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Corporate Innovation in Silicon Valley – 2020 Report

By |2025-06-10T15:01:46+02:00September 29th, 2020|General, Innovation Outposts, Main publications, Research|

The flow of large corporates1 setting their own innovation outpost in Silicon Valley is in continued acceleration. And so are the models and methodologies used by such units. While is undoubtful that the COVID-19 epidemic has had some effects on the medium term commitment of such outposts (we do have counted a few “retreats” of Innovation Antennas as a result of budget cuts), for the most part data shows that both the number and the size of such units is experiencing a steady growth.

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What is the Secret to Success of the Startup Nation? Global Corporations

By |2020-07-01T16:31:50+02:00July 1st, 2020|Corporates, General, Investors|

The role of global corporations is key for the success of the Israeli ecosystem, according to the new "Corporate Innovation in Israel" Report, launched by Mind the Bridge in occasion of the Digital Scaleup Summit Israel 2020 and Climate Policy Forum (organized by the European Commission - DG for Research and Innovation and the EU Delegation in Israel).

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Evolve or be extinct | Mind the Chat with Honda Innovations

By |2020-06-08T09:26:24+02:00May 27th, 2020|Corporates, General, Mind the Chat, Silicon Valley|

Marco Marinucci meets Dennis Clark, the Managing Director of Honda Innovations, in this last episode of Mind the Chat. The evolution of Honda’s presence in Silicon Valley should be looked at as exemplary for corporations that are considering expanding their footprint in the Bay Area: started as Honda Research Institute, then added a CVC unit and R&D team in 2011, and finally morphed in 2017 into Honda Innovations, a separate ~50 people company running 2 major programs.

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Japanese Corporate Innovation in Silicon Valley – the new Report

By |2020-05-22T09:16:20+02:00May 21st, 2020|Corporates, General, Silicon Valley, Startups|

Launch of the brand-new “Japanese Corporate Innovation in Silicon Valley” Report written by Mind the Bridge with the support of Jetro, during a digital event with the CEO of Mind the Bridge Marco Marinucci and the Executive Director at JETRO San Francisco Noriya Tarutani, both LIVE from San Francisco. Japan is once again the country that has by far the largest presence of corporations in the Bay Area.

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