European Open Innovation Champions

The WebWire website reported that For the fourth year running, under the European Commission’s Startup Europe Partnership, European startups have nominated the most active corporates in open innovation. 36 European companies have been awarded in total: 12 as Europe’s Corporate Startup Stars – with Enel, SAP and Telefónica securing the top three spots – and 24 as Europe’s Open Innovation Challengers. Mind the Bridge and Nesta have today launched new research about corporate-startup collaboration and the status of open innovation in Europe. Telefónica has been one of the front runners in startup-corporate collaboration. Not surprisingly, they are very active in all the areas of open innovation (from acceleration and procurement to investments and acquisitions). The organizers also gave a special mention to Transport for London for Public Sector Innovation, to recognize the efforts of public entities moving into the open innovation space.

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