In a rapidly changing world, those who don't innovate will be left behind. We continuously monitor the global innovation efforts of entrepreneurs and corporations, enabling us to bring the best practices to startups and build ecosystems. We provide innovation consulting services for startups to help them grow and expand, for universities to connect research with business and support research commercialization and development, for corporations to infuse innovation into their organizations, and for governments to build national and global innovation communities and ecosystems.
Our services encompass:
CORPORATE INNOVATION
Large companies and organizations sometimes lag in adapting to new market trends. We assist organizations in infusing innovation into their core business and maintaining a competitive edge against startups, or even partnering with them. We support both public and private clients in organizing creative thinking sessions, building prototypes and testing client ideas and needs, establishing innovation centers and ecosystems on a national and international scale, creating and participating in startup communities, and establishing self-sustaining risk capital agencies.
Services for corporations:
Detailed analysis of technological, business, investment trends, and other trends
Assessment of innovation capabilities
Development of innovation resolutions
Creating innovation alerts to identify current and future trends
Supporting creativity, ideation, and development
Building a culture of innovative enterprise, processes, and project development
Developing informal, innovative startup community environments
Creating dedicated risk capital agencies and full engagement in the startup ecosystem, scouting, selecting, and managing startups that align with corporate needs
Identifying digitization opportunities
Crafting a digital transformation journey
Conducting workshops and innovation contests
Finding startups compatible with the business model
CONSULTING FOR STARTUPS AND RESEARCH COMMERCIALIZATION
Expanding to new markets, relocating, securing funding, and shaping business direction require practical understanding of business environments and market conditions. We offer various consulting services for startups, including business model development, investment attraction strategies, new market expansion strategies, pricing strategies, financial models, business plans, and other services.
Services to support startups and research commercialization include establishing technology transfer offices at universities, organizing training programs for technology transfer and business development researchers, and arranging events for researchers and business encounters.
Services for startups and research commercialization:
Business development and guidance
Preparation for early-stage fundraising and investor relations
Support for rapid growth: operational management
Securing public funding for research and development
Attracting government support for innovative idea commercialization
Participating in international showcasing and introductions
Enhancing fundraising readiness
Business plan development
Creating investor presentation decks
Developing and validating business models
Formulating commercialization strategies
Market research and identifying target markets and segments
DEVELOPING STARTUP ECOSYSTEMS
Developing support services for startup groups through acceleration and growth programs. Investment, development, and international connections of startup support ecosystem stakeholders, such as technology parks, venture capital networks, science parks, and business support agencies. We also aid companies and public and private organizations in building innovation ecosystems at national and international scales.
Ecosystem development services focus on:
Creating and deploying startup development programs
Inspiration and team formation: lectures, innovation contests
Acceleration phase: working with young teams
Growth phase: team development
Designing, strategizing, and deploying digital startup ecosystems
Supporting the risk capital community
Creating and managing mentor networks
Supporting the creation and development of innovation (digital) centers and research and development centers
International support services for centers, risk capital networks, and other innovation support providers
INNOVATION POLICY RESEARCH
Successful innovation ecosystems have thrived due to strong government engagement and leadership (such as in Silicon Valley, Israel, China, etc.), where governments have assumed risk, developed policies, and invested in fundamental knowledge, research, technology, and companies.
We provide strategic and policy analysis of innovation policies at regional, national, and large-scale levels. Innovation policy research compares different countries and their innovation systems (participants, policies, and strategies), interactions between policies and other policy makers (related ministries and centers within a nation), and develops intelligent specialization strategies and policy-related initiatives for implementing such processes.
Strategic and policy development services include:
Comparing innovation policies at the national level
Developing digitization roadmaps for countries
Developing strategies to connect digital innovation centers at regional and national levels
Evaluating policy combinations, including national strategies, plans, and policy tools in the startup, innovation, and digitization domains.
Our Approach
A typical consulting project in this domain begins with assessing the innovation potential of a company and in-depth discussions and information exchange with innovation experts, where they evaluate the state of a startup or organization and identify its needs. Then, an innovation expert team designs a solution and outlines strategic innovation priorities to address client needs.
The final stage of the project involves implementing the action plan along with the client team, monitoring progress, controlling intermediate results, and assisting the client in making decisions.