Open Innovation Track

Co-creating the future with startups.

The Open Innovation Track is CI360’s flagship pathway for unlocking bold, startup-driven solutions to your organization’s most pressing challenges. We connect your corporate needs with the agility and innovation of high-potential startups ,empowering you to accelerate digital transformation, reduce time-to-market, and future-proof your business.

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How it Works

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Needs Assessment

Every engagement starts by mapping and prioritizing your organization’s key innovation challenges. Through surveys, consultations, and analysis, we build a clear innovation roadmap tailored to the corporate’s strategic goals.

Deliverable: Actionable Innovation Challenge Report.

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Your Innovation Pathways
Corporate Accelerator
> Key Phases:
  • Startup Screening and Enrollment
    Carefully sourced startups from Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Startups must have validated, post-MVP
  • Solution Refinement and Validation
    Startups adapt their existing solutions to fit specific corporate environments if needed
  • Solution Presentation and Deployment
    Startups present actionable, ready-to-implement solutions to corporate decision-makers.
  • Pathways for pilot adoption and scaling are facilitated.
> Corporate Value:
  • Gain faster access to proven, scalable innovations.
  • Reduce risk by working with market-validated startups.
  • Accelerate solution adoption aligned with business priorities.
Continuous Innovation Support
> Key Phases:
  • Challenge Mapping on a Rolling Basis
    Regular discovery sessions to capture new or shifting challenges.
  • Targeted Startup Matchmaking
    Manual, high-touch matching with relevant startups across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
  • Focused on finding startups with deployable, post-MVP solutions
> Corporate Value:
  • Continuous access to a global network of startups tailored to evolving challenges.
  • Faster adaptation to new business and market needs.
  • Strengthened internal innovation culture and agility.
Why CI360’s Open Innovation Track?
  • Challenge-Driven: Innovation always rooted in real, prioritized business needs
  • Post-MVP Focus: Only validated, ready to-scale startup solutions.
  • Global Reach: Access to leading startups across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
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What Happens After Your Innovation Journey?
Egypt Innovation Week

Celebrating Innovation. Showcasing Leadership. Strengthening Ecosystems.
Egypt Innovation Week is the culminating event of the CI360 journey, bringing together corporates, startups, and ecosystem players in a dynamic, one-week celebration of innovation.

Purpose

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Position your organization as a leader in corporate innovation.
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Visibly support the startup ecosystem and showcase your commitment to innovation.
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Key Highlights
  • Engage departments and teams to present innovation achievements.
  • Showcase program startups and their solutions.
  • Foster ecosystem collaboration through networking with startups, investors, and industry leaders.
Outcomes
  • Enhanced brand leadership and market positioning.
  • Increased credibility as a corporate champion of innovation.
  • New partnership and growth opportunities through high-value networking.

Egypt Innovation Week is not just a closing event — it is a strategic platform to elevate your innovation leadership and drive future impact.

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