Blue Minds Company and Initiate! are collaborating to introduce an exclusive match-making program for corporates and startups. Accelerate 2 Initiate! will be part of the Initiate! startup programme during Europe’s leading smart utility event, European Utility Week (EUW)
The Blue Minds Company and Initiate! have developed a brand new format coupling corporates with startups in a match-making programme. This programme will help stimulate innovation, new thinking and ideas bringing about a faster transition within the energy space. “By introducing Accelerate 2 Initiate! we are aiming to bring the matching-process between corporates and startups to a new level, generating high market-readiness as well as profit making outputs.” underlines Lorena Skiljan, Partner at the Blue Minds Company.
The programme will attract smart energy corporates and innovative startups. Participating corporates will be professionally curated during the program and the startups will be specially scouted according to the needs of the corporates. “Early identification of specific developments of the industry as well as high expertise in the process of the digital transformation are very important parts of this match-making program. For these reasons, we are excited to have Blue Minds as partner of Initiate!. Blue Minds are established experts in the field of energy transition and innovation.” states Sietske Jacobs, Initiate! program manager.
During the year, the startup will work on a specific business case for their corporate partner, which will be presented by the startup during the Initiate! event happening at European Utility Week, 6-8 November 2018, Vienna, Austria.
Each corporate connected to the programme and an allocated Initiate! jury, will be able to select one startup to be awarded a pilot project in cooperation with the corporate. “We are expecting an exciting output in form of lighthouse projects, products as well as cooperation’s between participants.” State the both responsible, Sietske Jacobs and Lorena Skiljan. “The registration for the program is open [Link to reg.].”
Initiate! is dedicated entirely to bringing about change and encouraging growth within the utility industry through innovation, passion, inclusion and diversification. As a feature of European Utility Week, Initiate! is where bright minds of the future gather to discuss, share and pilot ideas and innovations with the more established professionals from the industry.
EUW is an exhibition and conference attracting over 12,000 top-level energy professionals from all over the world. “The top know-how in regard to energy innovation is gathering in Vienna for couple of days”, states Lorena Skiljan, “this partnership within the EUW will be a fixed part for our future innovation motor.”
The Blue Minds Company is the go-to company for business model innovation for the energy industry. With enterprising, incubating & consulting, we work for and with companies to tackle the challenges of the 21st century from Vienna and Tel Aviv. DRIVING THE ENERGY TRANSITION is thereby the slogan of TBMC.
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