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Open innovation ecosystem in the heart of Europe
Our goal is to build a platform of 300+ partners by 2035. Our objective is to attract high-calibre talent, innovative concepts and projects with global impact.
We build on the principles that ensure long-term innovation is both sustainable and successful.
Openness
sharing experiences and faster access to information.
Cooperation
building trust between companies, academia and institutions
Continuity
innovation as an integral part of corporate strategy
Verification
Practical verification and emphasis on market impact for relevance.
Innovation Support Line
Turning ideas into market impact
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Need fresh impulses? Too many ideas but no clear path?
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Discovery
New ideas and customer
needs
Validation
testing and validation in real-world environments
Scaling
scaling and expansion supported by partners
Market
translating innovation into measurable impact
Our Innovation Pulse
Rael ownership – Innovation Governance
𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 often looks solid on paper. → Clear structures. → Regular updates. → Visible support from senior leadership. And yet ownership is still missing. ≠ Not because nobody cares. = But because responsibility is spread so evenly that 𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐲...
Innovation initiatives rarely fail. They die quietly.
Organisations don’t lose innovation because they reject it. They lose it 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 between: 🛸 departments 🛸 budgets 🛸 mandates 🛸 and risk ownership This is where promising initiatives quietly slow down, get parked, or wait for “the right moment”. Not...
The 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 is not a fresh start. It’s a 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞.
Most January resolutions fade within weeks. Not because of a lack of willpower. But because they rely on intention not on structure. 🎆 Resolutions depend on motivation. 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧. Many organisations enter the new year with 🔸 a new strategy, 🔸 new...
To know when to say NO is a sign of maturity
🎄 At Christmas, learning 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐍𝐎 is a 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 for your time, your energy, and your relationships. 🚀 In innovation, it’s a 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 even if it looks exciting on the surface. Research and real-world experience...
🚀🤝 🏢 Startup–corporate collaboration
🚀🤝 🏢 Startup–corporate collaboration: still treated as an experiment. But the real problem isn’t speed. 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧. What actually works when companies stop “piloting innovation” and start operationalising it. The World Economic Forum (WEF) makes one point painfully...
Shared Problems outperform Shared Spaces
🔍 Why innovation needs 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐬, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬? Innovation spaces are multiplying: labs, hubs, campuses, corporate incubators. They promise collaboration and creativity, but proximity alone rarely creates real innovation momentum. What we consistently...
The Hybrid Advantage
𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 builds depth. ↔️ 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 builds acceleration. Innovation needs both & the strongest ecosystems 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗲 them. Founders grow through two complementary modes: focused, individual mastery & collective, peer-driven learning. 𝗡𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗻...
TESTBED – Second-Chance Machine
💡Innovators don’t struggle with a lack of ideas. They struggle with environments where early mistakes become expensive far too quickly. When every misstep hurts, organisations optimise for certainty instead of exploration 🟰 exactly what slows innovation across...
💡 Failure, culture, and the 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲
When it comes to innovation, failure isn’t just personal — 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥. What we learn (or don’t learn) from failure depends less on individuals and more 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐰𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧. Research from 𝐶𝑎𝑚𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑑𝑔𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑠 shows that the 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐦𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐞 and...
Fail. Learn. Adapt. Repeat. The real life cycle of a founder.
What separates a 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 from a 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫? Sometimes, nothing more than the ability to try again ➡️ and learn. Research from 𝐻𝑎𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝐵𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 shows that 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝟕𝟖% 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭-𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥. But that’s not the 𝐞𝐧𝐝 of the story. It’s how most...