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Are We at the End of the Startup M&A Era (and Silicon Valley’s Tech Leadership)?

Global innovation advisory firm Mind the Bridge with the support of Crunchbase released the Report "The End of the Startup M&A Era?" in San Francisco at the opening of the Scaleup Summit Silicon Valley. The Report outlines key data showing a significant decline in startup M&A activity over recent years, raising concerns about its impact on the Venture Capital industry, in Silicon Valley and globally.

By |September 24th, 2024|General|
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Desafia San Francisco programme by ICEX and Red.es receives the WTO International Prize for Gender Equality in Trade

Desafia San Francisco programme, promoted jointly by ICEX and Red.es, with support from the Economic and Commercial Office of Spain in Los Angeles, and managed by Mind the Bridge, has been awarded the International Prize for Gender Equality in Trade from the World Trade Organization (WTO) - Women Entrepreneurs Category.

By |September 10th, 2024|General|
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Embracing Seamless Commerce: Navigating the Third Wave of Digital Disruption

Traditional retail has evolved from Multi-Channel (online and brick-and-mortar) to Omnichannel (enabled by data analytics and AI), and is now entering a third wave of digital disruption. Consumers seamlessly navigate across physical stores, online platforms, apps, and social media, demanding a unified and consistent shopping experience. This was a key focus of our recent UK Retail Innovation Council board meeting in London, co-organized with our partner UK Launchpad.

By |July 8th, 2024|General|
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IPEC and SES Introducing the Public Sector Special Award 2024

The Innovation Procurement Empowerment Centre (IPEC), a project of the Connected Places Catapult focusing on introducing innovative solutions through procurement in the public sector, is advancing open innovation and fresh thinking. To boost this initiative, IPEC has teamed up with the “Startup Ecosystem Stars (SES)” to present a special prize at the 2024 Awards scheduled for December 6th in Paris, co-organised by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the global open innovation platform Mind the Bridge, in collaboration with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the European Commission, and with support from Microsoft.

By |June 3rd, 2024|General|
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Six Startups Leading the Way in Inclusivity and Sustainability

At Mind the Bridge (MTB), we believe in the power of innovation to drive positive change in the world. We are proud partners of the Microsoft Entrepreneurship Positive Impact program, which supports groundbreaking startups that are making significant strides in inclusivity and environmental sustainability. Today, we are proud to showcase six exceptional startups that are making a real difference.

By |May 29th, 2024|General|
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Japan is leading the global innovation hunters’ pack

Beyond being the country with more Corporate Innovation Outposts in Silicon Valley, Japan extends its reach to the East Coast, data from “Japanese Corporate Innovation Outposts in the US East Coast Report 2024”, produced by Mind the Bridge with the support of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) New York, show.

By |March 26th, 2024|General|
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27% of World’s Top Companies to Cut Open Innovation Budgets in 2024

Expect Innovation Budget cuts. A growing number of the world’s Top100 companies are about to reduce their innovation spending in 2024. This is the main evidence of the “Open Innovation Outlook 2024 - Macro-trends for 2024 in Corporate-Startup Engagement” just released by Mind the Bridge.

By |January 12th, 2024|General|
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