pathfinder

First timers

Companies that do not have Open Innovation programs or previous experience

Experienced Companies

Companies that already have open innovation programs and want an additional mechanism for scouting startups

1. Open Innovation Challenge Portfolio

Build the challenge portfolio of their organization.

2. Prioritization and refinement of challenges

Define, dimension and refine prioritized challenges

3. Program Co-Design

Define Open Innovation mechanism and
Program terms & conditions

4. Open Call & Startup Scouting

Program promotion and scouting strategies

5. Assessing & Fit with Startups and Scaleups

Startup assessing and selection criteria

6. PoVs & Pilots

Prepare enterprise team to collaborate with startups and execute a pilot

Team

at least one person from the company team who will be responsible for the program execution (it could be a team).

Budget for pilots

commit a budget for pilots (around 30k USD per pilot) with B2B Tech Startups selected in the process.

Support for selected startups

provide support in the definition and execution of PoVs or pilots.

What is the price of Pathfinder?

It’s included in the Enterprise membership.

Can Enterprise members join the program at any time?

They can only join if there is an open call. We expect to hold at least one call for applications per year.

How much time should the team dedicate to the program?

From step “1. Open Innovation Challenge Portfolio” to step “5. Assessing & Fit with startups/scaleups” the participant teams need to spend around 12 hours per week in average.

After that, depends on each pilot.

Who can participate?