CVC at the service of open innovation: a strategy to build the future of large groups

At RaiseLab, we have a strong conviction: collaboration between large groups and startups is an essential lever for stimulating innovation. Opening up to external partners allows organizations to access new perspectives and move faster in their transformation goals.

One of the strategic axes for this collaboration is Corporate Venture Capital (CVC). For several years, RaiseLab has supported CVC funds in their daily activities, thus strengthening the integration of external innovation at the heart of business growth strategies. Indeed, the CVC approach is increasingly combined with open innovation, a trend that can be found in many large groups, such as Michelin Ventures and ADP Group, where the functions of CVC and open innovation come together under the same direction.

Structured support to maximize the impact of CVC

Our support for businesses is based on four key steps to transform HVAC strategies into sustainable successes:

1. Strategic analysis of opportunities : explore fields of expansion and emerging technologies in line with the group's vision.
2. Partner sourcing : identify startups and scale-ups aligned with the investment thesis and ready to collaborate.
3. Due Diligence and Assessment : deepen the analysis of potential partners to select the best opportunities.
4. Post-investment follow-up : structure and support the relationship with the portfolio for partnerships that create long-term value.

Crossed expertise to support the transition to a sustainable economy

RaiseLab is also conducting in-depth work to explore new trends and raise awareness of HVAC issues, such as our latest study.” Investments by large companies in Greentechs: a lasting commitment? ”, in partnership with Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and RAISE Sherpas. This commitment is part of our mission to support hybrid models to combine financial performance and impact.

In his recent testimony for Private Equity Magazine, Paul Jeannest, CEO of RaiseLab, underlines the importance of strategic coherence between funds and company objectives in order to make CVC a powerful driver of transformation. He also insists on internal pedagogy, which is essential for anchoring these initiatives in the long term in the corporate culture.

“This hybrid model should make it possible to combine strategic and industrial requirements, which have historically underpinned the efforts of major groups to open up to the world of start-ups, and the return on financial investment”, Paul Jeannest, CEO of RaiseLab.

We invite you to discover in this report the contributions of several experts in the sector, such as Jean-David Chamboredon & Arnaud de Scorbiac OfISAI, Pierre-Emmanuel Struyven, president of Supernova Invest, Jean-Marc Bally, President ofAster Capital, Florent Illat, Managing Director of SAFRAN CORPORATE VENTURES, Olivier Tonneau, partner of Quantonation‍, Hélène Labaume, Director of Innovation and VC Funds of crossroad, and Alexandra Dubar, an investor at Daphni, who share their visions of HVAC and its future in a rapidly changing world.

Discover the Private Equity Magazine “Industrialists & venture funds are adjusting their relationships” dossier.