Mind the Chat with Luís Manuel – EDP
Mind the Bridge caught up with Luís Manuel, Executive Director at EDP Inovação to dig deeper into their open innovation approach. EDP is the main energy company in Portugal and the fourth largest wind energy production company in the world, being present in 19 countries and 4 continents.
MTB’s Must-Watch Scaleup list: Assistive Technology Tools in the Workplace
Assistive Technology (AT), which is used to improve the functional capabilities of people with disabilities, is playing a substantial role in creating a more diverse and inclusive workplace. As part of their advisory activities, Mind the Bridge spots five global startups that are worth following in this space.
Scouting for the best solutions in the Internet of Things: Olivetti IoT Challenge
Industry, Retail, Urban: these are the areas where Olivetti and TIM WCAP are looking for innovative technological solutions to be integrated into the business in an Open Innovation perspective through the “IoT Challenge” open until June 30th, launched with the support of the international advisory firm Mind the Bridge.
From Scaling Managers to Advisors, and back!
MTB has created the "Scaling Managers" concept to provide highly customized programs to each startup. Scaling Managers are people within the acceleration team, who dedicate themselves to follow the advancement of one or more organizations at the same time and have a comprehensive knowledge of the state of things of a participating startup.
Building the cornerstones of the post-oil economy
Launch of the “Tech Scaleup MENA preliminary Report 2021” in Beirut by Mind the Bridge during Closing of the first MENA Tech Scaleup Summit 2021. As of December 2020, the study tracked 448 scaleups across 19 countries, able to attract $6.2B in funding.
Call for 2021 Corporate Startup Stars Awards is now open!
The 2021 edition of the Awards organized by Mind the Bridge in collaboration with the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has been launched today at the Opening of the MENA Digital Scaleup Summit co-hosted by the Dubai Future Foundation and United Nations Economic and Social Commission for West Asia and supported by the Dubai Chamber.
Mind the Chat with Goran Kukic – Nestlé
In this Mind the Chat interview, Mind the Bridge's CEO and founder Marco Marinucci speaks with Goran Kukic, Chief Innovation Technology Officer of Nestlé, the world's largest food company by revenue, with more than 24,000 employees and 90 billion dollars in sales.
Mind the Bridge partners with ICE/ITA to support market entry in California
13 startups has been selected by the Italian Trade Agency (ITA - the Italian government agency responsible for promoting Italian companies abroad) as part of the 2nd edition of Global Startup Program (GSUP) promoted by the Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Mind the Bridge will run the program.
Mind the Chat with Irene Gomez – Wayra Telefónica
Telefónica is among those few companies that innovate innovation. Mind the Bridge Chairman, Alberto Onetti, shared a Mind the Chat with Irene Gomez, Director of Connected Open Innovation for Telefónica and Wayra, to understand the results of this 10-year effort, and the future directions undertaken by the Group, that - not surprisingly - continue to put Telefónica in the forefront of corporate innovation practices.
Mind the Chat with Wouter Stammeijer – KPN
In this Mind the Chat, Alberto Onetti sat down with Wouter Stammeijer, Chief Strategy Officer at KPN. KPN is a major dutch telecom company in the Netherlands. During the conversation, they covered multiple areas of activities that KPN undertakes in the world of startups such as startup acceleration, procurement activities, investments, and the KPIs that KPN tracks.
Mind the Chat with Michael Webber – Engie
In this Mind the Chat, Alberto Onetti sat down with Michael Webber, Chief Science & Technology Officer at Engie, recently awarded among the Top25 2020 global Corporate Startup Star. They went through the overall group approach to innovation, ranging from intrapreneurship (Innovation Trophies) and Scouting (Innovation Ecosystems) to Venture Building (New Business Factory) and Investments (Engie New Ventures CVC fund).
Mind the Chat with Amy Neale – Mastercard
In this Mind the Chat Alberto Onetti sat down with Amy Neale, Senior vice president of Mastercard. We investigated the three pillars Mastercard’s journey to open innovation is based on: Start Path, Customer relation program, and Mastercard lab.
Scaling Manager Program. Mind the Bridge with S² Bridge: Incheon [English &한국어]
The Scaling Manager is a new role risen from the need to accompany startups in their scale-up journey. Mind the Bridge implemented this model with S² Bridge: Incheon, a #startup accelerating platform operated by Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd. in order to run a Global Market Entry Program for 5 highly selected Korean startups. Each of them was assigned a Scaling Manager from Mind the Bridge.
Mind the Chat with Alexa Gorman – SAP, SAP.iO
In this Mind the Chat, we sit down with Alexa Gorman, SVP and head of SAP.iO foundries in EMEA, to cover the multiple areas of activities that SAP undertakes in the world of startups, namely SAP.iO, Sapphire Ventures, SAP’s Intrapreneurship program - SAP.iO Venture Studio, and the University Alliances. We took a deep dive into the structure of the SAP.iO, its Foundries, and the growing number of SAP’s innovation outposts around the world.
Covid Tech, Mobility and Sustainability: our CES 2021 highlights
For obvious reasons, CES, the Consumer Electronics Show that takes place in Las Vegas every year in January, in 2021 turned digital. From Covid Tech to Mobility and Sustainability, we wanted to share with you some of the highlights of this edition.
Eppur si muove: 50 nuove scaleup in Italia nel 2020
I dati del nuovo report “Tech Scaleup Italy 2020”, realizzato da Mind the Bridge in collaborazione con AWS, raccontano di un ecosistema scaleup che continua a svilupparsi e a migliorare nel nostro paese, seppur a ritmo sostenuto e con un ritardo ancora significativo rispetto ai principali ecosistemi del mondo.
Mastercard, Bosch Group, BP are the World Stars in Open Innovation
For the fifth year running, startups have been asked to nominate the most active corporates in open innovation, this time at global level, thanks to the partnership between Mind the Bridge and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). In total, 50 companies from all over the world have been awarded: 25 as Corporate Startup Stars - with Mastercard (first), Bosch Group (second) and BP (third) securing the podium - and 25 companies named Open Innovation Challengers.
Spanish Scaleup Growth won’t be stopped by Covid-19
According to the very last Report issued by Mind the Bridge and Acciona “Tech Scaleup Spain 2020”, Spanish tech scaleup ecosystem shouldn’t be seeing its growth trend reverted by Covid-19. The country should close the year slightly below the 1 billion mark in new funding and with about 40 new scaleups.