COUNTRY & INDUSTRY BREAKDOWN
Methodology & Acknowledgments
Chapter 6












Spain
Belgium
Italy
Netherlands
Switzerland
Germany
France
Denmark
Luxembourg
Sweden
UK
Norway
12 countries surveyed:
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Sweden
France
Belgium
12 countries surveyed:
Switzerland
Germany
The Netherlands
United Kingdom
Spain
Italy
Denmark
Luxembourg
Sweden
France
Belgium
12 countries surveyed:
Switzerland
Germany
The Netherlands
Norway
United Kingdom
Spain
Italy
Denmark
Luxembourg
Respondents:
Corporates
+
Startups
On average from each country:
Corporates
+
Startups




12 Industries:
Aerospace, Defence & homeland security, Energy and utilities, Financial services, Health, Insurance, Legal services, Media & Entertainment, Public sector and government, Retail, Telecommunication, Transport, (+ Other)







12 Industries:
- Aerospace
- Defence & Homeland Security
- Energy & Utilities
- Financial Services
- Health
- Insurance
- Legal Services
- Media & Entertainment
- Public Sector & Government
- Retail
- Telecommunications
- Transport
1 - 249 employees
250 - 999 employees
1,000 - 5,000 employees
5,000+ employees
Size of Corporates
Startups had to identify with this statement:
A startup is a young independent company founded by one or more entrepreneurs to develop a product or service and bring it to marked. In doing so the entrepreneur(s) behind the startup seek, effectively develop, and validate a scalable business model. A startup is established with the intention to grow beyond the entrepreneur and the entrepreneur team
and founded after 2018
Startup maturity:
I don´t know:
Seed stage:
Early stage:
Growth stage:
Later stage:
1 - 3 employees
4 - 9 employees
10 - 19 employees
20+ employees
Size of Startups
Authors
Acknowledgement of contributors
The authors would like to take a moment to thank Maya Noël, CEO, France Digitale; John Olav Tande, SVP R&D and Innovation, Statnett; Liza Donskaya, Director, Plug and Play; Pedro Muñoz, Head of Open Innovation, BBVA; Stéphane Dupré la Tour, Vice President of Deep Tech and Digital Tech, EDF; Nigel Watson, Chief Information Officer, Northumbrian Water; Anita Krohn Traaseth, Group CEO, DSD, and Vice Chair, European Innovation Council; Dominik Lambersy, Co-Founder, TextCortex; Christina Calderato, Director of Strategy, Transport for London; Trond Alstadheim, Founder, Techair, for sharing valuable insights and experiences from Open Innovation activities in their organisations.
Furthermore, the authors would like to express their gratitude to experts, collaborators and contributors across the Sopra Steria group. We would also like to thank the following ecosystem friends helping us engage the European innovation ecosystem:











DigitalNorway, E14 Invest, Epicenter Norway, Epicenter Sweden,
NCE Finance Innovation, Ignite Sweden, Invest in Toulouse, Klein Blue, Tikehau Capital, KUPA, Microsoft4Startups, PEAK Innovation, Public, Rainmaking, SISP-Swedish Incubators & Science Parks, SIVA,
Spring Invest, Startup Norway, Smart Innovation Norway,
Simula Innovation, 657 Oslo, MESH, Plexal, Norinnova, RISE,
Truffle Capital, Quantonation, Wind Capital, Karista
Authors

Nathan Furr
Strategy professor


ANDREW SHIPiLOV
Strategy professor


Tobias Studer Andersson
Innovation Director & Group Head of Sopra Steria Scale up

Ingrid Gjerdevik
Consulting Innovation Manager

Charlie Hamilton
Group Editor-in-Chief
Contributors

Fabrice Asvazadourian
CEO

Sara Hoff Bjørkli
Senior consultant innovation & sustainability

Tom Staley
Technology Advisory and Innovation Lead at Sopra Steria Next UK
Sopra Steria Scale up is Sopra Steria Group’s global initiative focusing on Open Innovation and ecosystem collaboration. Sopra Steria Scale up is the ecosystem orchestrator helping incumbent organizations and startups collaborate and safely explore, experiment and scale new solutions together under clear governance. The objective is to help the incumbents to drive radical innovation and build the right mindset and internal capabilities in order to harvest business value from Open Innovation and startup collaboration