“100% of big corporations collaborate with young companies, whether as investors (through equity), as partners (through commercial relationships, incubators, accelerators, etc.) or as sponsors (through events, prizes, foundations, patronage, HR initiatives or mentoring)”. This is one of the main findings from the recent study David with Goliath 2017, carried out by the group RAISE in collaboration with Bain & Company.
But how can the durability and the benefits of these open collaboration initiatives be ensured? To celebrate the launch of our course “Innovate with Startups”, created with the support of RAISESHERPAS, RAISE Group’s endowment fund, we sat down with RAISE’s co-founders, Clara Gaymard and Gonzague de Blignières.
Converging views…
RAISE is a well-known intermediary between large companies and startups. To what does it owe its success?
In less than five years, RAISE was able to put together a virtuous and unique ecosystem in which we build bridges between all players making the economic growth in France: multinationals, small and medium-sized enterprises and startups. Big companies have a crucial role to play here, as the shareholders of RAISE’s various investment structures (RAISE Investissement, RAISE Immobilier and RAISE Ventures) and because they support our endowment fund RAISESHERPAS.
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