Innovation strategy and strategy services
We offer strategy services for corporates and corporate ventures in the ramp-up and scaling phase
For corporates
- Mapping of megatrends (market, technology, competition)
- Define and prioritize innovation areas
- Formulate innovation goals and KPIs
For corporate ventures
- Go-to-market (launch and scaling) strategies
- Team setup, structure and external hiring
- Funding strategies
- Operational processes and setup
- Setup of sales, marketing, finance etc.
Innovation and organizational setup
We help build the right organizational structure to unlock your company’s innovation potential
Architecture
- Clear roles and responsibilities for innovation
- Effective relationship of new vehicles to the mother company
- Structured innovation funnel and process
- Defined criteria and processes for decision-making
- Highly active top management involvement
Empowerment
- Strong innovation community across the organization
- Sufficient resources until scaling of innovation
- Knowledable employees with an entrepreneurial mindset
Measurement
- Transparency across all stages of the funnel
- Holistic measurement of success (output, input, throughput)
- Clear KPIs for core and new innovation activities
Innovation Execution
We build and scale new products, services, and business models to create value for customers and the planet.
Execution vehicles we work on
We support our clients setting up and executing a large variety of innovation execution vehicles.
- Venture building
- Intrapreneurship
- Startup collaboration / Venture clienting
- Corporate venture capital
- Open innovation with other players
Execution phases
We support individual projects along the whole journey from first opportunity recognition to scaling.
- Ideation and customer problem validation
- Exploration and prototyping
- Build to validate / MVP / Proof of Concept
- Build to automate / Launch
- Build to grow / Scaling
Venture Clienting
We run a variety of venture clienting and startup collaboration programs – ranging from scouting to accelerators, incubators, hackathons, innovation days and co-creation programs.
- With access to our extensive and global startup network, we make sure you collaborate with the best-in-class startups
- We scout and match top external players with your business needs
- We facilitate collaborations and take on project management for implementation
Intrapreneurship
We deliver programs that enable your talent to create positive change through entrepreneurship and innovation.
- Training, upskilling and facilitating culture change through mindset formats
- Supporting internal teams to build ideas and products
- Coaching and mentoring internal startups from idea to roll-out
Venture Building & Venture Studio As-a-Service
Validate, create and scale innovative ideas in need for an exploratory, fast and innovative approach of development.
- We provide a proven methodology to take early ideas in a short time towards a validated business model and launch of a new venture.
- While ramping up your team for scaling, our experienced venture builder fill all interim roles necessary to make fast progress.
- Our developed network of external experts for various topics supports with deep know-how (Tech, legal etc.) when needed.