3 events 200+ participants 26 countries involved170+ business meetings 85+ hours of matchmaking
July 19th – November 29th, 2022
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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
ACTORS
THEMES
MATCHING OPPORTUNITIES
INTERNATIONAL OPEN INNOVATION PROGRAM
MATCHER is the International Open Innovation program based in Emilia-Romagna region that aims at supporting local companies to address specific business challenges by creating strategic matches with other actors of the international innovation ecosystem, in particular start-ups and scale-ups.
The third edition has involved three types of actors: 11 selected companies from the Emilia-Romagna region, national and international start-ups and scale-ups and all the actors from the Italian and international innovation ecosystem.
The third edition addressed challenges regarding Human Centric Innovation and they were grouped into three thematic clusters:
PROCESS OPTIMIZATION, AUTOMATION & CUSTOMER CENTRICITY
TRAINING TOOLS AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING
WORKPLACE COMMUNITY, WELLBEING AND INCLUSION
MATCHER HUMAN CENTRIC INNOVATION IN A NUTSHELL
200 + Participants
26 Countries
170+ Business meetings
85+ Hours of matchmaking
3 KEY EVENTS
The program has been composed by three key points:
MATCH.POINT – the International matching program dedicated to the 11 selected companies based in Emilia-Romagna and to the admitted 104 start-ups/scale-ups with the goal of addressing the companies’ challenges. Companies and start-ups/scale-ups had about 2 months and half to match, connect and find opportunities to co-create solutions around shared business needs.
BIG.MATCH and FINAL.MATCH – the closing moments of MATCHER, where further matches, as well as networking with the national and international innovation community, took place.
TIMELINE
PRE-CALL
April – July 2022
Corporates have been interviewed to prioritize their objectives and needs around innovation, strategy, and future-proof solutions during a workshop and 1to1 calls
INTERNATIONAL ROADSHOW
July – November 2022
International Roadshow to scout startups from all over the world operated in the four fields of the Human Centric Innovation topic
CALL IS OPEN
July 19th, 2022
Startups admitted to the program had to meet two criteria: high-level fit with corporate partner challenges and candidate maturity (min. TRL of 4)
STARTUP/SCALEUP PREPARATION
September 1st, 2022
Startups have been supported by professional consultants to be prepared to meet the Corporate partners through virtual learning and 1to1 meetings
MATCH.POINT
Starting September 13th, 2022
Corporate partners and startups matchmaking meetings to build and create win-win relationships aiming to improve their business following the Human Centric Innovation thematic
BIG.MATCH + FINAL.MATCH
November 28th and 29th, 2022
An Open Innovation event was opened to innovative companies, startups, research labs and international guests, that were invited to give inspirational speeches
PROCESS OPTIMIZATION, AUTOMATION & CUSTOMER CENTRICITY
• People flow monitoring and real-time data visualization
• Visualization tools for customizing products
• Autonomous and collaborative solutions for product handling and moving
• Visual platforms to enable product design by the customer
• Solutions to prevent car accidents related to smartphone use
TRAINING TOOLS AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING
• Training tools for work safety
• Automated software to support workers with complex problem solving
• Training solutions for the installation of mechanical components
• Innovative training tools to make tasks more accessible
WORKPLACE COMMUNITY, WELLBEING AND INCLUSION
• Solutions to spread corporate culture
• Solutions to boost engagement in hybrid spaces
• Recruiting tools to guarantee diversity, equity & inclusion
• Wellbeing lifestyle data collection solutions
ADVANTAGES FOR APPLICANTS
Access to corporates
Get in touch with multinationals that are keen to innovate and ready to collaborate with startups
Network opportunity
Expand your network, meet innovative corporates ready to disrupt the industry, create new business opportunities!
Internationalization
Making a deal with a multinational corporate opens up new international market opportunities
CORPORATE PARTNERS
MAIN ORGANIZERS
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