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Insights, inspiration and practical tips to help you at every stage of the corporate innovation journey.

Open innovation
Open innovation

Unpacking the Relationship Between Open Innovation and Corporate Accelerators

Find out more about the relationship between open innovation and corporate accelerators, how they work in practice and how you can leverage them in your own corporate strategy.

Why Top Companies are Betting Big on Corporate Venturing

Find out how corporate venturing can help you tackle sustainability, overcome uncertainty and build the resilience you need to thrive in today’s markets.

How to attract startups
How to attract startups

How to Attract and Engage Cutting-Edge Startups that Align with Your Corporate Vision

Find out how you can spot, attract and engage with startup partners that align with your growth goals, culture, values and corporate vision.

5 Real-World Examples of Successful Corporate Startup Sourcing

Find out how companies like Microsoft, Mastercard, Spotify, Walmart and Uber are successfully sourcing and partnering with cutting-edge startups to fuel growth.

Generative AI in Corporate Innovation: The Pros, Cons, and Untapped Potential

Discover how generative AI impacts the corporate venture process from idea to concept, its trustworthiness and limitations, illustrated in a 4-day innovation sprint case study.

Catarina Santos
Catarina Santos

Interview: Catarina Santos, Corporate Innovation Expert in Pharma

Get insights from an industry innovator on balancing in-house and external venturing activities and a forecast of corporate entrepreneurship in the next 10 years.

Unilever Foundry
Unilever Foundry

The Unilever Foundry: Driving Growth and Sustainability Through Cutting-Edge Partnerships

Discover the Pitch-Pilot-Partner approach enabling Unilever to tap into the external startup ecosystem to fuel innovation and sustainability.

BoortmaltX: Unlocking the future of malt through strategic partnerships

Discover how BoortmaltX is reimaging the malt industry through strategic partnerships and new value spaces that go beyond just beverages.

A list of summer reads by some of the brightest minds in business, covering everything form navigating uncertainty, to capitalising on the AI boom to beating startups at the innovation game and much more.
A list of summer reads by some of the brightest minds in business, covering everything form navigating uncertainty, to capitalising on the AI boom to beating startups at the innovation game and much more.

12 Books Every Corporate Innovator Should Read in 2023

A list of summer reads by some of the brightest minds in business, covering everything form navigating uncertainty, to capitalising on the AI boom to beating startups at the innovation game and much more.

Find out how to choose the right governance, funding, and legal setup for your corporate venture - ensuring its long-term success.
Find out how to choose the right governance, funding, and legal setup for your corporate venture - ensuring its long-term success.

How to Choose the Right Governance, Funding, and Legal Setup for a Successful Corporate Venture

Set your venture up for long-term success with expert insights based on years of experience building, accelerating and investing in corporate ventures.

Find out how Target is connecting with younger customers and filling an untapped market gap with its first electronics brand, built in-house from scratch.
Find out how Target is connecting with younger customers and filling an untapped market gap with its first electronics brand, built in-house from scratch.

Target’s HeyDay: Targeting Millennials and Gen Z with Fashion-forward Electronics Accessories

Find out how Target is connecting with younger customers and filling an untapped market gap with its first electronics brand, built in-house from scratch.

Wondering how to start your accelerator, already mid-way through the process, or simply looking to enhance your set-up? This article is sure to help you.
Wondering how to start your accelerator, already mid-way through the process, or simply looking to enhance your set-up? This article is sure to help you.

10 Key Steps to Making Your Corporate Accelerator a Success

Wondering how to start your accelerator, already mid-way through the process, or simply looking to enhance your set-up? This article is sure to help you.