Transatlantic innovation: shall we up the game?

2022.02.14 – 6 min read

Last week in Silicon Valley was all about European innovation. (By that, I mean that there was a brief lapse in focusing on our 20-mile radius only.) More seriously, it was European Innovation Week with a multitude of events, bringing together innovation-focused Europeans and europhiles, startups and scaleups in the Bay Area.

There are promising signs of a coalescing arena, but we are still far from having a game plan for the innovation aspects of a transatlantic partnership: sometimes we even struggle with the very definition of this space. Even if there are some encouraging trends recently, it can be said that Europe and the US are under-utilizing their joint innovation potential.

Existing ties: is there a critical mass?

According to last year’s report from The Bay Area Economic Council, ties are pretty strong between Silicon Valley and Europe and our innovation economies are getting more and more integrated. To quote a few high level numbers:

  • 56% of Bay Area investment goes to Europe
  • 1/3 of Silicon Valley foreign affiliates are from the EU
  • 39% of Bay Area patents originate from the EU
  • Europe invests $4B in Silicon Valley
  • 170.000 Europe-born residents in the Bay Area

Based on the above data only, cooperation seems to be pretty strong; however much of it may be illusory. For one thing, businesses may have growing ties but policy cooperation is lagging far behind.

European Innovation: a fresh litmus test

For one thing, there seems to be a new level of maturity in Europe when it comes to innovative companies scaling up. Recent data indicates that 97% of “EUnicorns” were founded in 2011 and earlier and have considerable sophistication by now. Sources are a bit contradictory, but we can safely say that there are at least 100+ “Unicorns” and 1000+ scaleups in Europe (and those numbers mostly reflect Western Europe). Maturity is also reflected in the fact that for more and more EU companies — being faced with the grim realities of affordability saying adieu – the Silicon Valley of today is less of a place for “innovation pilgrimage” or to start up, for that matter. As Reid Hoffman argued recently at his Stanford lecture, Silicon Valley is more for scaling up these days, using the incredible concentration of the network here to take over the world. Persistence remains a virtue, but the costs can simply be too high.

If we take look at investors, the trend is that EU investment speed and volume is heavily accelerating. Last year, close to 50% of EU startup acquisitions were coming from the US and almost half of EUnicorns have exited. Many pundits say that the phenomenon of turning towards European markets is also a clear sign of an overheated Silicon Valley, besides EU markets catching up in maturity.

Panel at European Innovation Day #MTBEID

All of the above hints at a very unilateral dynamics and a lack of a systemic cooperation. On the other hand, it should be applauded that the EU is investing more and more into its ties with Silicon Valley, even if the methods need considerable improvement. At this point, our impression is that the EU thinks that Silicon Valley is sexy, but is hesitant to take the relationship to the next level. What may be the underlying issues?

The European Paradox

All improvement starts with self-reflection. More and more often, the EU admits that Europe is lagging behind, which can probably be best captured in the phenomenon called “The Extended European Paradox”. The term was originally used by the European Commission to define the European phenomenon of having good higher education systems, good research infrastructure and results, but failing to translate this into marketable innovations. This means that while out of the top 20 R&D spender companies 30 % are of European origin, out of the top 10 most innovative companies there is not a single European company. Transforming the relative success of European economies in basic research activities into commercial success seems to be really difficult.

First, Europe has been unable to take full advantage of recent technological revolutions, particularly in ICT, which results in a much lower productivity than the US. According to IDC, less than 2% of European SMEs take full advantage of digital technologies. While an increasing number of EU tech companies come to Silicon Valley to break into global markets, this is a one-directional process: the lessons learned seldom make it back to Europe and never systematically. We need to change that.

Secondly, innovation and its dissemination have to face strong barriers, especially in the public sector which represents almost 40% of the EU’s GDP. Moreover, an innovation-friendly business environment is still missing in Europe: that is, newcomers have fewer possibilities against firms who are already on the market for many years. Thirdly, there is too much fragmentation, duplication on efforts and overlap between EU and national-regional research and innovation programs.

Let us take a look at what can actually be done as part of a transatlantic partnership to improve the present conditions.

Framing a transatlantic innovation value proposition

Further integration is inevitable, since tech companies are global in essence, but using the mutually realized strategic importance of a transatlantic partnership, can we consciously take this to the next level or two? In other words, what is the specific transatlantic opportunity here in the innovation arena?

Funding: 90% of VC funding in the US is private money, 40% in Europe is government funded. According to its critics, the latter can be interpreted as a potential hindrance from the market viability perspective. However, it can be suggested that it is also a great opportunity to have more diversified funding and long-term thinking in new ventures. Without trying to argue simplistically for the primacy of one or the other, we should focus our attention to how to fuse these mindsets and respective realities. One potential outcome can be to consciously start experimenting with the creation of “hybrid” transatlantic funds and we keep hearing about such attempts from both public and private players. At the very least we should make transatlantic innovation players consciously include innovation public funds (such as the EU’s Horizon 2020) part of their fundraising strategy, if applicable.

Regulatory support: You may be an ardent supporter or have reservations about it, but the TTIP (still about 2 years out, we hear) is the main receptacle for a reinforced emphasis on innovation and its regulatory support. It remains to be seen though whether innovation will make it into a separate TTIP chapter, but even if the essence of innovation would get appropriate treatment in other chapters, that would be beneficial.

TTIP suggestions prepared by the Transatlantic Business Council are certainly helpful if sometimes narrow in scope. The biggest conundrum for administrations on both sides (especially in Europe) is how make the connection between large-scale innovation investment resulting job creation and inducing growth as direct as possible? Suggestions such removing regulatory (in some cases, protectionist) barriers are self-evident. A more interesting one is stimulating economic growth by driving innovation public sector demand, even through governments becoming early adopters of innovative technologies. Reinforcing incentives for shorter-time-to-market through funding the transition process from R&D to commercialization may be a very practical approach.

Train the leaders: Many conversations we had recently show that the political class on both sides realized that the imperatives of a 21st century Innovation Economy would necessitate the emergence of next generation leaders, who share similar levels of understanding and commitment to innovation. To bridge the existing gap between Silicon Valley’s mindset and that of reality on the ground, these nextgen leaders (especially policymakers) should receive customized training, access to transatlantic innovation peer networks and best practices, and have their voices heard at the table to be able to formulate new solutions to new problems.

Collaborative innovation: Needless to say, multinationals active on both markets are best equipped to make use of the speed and breakthrough solutions of top-notch startups & innovators. Collaborative innovation (i.e “marrying” corporations to startups) is definitely getting traction and transatlantic ecosystems will be the result — the question is how fast and how efficiently. The right structures and incentives are needed for corporate entities on both sides to be able to tap into respective innovation ecosystems. It would be worth considering finding ways to incentivize this promising trend with e.g. co-funding mechanisms.

Many European corporations have already decided to have ears on the ground in Silicon Valley (outpost and annexes) and 38% of the Fortune 200 have already decide to create innovation centers. About half of these centers land in Silicon Valley and setting up shop here is unbeatable in many aspects. These corporations have realized that learning from the world’s best and having a constant inflow of cutting edge information will be vital to their transformation. We hope a lot more will do so.

Knowledge transfer: Transatlantic Innovation should become a topic studied and published in transatlantic academic circles. Given the importance of innovation for both the EU and U.S. economies in keeping and fostering global leadership, the transatlantic innovation argument should be made and should have a group of dedicated scholars as well as a wider circle of experts.

Beyond academia, new platforms will be needed to facilitate transatlantic innovation knowledge transfer. We have a notion of where the strengths lie (i.e. “hard Tech” skills in Europe, soft Business skills in the US etc.) Dedicated transatlantic platforms helping with identifying mentors, advisors and potential co-founders on the other side could work wonders. The EU should develop funded infrastructures and mechanisms which would enable all types of stakeholders to be trained in Silicon Valley and put the lessons learned to Europe’s use to speed up the approximation process.

In conclusion, it is high time all stakeholders realized that innovation is not a buzzword: it is the main driver of 21st century competitiveness, a key to enduring prosperity and global leadership. The tide is coming regardless of our action or inaction; so we should strengthen our transatlantic partnership, put on some “holistic goggles” and come up with the right, actionable transatlantic innovation strategy. We live in an age of continuous transformation and we can only prosper if we abide by the new rules: let us master the Age of Innovation together.

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Innomine utilised its network in the communication and dissemination of research results with the aim to collect potential applicants for the Open Calls and organise Open Innovation Workshops
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Connecting academy with industry to support the utilisation of NEANIAS services by organising Open Calls and Open Innovation workshops
NEANIAS Project created 12+ novel services, softwares in the Underwater, Atmospheric and Space thematic areas, by involving relevant industrial actors in its testing and development. Innomine, with the Open Innovation workshops organised in person, boosted the further development of services by facilitating the involvement of end-users. The aim of these workshops was the introduction of NEANIAS services, followed by testing. User-involvement took place in the frame of Open Calls, by potential SME-s involved in the testing and utilisation of services, so that they can take up the technologies and utilise them in industrial environment. As a result, six business cases have been developed, and further companies collected and an industrial ecosystem built around NEANIAS scientific experts, that can potentially utilise the services further.
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The goal of the GreenPet experiment, implemented in the frame of the AI Regio Project was to develop a software-hardware infrastructure for enabling a comprehensive monitoring, analysis and control of the eco-friendly quality of the PET bottle manufacturing process, through focusing on two main factors, which also define its environmental footprint: Energy and Emission. The system should be flexible and open for extensions, like introducing sensors for waste management (like camera-based visual quality inspection). Innomine, leading the dissemination activities of the GreenPET experiment ensured the outreach towards PET bottle manufacturers and vendors, especially in the CEE region. The aim was to foster the use of GreenPET technology at manufacturing companies, in order to make their process more sustainable by using less resources and creating less waste during production.

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  • AI REGIO - GreenPET experiment – monitoring and controlling eco-friendly quality of the PET bottle manufacturing process using DATA4AI platform

Partners:

  • AI REGIO - GreenPET experiment – monitoring and controlling eco-friendly quality of the PET bottle manufacturing process using DATA4AI platform
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GreenPet is a software-hardware infrastructure for enabling a comprehensive monitoring, analysis and control of the eco-friendly quality of the PET bottle manufacturing process, through focusing on two main factors, which also define its environmental footprint: Energy and Emission. The system should be flexible and open for extensions, like introducing sensors for waste management (like camera-based visual quality inspection). Innomine, mobilising PET bottle manufacturers and vendors, especially in the CEE region contributed to achieve Green Deal objectives. Innomine supported dissemination towards the use of GreenPET technology at manufacturing companies, to turn manufacturing processes more sustainable and contribute to Green Deal objectives for better gathering and sharing of data to improve access to and exchange of knowledge on climate impacts.
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Green Deal
Circularity
Creating the dissemination and exploitation plan of the experiment, dissemination activities
GreenPet is a software-hardware infrastructure for enabling a comprehensive monitoring, analysis and control of the eco-friendly quality of the PET bottle manufacturing process, through focusing on two main factors, which also define its environmental footprint: Energy and Emission. The system should be flexible and open for extensions, like introducing sensors for waste management (like camera-based visual quality inspection). Innomine, mobilising PET bottle manufacturers and vendors, especially in the CEE region contributed to achieve Green Deal objectives. Innomine supported dissemination towards the use of GreenPET technology at manufacturing companies, to turn manufacturing processes more sustainable and contribute to Green Deal objectives for better gathering and sharing of data to improve access to and exchange of knowledge on climate impacts.

Partners:

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ProAgro introduces digital solutions, encourage their use, support access to resources, explore and present direct EU funding opportunities, and transfer national and international good practices to local businesses. With the initiative, innomine is putting agri-food businesses in a position to succeed, helps businesses address their challenges in a business-centric and service-oriented way.

In the project period of 1-year Innomine provided services to many agri-food SMEs concerning the overall life cycle of a project, from scouting of opportunities, proposal writing, initiation, definition and design, to development, implementation and follow up. Also, we have facilitated and informed individuals or enterprises about the process of arranging access to different funding sources (private or public) and supported them with developing proposals, thus promoted the growth of entrepreneurs, start-ups as well as established companies by exploiting growth and investment opportunities.

As a result, below innovation projects were supported by Innomine 

Title: Smooth food and beverage packaging line operation in an SME - Pécsi SörfĹ‘zde 

Technology used: Modelling and simulationThis innovation project focuses on an accumulation packaging line of a South Hungarian brewery- Pécsi SörfĹ‘zde Zrt. The separate machines are connected with conveyors. The machines run in a stop and go modus. Before and after the machine sensors detect the load on the conveyors and switches the machines. By using the modelling and simulation technology the project targets a harmonization of the single machine operation to a regulated operation to improve line efficiency, product quality, reduce utility consumption and maintenance cost. The project aiming to optimize the pasteurization process to be more economical and efficient won an EU funding. After the implementation of the project, an important goal is to share knowledge and transfer knowledge and technology to other sectors. The know-how can also be transferred to wineries.

Title: BeerPredictor - A predictive tool for breweries to optimize the beer mashing process
Technology used: Modelling and simulationTechnical implementer – digital solution provider: EN-CO Software Zrt.; technical partner specializing in data analysis: DEODAT 21 Bt.; end-user manufacturer: Karlwood Kft., a drink manufacturing company from Miskolc. 

Title: Optimising food freezing methods with digital twin technology
Technology used: digital twinTechnical implementer – digital solution provider: Seacon Europe Kft ; end-user manufacturer: Halker Kft.,

Innomine services:
I. Generation and validation of project idea; identification of funding opportunity, selection of best fitting call; matchmaking of partners (supply and demand) and finalization of consortium; support in proposal writing
PROAGRO
Industry 4.0
Technology
Optimising agri-food projects with the tools of digitalisation and digital transformation, by utilising i4.0 technologies – Validating project ideas, identifying funding opportunities, matchmaking partners, supporting proposal preparation

Partners:

ProAgro introduces digital solutions, encourage their use, support access to resources, explore and present direct EU funding opportunities, and transfer national and international good practices to local businesses. With the initiative, innomine is putting agri-food businesses in a position to succeed, helps businesses address their challenges in a business-centric and service-oriented way.

In the project period of 1-year Innomine provided services to many agri-food SMEs concerning the overall life cycle of a project, from scouting of opportunities, proposal writing, initiation, definition and design, to development, implementation and follow up. Also, we have facilitated and informed individuals or enterprises about the process of arranging access to different funding sources (private or public) and supported them with developing proposals, thus promoted the growth of entrepreneurs, start-ups as well as established companies by exploiting growth and investment opportunities.

As a result, below innovation projects were supported by Innomine 

Title: Smooth food and beverage packaging line operation in an SME - Pécsi SörfĹ‘zde 

Technology used: Modelling and simulationThis innovation project focuses on an accumulation packaging line of a South Hungarian brewery- Pécsi SörfĹ‘zde Zrt. The separate machines are connected with conveyors. The machines run in a stop and go modus. Before and after the machine sensors detect the load on the conveyors and switches the machines. By using the modelling and simulation technology the project targets a harmonization of the single machine operation to a regulated operation to improve line efficiency, product quality, reduce utility consumption and maintenance cost. The project aiming to optimize the pasteurization process to be more economical and efficient won an EU funding. After the implementation of the project, an important goal is to share knowledge and transfer knowledge and technology to other sectors. The know-how can also be transferred to wineries.

Title: BeerPredictor - A predictive tool for breweries to optimize the beer mashing process
Technology used: Modelling and simulationTechnical implementer – digital solution provider: EN-CO Software Zrt.; technical partner specializing in data analysis: DEODAT 21 Bt.; end-user manufacturer: Karlwood Kft., a drink manufacturing company from Miskolc. 

Title: Optimising food freezing methods with digital twin technology
Technology used: digital twinTechnical implementer – digital solution provider: Seacon Europe Kft ; end-user manufacturer: Halker Kft.,

Innomine services:
I. Generation and validation of project idea; identification of funding opportunity, selection of best fitting call; matchmaking of partners (supply and demand) and finalization of consortium; support in proposal writing

Partners:

PROAGRO
Support to fond investment – Mapping and matching funding opportunities based on needs and digital assessments
Ecosystem
Public funding awareness
The ultimate goal of the ProAgro project was to support the digital transformation of the agri-food industry, in which Innomine made agri-food businesses more competitive within our region by providing services and accelerating the development and deployment of digital innovations.
The project aimed to introduce and demonstrate agri-food companies' opportunities for EU fundings through advice and digital maturity assessment, evaluation of the analysis, the development of a personalized action plan and the collection of national and international good practices. 
Two things are essential for successfully help agri-food businesses in Hungary with EU funding: 1. knowing the partners, 2. being aware of financial sources. Therefore, our approach was:

I. Supporting agri-food SMEs and start-ups:
  • Consultancy and assessment of digital maturity, needs of farmers and agri-food SMEs 
  • Analysis of the surveys, assessments and interviews, collection of good practices at national and international level and creation of a customized needs action plan based in terms of the farmer’s and SMEs current digital maturity and operational efficiency. 

II. Access to finance
  • Identification and connection to suitable funding sources by creating a map of the available national and international funding possibilities.
III. Online or onsite consultations on the suitable and available national and private funding opportunities identified
By profiling the partners using the agricultural and food digital transformation tool developed in the ProAgro project we got a good idea of the level of maturity of the partners, not only in terms of digitization but also in terms of application capabilities. The survey showed the companies project ideas and their capabilities of implementation. We became aware of the level of the company in the requirements for international applications (eg minimum English language skills). Our already established network and the conducted agri- and food digital maturity tool and methodology allowed us to identify digitalization related project ideas and to create a pool of partners able to apply for EC calls or other international fundings.

As a results, in the 1 year project period we were able to bring in 3 partners into a Horizon Europe call, selected, validated and submitted 7 proposals to different cascade funding calls (Demeter, BOWI, Digitbrain).

Our results show that knowing our partners in term of digital and innovation maturity is very important. By using the ProAgro agri-food digital transformation tool and methodology, we can not only suggest steps to improve digitization, but also identify needs that can be turned into project plans that can be a good topic for EU cascade funding. Innomine DIH continues to help national and international agri-food businesses to address their challenges in a business-centric and service-oriented way, and making available to any business to access the latest knowledge, expertise and technology.
PROAGRO
Public funding awareness
Ecosystem
Support to fond investment – Mapping and matching funding opportunities based on needs and digital assessments

Partners:

The ultimate goal of the ProAgro project was to support the digital transformation of the agri-food industry, in which Innomine made agri-food businesses more competitive within our region by providing services and accelerating the development and deployment of digital innovations.
The project aimed to introduce and demonstrate agri-food companies' opportunities for EU fundings through advice and digital maturity assessment, evaluation of the analysis, the development of a personalized action plan and the collection of national and international good practices. 
Two things are essential for successfully help agri-food businesses in Hungary with EU funding: 1. knowing the partners, 2. being aware of financial sources. Therefore, our approach was:

I. Supporting agri-food SMEs and start-ups:
  • Consultancy and assessment of digital maturity, needs of farmers and agri-food SMEs 
  • Analysis of the surveys, assessments and interviews, collection of good practices at national and international level and creation of a customized needs action plan based in terms of the farmer’s and SMEs current digital maturity and operational efficiency. 

II. Access to finance
  • Identification and connection to suitable funding sources by creating a map of the available national and international funding possibilities.
III. Online or onsite consultations on the suitable and available national and private funding opportunities identified
By profiling the partners using the agricultural and food digital transformation tool developed in the ProAgro project we got a good idea of the level of maturity of the partners, not only in terms of digitization but also in terms of application capabilities. The survey showed the companies project ideas and their capabilities of implementation. We became aware of the level of the company in the requirements for international applications (eg minimum English language skills). Our already established network and the conducted agri- and food digital maturity tool and methodology allowed us to identify digitalization related project ideas and to create a pool of partners able to apply for EC calls or other international fundings.

As a results, in the 1 year project period we were able to bring in 3 partners into a Horizon Europe call, selected, validated and submitted 7 proposals to different cascade funding calls (Demeter, BOWI, Digitbrain).

Our results show that knowing our partners in term of digital and innovation maturity is very important. By using the ProAgro agri-food digital transformation tool and methodology, we can not only suggest steps to improve digitization, but also identify needs that can be turned into project plans that can be a good topic for EU cascade funding. Innomine DIH continues to help national and international agri-food businesses to address their challenges in a business-centric and service-oriented way, and making available to any business to access the latest knowledge, expertise and technology.

Partners:

PROAGRO
Support to fond investment – Mapping and matching funding opportunities based on needs and digital assessments
Digital
Boosting digitalisation of SMEs
The ultimate goal of the ProAgro project was to support the digital transformation of the agri-food industry, in which Innomine made agri-food businesses more competitive within our region by providing services and accelerating the development and deployment of digital innovations.
The project aimed to introduce and demonstrate agri-food companies' opportunities for EU fundings through advice and digital maturity assessment, evaluation of the analysis, the development of a personalized action plan and the collection of national and international good practices. 
Two things are essential for successfully help agri-food businesses in Hungary with EU funding: 1. knowing the partners, 2. being aware of financial sources. Therefore, our approach was:

I. Supporting agri-food SMEs and start-ups:
  • Consultancy and assessment of digital maturity, needs of farmers and agri-food SMEs 
  • Analysis of the surveys, assessments and interviews, collection of good practices at national and international level and creation of a customized needs action plan based in terms of the farmer’s and SMEs current digital maturity and operational efficiency. 

II. Access to finance
  • Identification and connection to suitable funding sources by creating a map of the available national and international funding possibilities.
III. Online or onsite consultations on the suitable and available national and private funding opportunities identified
By profiling the partners using the agricultural and food digital transformation tool developed in the ProAgro project we got a good idea of the level of maturity of the partners, not only in terms of digitization but also in terms of application capabilities. The survey showed the companies project ideas and their capabilities of implementation. We became aware of the level of the company in the requirements for international applications (eg minimum English language skills). Our already established network and the conducted agri- and food digital maturity tool and methodology allowed us to identify digitalization related project ideas and to create a pool of partners able to apply for EC calls or other international fundings.

As a results, in the 1 year project period we were able to bring in 3 partners into a Horizon Europe call, selected, validated and submitted 7 proposals to different cascade funding calls (Demeter, BOWI, Digitbrain).

Our results show that knowing our partners in term of digital and innovation maturity is very important. By using the ProAgro agri-food digital transformation tool and methodology, we can not only suggest steps to improve digitization, but also identify needs that can be turned into project plans that can be a good topic for EU cascade funding. Innomine DIH continues to help national and international agri-food businesses to address their challenges in a business-centric and service-oriented way, and making available to any business to access the latest knowledge, expertise and technology.
PROAGRO
Boosting digitalisation of SMEs
Digital
Support to fond investment – Mapping and matching funding opportunities based on needs and digital assessments

Partners:

The ultimate goal of the ProAgro project was to support the digital transformation of the agri-food industry, in which Innomine made agri-food businesses more competitive within our region by providing services and accelerating the development and deployment of digital innovations.
The project aimed to introduce and demonstrate agri-food companies' opportunities for EU fundings through advice and digital maturity assessment, evaluation of the analysis, the development of a personalized action plan and the collection of national and international good practices. 
Two things are essential for successfully help agri-food businesses in Hungary with EU funding: 1. knowing the partners, 2. being aware of financial sources. Therefore, our approach was:

I. Supporting agri-food SMEs and start-ups:
  • Consultancy and assessment of digital maturity, needs of farmers and agri-food SMEs 
  • Analysis of the surveys, assessments and interviews, collection of good practices at national and international level and creation of a customized needs action plan based in terms of the farmer’s and SMEs current digital maturity and operational efficiency. 

II. Access to finance
  • Identification and connection to suitable funding sources by creating a map of the available national and international funding possibilities.
III. Online or onsite consultations on the suitable and available national and private funding opportunities identified
By profiling the partners using the agricultural and food digital transformation tool developed in the ProAgro project we got a good idea of the level of maturity of the partners, not only in terms of digitization but also in terms of application capabilities. The survey showed the companies project ideas and their capabilities of implementation. We became aware of the level of the company in the requirements for international applications (eg minimum English language skills). Our already established network and the conducted agri- and food digital maturity tool and methodology allowed us to identify digitalization related project ideas and to create a pool of partners able to apply for EC calls or other international fundings.

As a results, in the 1 year project period we were able to bring in 3 partners into a Horizon Europe call, selected, validated and submitted 7 proposals to different cascade funding calls (Demeter, BOWI, Digitbrain).

Our results show that knowing our partners in term of digital and innovation maturity is very important. By using the ProAgro agri-food digital transformation tool and methodology, we can not only suggest steps to improve digitization, but also identify needs that can be turned into project plans that can be a good topic for EU cascade funding. Innomine DIH continues to help national and international agri-food businesses to address their challenges in a business-centric and service-oriented way, and making available to any business to access the latest knowledge, expertise and technology.
BOWI
Experiment management and coordination
Digital
Boosting digitalisation of SMEs
Within the BOWI project, innomine's main task was to manage the implementation of 4 Hungarian SME projects for 10 months (2022.05.15 - 2023.03.15.).

The 4 projects (experiments) were aimed at introducing or further developing innovativ technologies:
CAADEX Kft.:
CAADEX Production Optimization System Pécsi SörfĹ‘zde Zrt: Smooth food and beverage packaging line operation in an SME - Pecsi Sorfozde
KONETIK: Fleet electrification with an ML-based charging plan EN-CO Software Zrt: Development of a fully-fledged, automated bin-picking solution During the 10 months innomine continuously monitored the progress of the projects, if a problem occurred, supported the SME in the solution, connected the companies with the BOWI consortium, helped to communicate with them. We also supported the preparation of the reports and documents that the 4 companies were required to prepare, checked them before submission and advised on modifications where necessary.

Outcome:
All 4 projects were completed successfully and on time, all were accepted by the BOWI consortium without exception. Thanks to the digital solutions implemented or improved, all 4 companies have since been able to operate more efficiently, and their names have been recognised internationally thanks to the project.
BOWI - connecting digital innovation hubs and SMEs in the discovery of advanced digital solutions
BOWI
Boosting digitalisation of SMEs
Digital
Experiment management and coordination
BOWI - connecting digital innovation hubs and SMEs in the discovery of advanced digital solutions

Partners:

Consortium:

  • TNO
  • FundingBox
  • VTT
  • Krakow Technology Park
  • Transilvania IT Cluster
  • Aachen University
  • ICT Cluster Bulgaria
  • Latvian IT Cluster 
  • Civitta
  • NTNU
  • University of West Bohemia


DIH network:

  • DIH TECHNICOM – University Science Park TECHNICOM on behalf of the Technical University of Košice (Szlovákia)
  • Innomine DIH – South Transdanubian branch (Magyarország)
  • Blue European Digital Innovation Hub (Horvátország)
  • Futures of Innovation and Technology Digital Innovation Hub (Románia)
  • Sunrise Valley Digital Innovation Hub (Litvánia)
  • Centre 4.0 Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (Ukrajna)
  • Hub For Digital Innovations (Csehország)
  • Belgrade Robotics Hub (Szerbia)
  • Advanced Manufacturing Digital Innovation Hub (Litvánia)


„Customers” 

- 4 Hungarian companies we mentored and supported for 10 months as part of the BOWI project:

  • CAADEX Kft
  • Pécsi SördĹ‘zde Zrt
  • EN-CO Software Zrt
  • KONETIK GmbH
Within the BOWI project, innomine's main task was to manage the implementation of 4 Hungarian SME projects for 10 months (2022.05.15 - 2023.03.15.).

The 4 projects (experiments) were aimed at introducing or further developing innovativ technologies:
CAADEX Kft.:
CAADEX Production Optimization System Pécsi SörfĹ‘zde Zrt: Smooth food and beverage packaging line operation in an SME - Pecsi Sorfozde
KONETIK: Fleet electrification with an ML-based charging plan EN-CO Software Zrt: Development of a fully-fledged, automated bin-picking solution During the 10 months innomine continuously monitored the progress of the projects, if a problem occurred, supported the SME in the solution, connected the companies with the BOWI consortium, helped to communicate with them. We also supported the preparation of the reports and documents that the 4 companies were required to prepare, checked them before submission and advised on modifications where necessary.

Outcome:
All 4 projects were completed successfully and on time, all were accepted by the BOWI consortium without exception. Thanks to the digital solutions implemented or improved, all 4 companies have since been able to operate more efficiently, and their names have been recognised internationally thanks to the project.
BOWI
Experiment management and coordination
Digital
Digital manufacturing
Within the BOWI project, innomine's main task was to manage the implementation of 4 Hungarian SME projects for 10 months (2022.05.15 - 2023.03.15.).

The 4 projects (experiments) were aimed at introducing or further developing innovativ technologies:
CAADEX Kft.:
CAADEX Production Optimization System Pécsi SörfĹ‘zde Zrt: Smooth food and beverage packaging line operation in an SME - Pecsi Sorfozde
KONETIK: Fleet electrification with an ML-based charging plan EN-CO Software Zrt: Development of a fully-fledged, automated bin-picking solution During the 10 months innomine continuously monitored the progress of the projects, if a problem occurred, supported the SME in the solution, connected the companies with the BOWI consortium, helped to communicate with them. We also supported the preparation of the reports and documents that the 4 companies were required to prepare, checked them before submission and advised on modifications where necessary.

Outcome:
All 4 projects were completed successfully and on time, all were accepted by the BOWI consortium without exception. Thanks to the digital solutions implemented or improved, all 4 companies have since been able to operate more efficiently, and their names have been recognised internationally thanks to the project.
BOWI - connecting digital innovation hubs and SMEs in the discovery of advanced digital solutions
BOWI
Digital manufacturing
Digital
Experiment management and coordination
BOWI - connecting digital innovation hubs and SMEs in the discovery of advanced digital solutions

Partners:

Consortium:

  • TNO
  • FundingBox
  • VTT
  • Krakow Technology Park
  • Transilvania IT Cluster
  • Aachen University
  • ICT Cluster Bulgaria
  • Latvian IT Cluster 
  • Civitta
  • NTNU
  • University of West Bohemia


DIH network:

  • DIH TECHNICOM – University Science Park TECHNICOM on behalf of the Technical University of Košice (Szlovákia)
  • Innomine DIH – South Transdanubian branch (Magyarország)
  • Blue European Digital Innovation Hub (Horvátország)
  • Futures of Innovation and Technology Digital Innovation Hub (Románia)
  • Sunrise Valley Digital Innovation Hub (Litvánia)
  • Centre 4.0 Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (Ukrajna)
  • Hub For Digital Innovations (Csehország)
  • Belgrade Robotics Hub (Szerbia)
  • Advanced Manufacturing Digital Innovation Hub (Litvánia)


„Customers” 

- 4 Hungarian companies we mentored and supported for 10 months as part of the BOWI project:

  • CAADEX Kft
  • Pécsi SördĹ‘zde Zrt
  • EN-CO Software Zrt
  • KONETIK GmbH
Within the BOWI project, innomine's main task was to manage the implementation of 4 Hungarian SME projects for 10 months (2022.05.15 - 2023.03.15.).

The 4 projects (experiments) were aimed at introducing or further developing innovativ technologies:
CAADEX Kft.:
CAADEX Production Optimization System Pécsi SörfĹ‘zde Zrt: Smooth food and beverage packaging line operation in an SME - Pecsi Sorfozde
KONETIK: Fleet electrification with an ML-based charging plan EN-CO Software Zrt: Development of a fully-fledged, automated bin-picking solution During the 10 months innomine continuously monitored the progress of the projects, if a problem occurred, supported the SME in the solution, connected the companies with the BOWI consortium, helped to communicate with them. We also supported the preparation of the reports and documents that the 4 companies were required to prepare, checked them before submission and advised on modifications where necessary.

Outcome:
All 4 projects were completed successfully and on time, all were accepted by the BOWI consortium without exception. Thanks to the digital solutions implemented or improved, all 4 companies have since been able to operate more efficiently, and their names have been recognised internationally thanks to the project.
BOWI
Experiment management and coordination
Technology
Management of technology pilots
Within the BOWI project, innomine's main task was to manage the implementation of 4 Hungarian SME projects for 10 months (2022.05.15 - 2023.03.15.).

The 4 projects (experiments) were aimed at introducing or further developing innovativ technologies:
CAADEX Kft.:
CAADEX Production Optimization System Pécsi SörfĹ‘zde Zrt: Smooth food and beverage packaging line operation in an SME - Pecsi Sorfozde
KONETIK: Fleet electrification with an ML-based charging plan EN-CO Software Zrt: Development of a fully-fledged, automated bin-picking solution During the 10 months innomine continuously monitored the progress of the projects, if a problem occurred, supported the SME in the solution, connected the companies with the BOWI consortium, helped to communicate with them. We also supported the preparation of the reports and documents that the 4 companies were required to prepare, checked them before submission and advised on modifications where necessary.

Outcome:
All 4 projects were completed successfully and on time, all were accepted by the BOWI consortium without exception. Thanks to the digital solutions implemented or improved, all 4 companies have since been able to operate more efficiently, and their names have been recognised internationally thanks to the project.
BOWI - connecting digital innovation hubs and SMEs in the discovery of advanced digital solutions
BOWI
Management of technology pilots
Technology
Experiment management and coordination
BOWI - connecting digital innovation hubs and SMEs in the discovery of advanced digital solutions

Partners:

Consortium:

  • TNO
  • FundingBox
  • VTT
  • Krakow Technology Park
  • Transilvania IT Cluster
  • Aachen University
  • ICT Cluster Bulgaria
  • Latvian IT Cluster 
  • Civitta
  • NTNU
  • University of West Bohemia


DIH network:

  • DIH TECHNICOM – University Science Park TECHNICOM on behalf of the Technical University of Košice (Szlovákia)
  • Innomine DIH – South Transdanubian branch (Magyarország)
  • Blue European Digital Innovation Hub (Horvátország)
  • Futures of Innovation and Technology Digital Innovation Hub (Románia)
  • Sunrise Valley Digital Innovation Hub (Litvánia)
  • Centre 4.0 Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (Ukrajna)
  • Hub For Digital Innovations (Csehország)
  • Belgrade Robotics Hub (Szerbia)
  • Advanced Manufacturing Digital Innovation Hub (Litvánia)


„Customers” 

- 4 Hungarian companies we mentored and supported for 10 months as part of the BOWI project:

  • CAADEX Kft
  • Pécsi SördĹ‘zde Zrt
  • EN-CO Software Zrt
  • KONETIK GmbH
Within the BOWI project, innomine's main task was to manage the implementation of 4 Hungarian SME projects for 10 months (2022.05.15 - 2023.03.15.).

The 4 projects (experiments) were aimed at introducing or further developing innovativ technologies:
CAADEX Kft.:
CAADEX Production Optimization System Pécsi SörfĹ‘zde Zrt: Smooth food and beverage packaging line operation in an SME - Pecsi Sorfozde
KONETIK: Fleet electrification with an ML-based charging plan EN-CO Software Zrt: Development of a fully-fledged, automated bin-picking solution During the 10 months innomine continuously monitored the progress of the projects, if a problem occurred, supported the SME in the solution, connected the companies with the BOWI consortium, helped to communicate with them. We also supported the preparation of the reports and documents that the 4 companies were required to prepare, checked them before submission and advised on modifications where necessary.

Outcome:
All 4 projects were completed successfully and on time, all were accepted by the BOWI consortium without exception. Thanks to the digital solutions implemented or improved, all 4 companies have since been able to operate more efficiently, and their names have been recognised internationally thanks to the project.
Digital Maturity Assessment Methodology
Assessing the digital maturity level of Hungarian SMEs in order to help formulate Digital Transformation Strategy
Digital
Digital Transformation Strategy
innomine helps the digitalization and digital transformation of the Hungarian SMEs in the last 13 years. As the digital transformation became more important to build and maintain resilience, keep up in the sever business environment, innomine faced increasing need of consultancy on this field. Based on its vast related experience developed Digital Maturity Assessment Tool. 

A systematic self-assessment helps companies to have the top-level evaluation of its digital readiness. Moreover, comparison with fellow industry members orient business management to evaluate the status of their organization. Our Digital Readiness Assessment integrate various dimensions, which are vital to draw a full picture of the company.

These are: Digital Strategy, Company Culture, Value Creation Process, Supporting Process, Customer Experience and IT. There are several similar tools available internationally, but the challenge was to develop a methodology, which are tailored for the Hungarian small businesses, and helps homogenic understanding of the terms. The concept of the assessment tool focuses on the consciousness, readiness and willingness of digitalization. The tool uses multiple-choice questions with pre-set answers, which ensure the solid understanding cross the different respondents.

The automated evaluation provides a Digital Readiness Index, which is compared against industry average – helping the partners to see their maturity status.Based on the evaluation innomine able to help SMEs to build the strategy and action plan, which takes the company further on the digital transformation journey.

IFKA tanácsadás - Consulting on digital transformation

    Digital Maturity Assessment Methodology
    Digital Transformation Strategy
    Digital
    Assessing the digital maturity level of Hungarian SMEs in order to help formulate Digital Transformation Strategy

    IFKA tanácsadás -
    Consulting on digital transformation

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        innomine helps the digitalization and digital transformation of the Hungarian SMEs in the last XXX years. As the digital transformation became more important to build and maintain resilience, keep up in the sever business environment, innomine faced increasing need of consultancy on this field. Based on its vast related experience developed Digital Maturity Assessment Tool. 

        A systematic self-assessment helps companies to have the top-level evaluation of its digital readiness. Moreover, comparison with fellow industry members orient business management to evaluate the status of their organization. Our Digital Readiness Assessment integrate various dimensions, which are vital to draw a full picture of the company.

        These are: Digital Strategy, Company Culture, Value Creation Process, Supporting Process, Customer Experience and IT. There are several similar tools available internationally, but the challenge was to develop a methodology, which are tailored for the Hungarian small businesses, and helps homogenic understanding of the terms. The concept of the assessment tool focuses on the consciousness, readiness and willingness of digitalization. The tool uses multiple-choice questions with pre-set answers, which ensure the solid understanding cross the different respondents.

        The automated evaluation provides a Digital Readiness Index, which is compared against industry average – helping the partners to see their maturity status.Based on the evaluation innomine able to help SMEs to build the strategy and action plan, which takes the company further on the digital transformation journey.
        BPDC
        Ecosystem
        Trainings, workshops, webinars
        The Business Promotion & Development Campus (BPDC) is an innovation center operating as part of the Embassy of Hungary in Washington D.C. which offers – beyond the physical amenities – development program for the Hungarian companies aiming to enter the USA market. Its mission was also to help Hungarian companies with networking options by introducing them to the local business communities.

        innomine – as the selected professional implementer - was commissioned to organize boot camps: find, recruit, assess and select relevant companies, compose and deliver enablement program, organize first pitches and business meetings, networking events.

        innomine organized five cohort of companies during 2019-2021. Based on our experiences and own methodology it was paramount, that local (US) trainers and mentors help the development of the Hungarian SMEs. In cooperation with our US partners a multilevel program has been composed, covering business planning, sales, pitching, marketing. Experts selected from top American companies’ executives worked with the management of Hungarian SMEs in order to prepare them for the US market activity. The Hungarian SMEs were coming mainly from the ITC industry, but agriculture and gree business has been also represented – both established mature companies and start-ups.
        Development program for the Hungarian companies aiming to enter the USA market
        BOWI
        Trainings, workshops, webinars
        Ecosystem
        Development program for the Hungarian companies aiming to enter the USA market
        The Business Promotion & Development Campus (BPDC) is an innovation center operating as part of the Embassy of Hungary in Washington D.C. which offers – beyond the physical amenities – development program for the Hungarian companies aiming to enter the USA market. Its mission was also to help Hungarian companies with networking options by introducing them to the local business communities.

        innomine – as the selected professional implementer - was commissioned to organize boot camps: find, recruit, assess and select relevant companies, compose and deliver enablement program, organize first pitches and business meetings, networking events.

        innomine organized five cohort of companies during 2019-2021. Based on our experiences and own methodology it was paramount, that local (US) trainers and mentors help the development of the Hungarian SMEs. In cooperation with our US partners a multilevel program has been composed, covering business planning, sales, pitching, marketing. Experts selected from top American companies’ executives worked with the management of Hungarian SMEs in order to prepare them for the US market activity. The Hungarian SMEs were coming mainly from the ITC industry, but agriculture and gree business has been also represented – both established mature companies and start-ups.