I’ve been studying innovation hubs — organizations that help groups of startups and other emerging innovators develop and implement their ideas — focused on climate tech and other related deep tech fields. These hubs are playing an increasingly critical role in deep tech innovation, but I’ve found that corporate innovators and innovation hubs often don’t work together very systematically — or see good results when they do. This is a critical gap for deep tech in particular, because startups often need corporate partners to bring their technologies to market, and corporations need startup innovations to navigate the major industry transitions they’re facing in energy, circularity, and materials.
To understand how to maximize impact of these essential partnerships, I’ve conducted 56 interviews with leaders from innovation hubs, corporate innovation teams, and startups. I’m sharing my learnings in this report to help leaders across the innovation community engage more effectively and delivering on their climate and other innovation goals. The white paper below sums up my findings and recommendations in 7 pages (plus executive summary) and is free to download. Please email me if you’re interested in the full 20-page version with more granularity and detail — or I’m glad to hear any question or feedback you have.
