Case-study-Hitachi-Agorize

Hitachi Startup Challenge 2022

Multinational electronics conglomerate Hitachi used Agorize software to identify advanced solutions needed to reach their innovation goals.

As a Principal Partner of COP26, Hitachi is a leading contributor to achieving Net Zero. They needed a platform that could facilitate stakeholders scouting across various business units and provide a streamlined process to find strategic partners.

Crowdsourcing ideas from a network of global startups using Agorize enabled Hitachi to move quickly and accelerate their efforts to tackle sustainability and carbon management challenges.

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  • Which niche solutions startups from Agorize’s 5 million+ community pitched to Hitachi
  • How the Hitachi team used Agorize’s platform features
  • The final results of the startup challenge

What is Agorize?

Agorize is the most comprehensive innovation management platform, supported by a team of experts and community of innovators. For over a decade, we’ve been providing technology powered by a community of 5 million innovators to foster change and accelerate innovation. Our clients and partners worldwide crowdsource, evaluate and develop solutions from startups, employees, developers and students using Agorize.

We’ve helped over 300 global enterprise companies in Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific, including Enterprise Singapore, Huawei, Microsoft, LVMH, PepsiCo, Bayer, Schneider Electric, Hitachi, L’Oréal and many more by running their innovation programs.

What is an innovation challenge?

An innovation challenge, or innovation competition, is a competition organized by a company to bring forward innovative solutions. The organizer defines clear objectives and problem statements, after which innovators are invited to submit their ideas and solutions. Proposals can come from startups, employees, students or other talent that is relevant to the topic at hand. Through a process of crowdsourcing and assessing ideas, mentoring participants and developing solutions, the organization will identify the winning proposals that will be implemented. More than 300 enterprise companies have organized innovation challenges with Agorize.

Their results speak for themselves. They’ve reduced go-to-market time with internal teams, fast-tracked the development of niche solutions with the products and services of startups, created long-term strategic partnerships and brainstormed future-proof ideas with students from top universities. Overall, it accelerated their own transformation and made themselves more future-proof.

What is a startup challenge?

A startup challenge, or startup competition, is a competition organized by a company to identify innovative solutions from startups they otherwise wouldn’t be able to reach. The organizer defines clear objectives and problem statements, after which startups are invited to submit their ideas and solutions. Proposals can come from startups operating in niche industries and with international backgrounds. Through a process of crowdsourcing and assessing ideas, mentoring startups and developing solutions, the organization will identify the winning proposals that will be implemented.

More than 300 enterprise companies have organized challenges with Agorize. Their results speak for themselves. They’ve reduced go-to-market time, fasttracked the development of niche solutions, created long-term strategic partnerships and brainstormed future-proof ideas. Overall, it accelerated their own transformation and made themselves more future-proof.

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