SSP-7 · Corporate Innovation

Open innovation for the Japanese ecosystem

Connecting Japanese corporates and global capability centres with India's most relevant startups, through real challenges and proofs-of-concept.

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The programme

Powering corporate innovation through co-creation

Corporates engage through one focused programme, the Solution Accelerator. Each cycle starts from a defined corporate challenge, matches it with curated startups and runs a structured path to a working proof-of-concept and partnership.

Challenge-led

Anchored to a defined corporate priority and agreed success criteria.

Curated startups

Sourced and matched to the challenge, not pulled from a generic list.

PoC to partnership

A clear path from workshop to proof-of-concept and scale.

Engagement flow

How the Solution Accelerator runs

A step-by-step engagement, from the corporate's challenge through to a scaled partnership.

01

Challenge

Define

Frame the business problem and agree success criteria.

02

Startup discovery

Scout

Source and shortlist startups matched to the challenge.

03

Workshop

Co-create

Structured sessions to test fit and shape the solution.

04

PoC / Pilot

Prove

Run a proof-of-concept and evaluate against the criteria.

05

Partner

Scale

Move from pilot to adoption and a lasting partnership.

Who should apply

Japanese corporates & global capability centres

Organisations looking to engage India's startup ecosystem for new technology, products and ways of working.

Japanese corporates

Seeking Indian technology partners and new-market pilots.

Global capability centres

GCCs in India looking to co-create with startups.

Ready to co-create with India's startups?

Share your details and we'll be in touch about upcoming open-innovation cycles.

Partner onboarding details will be shared soon.