INNOVATION

In a rapidly changing world, those who fail to innovate will be left behind. We have an eye on what entrepreneurs and innovative corporations are doing globally, which helps us bring best practices to startups and shape ecosystems. CIVITTA is providing innovation services for start-ups, helping them grow and scale; universities, connecting research with business and helping to commercialize R&D; corporates, bringing innovation into big organizations; and governments, helping them build innovation communities and ecosystems nationally and globally.

Our innovation services cover:

Corporate innovation

Start-up consulting and R&D commercialization

Start-up ecosystem development

Innovation policy studies

Corporate innovation

Large companies and organizations are sometimes slow to adapt to new market trends. We help organizations to bring innovative change to their core business and keep the competitive edge ahead of or with start-ups. We support public and private clients to run brainstorming workshops, build prototypes and test ideas and customer appetite, build innovation hubs and ecosystems of national and international scale, build and enrol start-up communities, and create own venture capital arms.

Services for corporations:

In-depth analysis of tech, business, VC and other investment trends
Assessment of innovation capabilities
Development of innovation agenda
Creation of innovation radar for identification of current and future trends
Facilitation of entrepreneurship, new ideas generation and growth
Creation of entrepreneurship culture, process and developing spin-offs
Development of non-formal, creative environment of a start-up community for own employees
Creation of own Venture Capital arm and full-immersion into the start-up ecosystem, scouting, selection and management of start-ups that suit the corporation’s needs
Identifying digital opportunities
Creating digital transformation journey
Organization of innovation workshops and hackathons
Scouting for relevant start-ups with a compatible business model

Start-up consulting and R&D commercialization

Scaling to the new markets, relocating headquarters, raising capital, getting clarity on business directions requires practical know-how of the business environment and market conditions. We provide various consulting services to start-ups, such as business model development, investment attraction strategy, expansion to new markets strategy, pricing strategy, financial model, business plan and other services.

Start-up support and R&D commercialization services include the development of technology transfer offices at universities, conducting training for researchers on technology transfer, business development, organizing matchmaking events between researchers and business.

Services for start-ups and R&D commercialization:

Business development and coaching
Preparation for early-stage capital raising and investor relations
Fast-growth support: operations management
The attraction of public grants for research and development
The attraction of federal subsidies for commercialisation of innovative ideas
International roadshows and demo days
Increasing investment readiness
Development of the business plan
Development of investor pitch
Development and validation of the business model
Development of commercialisation strategy
Market research and identification of right target markets and market segments

Start-up ecosystem development

Developing support services for groups of start-ups through pre-acceleration and acceleration growth programs. Investment, development and international networking of start-up support eco-systems players such as technology parks, business angel networks, science parks and business support agencies. We also help public and private companies and organizations build innovation ecosystems of national and international scale.

Services focused on start-up ecosystems:

Start-up development program creation and implementation
Inspiration and team formation: lectures, hackathons
Pre-acceleration: working with young teams
Acceleration: growing teams
Start-up ecosystem design, strategy and implementation
Business angels community support
Mentor network creation and management
Supporting the creation and growth of (digital) innovation hubs and R&D centres
Internationalisation support services for hubs, business angel networks and other innovation support providers

Innovation policy studies

All successful innovative ecosystems have emerged due to heavy and leading public involvement (Silicon Valley, Israel, China, etc.), where the government took risks, saw the agenda, and made long-term investments into basic knowledge, research, technology and companies.

CIVITTA provides analysis of innovation strategies and policies at regional, country and macro-regional levels. Innovation policy studies compare different countries and their innovation systems (actors, policies, and strategy), the interplay between different policies and policy actors (relevant ministries in the country) and the development of smart specialization strategies and related policy initiatives for the implementation of such procedures.

Strategies and policies development services:

Benchmarking innovation policies at country level
Developing of digitalisation roadmaps for countries
Developing regional and national strategies for digital innovation hubs networking
Assessment of policy-mix, including national strategy, plans and policy instruments in the field of start-up, innovation and digitalisation.

Corporate innovation

Start-up consulting and R&D commercialization

Start-up ecosystem development

Innovation policy studies

Our innovation services cover:

How we do it

A typical consulting project in this area starts with an assessment of innovation capabilities of a company and an in-depth conversation and information exchange with an innovation expert during which he assesses the state of a start-up or an organization and identifies its needs. After that, a team of innovation experts designs a solution and identifies the strategic innovation priorities formulated to satisfy client's needs.

The final stage of a project is the implementation of the action plan together with the client team, monitoring the progress, controlling the intermediate results and assisting the client in the decision-making.

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