC) structure that enables collaboration with local and global startups, technology transfer, co-development and investment activities. Within this CVC setup, we handle the following on your behalf:

• Definition of the fund structure (CVC company or venture capital investment fund)

• Fund strategy and investment thesis

• Fund establishment and governance

• End-to-end deal flow management

• Portfolio management activities

Innovation Portfolio Management

We also stand by you when it comes to managing the innovation portfolio that emerges from initiatives such as intrapreneurship and venture clienting inside your organisation. With our innovation portfolio management approach, we:

• Prioritise your innovation projects and startup investments by considering not only financial returns, but all strategic dimensions that matter to you.

• Help you report on innovation projects much more effectively and practically across every platform or category in which you operate.

• Work with you to identify development areas within your portfolio.

• Define new focus areas aligned with your corporate and innovation strategies, and support you in launching new innovation projects and collaborations in a more targeted way.

• Help you “maintain” your portfolio by identifying the projects and ventures that should be terminated or exited.