Corporate Innovation Formats

From idea to impact: How to prepare your innovation for the market.

Whether Innovation-as-a-Service (IaaS), Corporate Venture Building, Accelerator, Incubator, or Innovation Lab – we have only one goal: the successful development of market-ready products, services, and business models. We work with you to assess the maturity of your idea and select the right corporate innovation format for its implementation. We accompany you from concept to launch and ensure step by step that innovation becomes a reality. Together, we turn visions into measurable success.

Which innovation format fits your idea?

Whether it’s an initial idea or a finished prototype – we support you from development to market launch. Depending on the degree of maturity, objectives, and internal setup, we work with you to select the right innovation format. We support you to the exact extent that you need:

Find the right corporate innovation format for you

Innovation Lab

Innovation Labs are located within a company and focus on the research and development of new business models, products, services, and patents. They offer a structured space for creativity and collaboration in which teams of experts develop innovative solutions.

The creative space for new business models

Three key benefits of innovation labs:

Fostering creativity and agility: by providing a dedicated space, employees can develop and test innovative ideas outside of day-to-day business.
Rapid implementation of ideas: innovation labs make it possible to quickly turn concepts into prototypes and evaluate their marketability.
Interdisciplinary collaboration: teams from different departments work together on solutions, resulting in diverse perspectives and creative approaches.

As a leading innovation consultancy, HYVE supports companies in the design, implementation, and support of innovation labs. By working with us, you can ensure that your innovation labs are designed effectively and deliver sustainable results. The combination of methodological expertise and practical experience makes HYVE an ideal partner for successful innovation projects.

Incubation & Company Building

Incubation / Company Building combines a company’s internal resources with external expertise in order to develop innovative business models, products, services, or patents. HYVE provides support with its own consultants as well as access to industry-specific experts and networks.

Implementing innovative business models in a targeted manner.

Three key advantages of this format:

Accelerated time to market: by integrating internal and external resources, ideas can be implemented more efficiently and brought to market more quickly. Collaboration with experts makes it possible to shorten development cycles and drive innovation projects forward quickly.
Access to diverse know-how: The combination of HYVE consultants and industry-specific experts promotes the exchange of knowledge and experience. This leads to creative solutions and increases the quality of the products and services developed.
Risk minimization through proven methods: HYVE uses proven innovation methods and strategies that are implemented in collaboration with external experts. This reduces potential risks in the development of new products and services and increases the chances of success in the market.

Through incubation and company building with HYVE, companies benefit from a dynamic innovation culture that combines internal strengths with external expertise to achieve sustainable competitive advantages.

Accelerator

Accelerator programs are designed to accelerate the growth of existing business models. HYVE supports companies in setting up such programs as well as through mentoring and networking.

Accelerate growth in a focused manner.

The three most important advantages of this format are:

Accelerated growth through targeted provision of resources: Accelerators offer start-ups and established companies access to essential resources such as financing, infrastructure, and expert knowledge. This targeted support makes it possible to shorten development cycles and bring new business models to market more quickly.
Mentoring and access to expert networks: A central component of accelerator programs is mentoring by experienced experts. These mentors share their knowledge, offer strategic advice, and help to avoid typical stumbling blocks. In addition, participants benefit from HYVE’s extensive network, which includes valuable contacts with industry experts, potential customers, and investors. This network can be crucial for the market success and scaling of the business model.
Promoting innovation and competitiveness: By participating in an accelerator program, companies are encouraged to pursue innovative approaches and continuously question their business models. This leads to increased adaptability and strengthens competitiveness in the market.

Overall, accelerator programs in collaboration with HYVE provide a structured platform to effectively foster the growth of existing business models, supported by targeted resources, mentoring, and a strong network.

Corporate Venturing

Corporate venture building is a strategic approach in which companies establish independent subsidiaries to develop innovative products and services outside their established structures. HYVE provides support through the design of corporate venture studios and the establishment of corporate ventures.

Develop innovation outside the core business.

The three main advantages of this format are:

Fast time to market through operational capabilities: With access to in-house resources such as sales, production, and supply chain management, corporate ventures can operate more efficiently and bring products to market faster.
Leveraging expertise and know-how: Corporate ventures benefit from the parent company’s expertise in areas such as market analysis, risk assessment, and cyber security, which facilitates the development of innovative solutions.
Economies of scale through existing infrastructure: Leveraging existing technologies, IT infrastructure, and data from the parent company enables corporate ventures to reduce costs and scale faster.

HYVE offers comprehensive corporate venture-building support by helping companies identify new business ideas, develop venture strategies, and guide the entire process from conceptualization to market launch.

Innovation-as-a-service (IaaS)

With Innovation-as-a-Service, external innovation services are used for product development. HYVE offers customer-oriented end-to-end solutions from a single source that cover the entire innovation process and are individually tailored to the specific needs of each company.

External innovation power on demand.

Three main advantages of this format are:

Access to specialized expertise:
Companies benefit from external experts and methods that are often not available internally. This results in innovative solutions with greater market relevance.
Faster implementation of innovations:
IaaS enables companies to test ideas in an agile manner and quickly turn them into marketable products or services without using internal structures.
Cost efficiency:
Instead of making high investments in internal innovation capacities, companies can flexibly access external resources and drive innovation forward more efficiently.

Our tried-and-tested innovation model helps you to actively exploit market changes and develop new business opportunities in a targeted manner.

Validate the idea – start the innovation

Our customers create innovation successes.

More than 200 companies worldwide rely on HYVE when it comes to strengthening their innovative power – from SMEs to international market leaders. Our holistic approach to innovation strategy, implementation, and empowerment is used across all industries and has an impact at all levels: from project teams and innovation departments to senior management. Together, we support organizations in tapping new potential, securing competitive advantages and actively shaping their future.