Corporate innovation
Run your open innovation engine, in one place.
A fully customizable, white-label platform to discover, evaluate and collaborate with startups — run open innovation and intrapreneurship from challenge to Proof of Concept, all in one place. Launch-ready in a day.
THE CHALLENGE
Open innovation shouldn't run on email and spreadsheets.
Startups are scouted in inboxes, PoCs are tracked in scattered docs, and business units and innovators never quite align — so good ideas stall and impact is impossible to show leadership. The more programs you run, the harder it gets.
VENTURE CLIENTING
Connect startups to the right business units.
Match external startups to internal teams and challenges, then run Proof of Concepts together — all in one place.
Illustrative sample matches — your startups, your business units, your PoCs.
THE WHOLE ENGINE
From challenge to PoC to scale — in one place.
1 — Scout
Define challenges and scout startups
Set innovation challenges tied to business-unit needs, launch branded open calls, and build a living database of startups, experts and partners — with advanced search to find the right solutions fast.
2 — Select
Evaluate and select with stakeholders
Screen submissions with custom scorecards and bring internal stakeholders into the evaluation. Compare ventures consistently, shortlist transparently, and pick the ones worth a Proof of Concept.
3 — Venture clienting
Run Proof of Concepts with business units
Integrate venture-clienting frameworks to structure the collaboration between startups and business units: assignments, milestones and deliverables that guide each PoC from kickoff to results.
4 — Match
Match startups with experts and sponsors
Facilitate high-value connections between startups, internal experts and external advisors with intelligent matchmaking — so every venture has the right business sponsor and support behind it.
5 — Engage
Engage employees, run events and community
Manage hackathons, pitch days and webinars in one place, gather feedback with post-event surveys, and keep startups, mentors and business units engaged in a private, branded community.
6 — Measure
Track KPIs and business outcomes
Measure success with real-time dashboards and custom KPIs — startup maturity, collaboration results and business outcomes — and export clear reports to show leadership the impact of your innovation programs.
BUILT IN
Made for the way corporates work.
One platform for open innovation and intrapreneurship — flexible enough for every business unit, secure enough for the enterprise.
PROVEN AT SCALE
Trusted by corporates worldwide.
Corporates, innovation consultancies and global organizations run their programs on Babele — across six continents.
Startups & innovators
Innovation ecosystems
Countries reached
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CASE STUDY
The Youth AgriTech Summit
Bayer partnered with Babele to launch the Youth AgriTech Summit, an open innovation program identifying promising agri-tech startups driving sustainability. Through Babele, Bayer:
- Scouted & selected the most relevant ventures
- Engaged employees from multiple business units to explore collaborations
- Opened investment discussions with selected startups
WHO IT'S FOR
Every stakeholder, on one platform.
Open innovation & R&D teams
Define challenges, scout and select startups, run PoCs, and report business outcomes — managing the whole innovation engine from one place.
Business units & sponsors
Find startups that solve real problems, collaborate through structured PoCs, and see exactly how each venture is progressing against the brief.
Startups & intrapreneurs
Apply once, follow a clear methodology, get matched with the right experts and sponsors, and track milestones — without the email chaos.
MORE THAN CORPORATES
One platform. Every kind of innovation.
From corporate open innovation to accelerators, funds and competitions — Babele runs the full spectrum of innovation and entrepreneurship.
Run your open innovation engine on Babele.
See how Babele takes your programs from challenge to Proof of Concept to measurable impact — in a single demo.
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