It was great visiting an industrial city of the might of Västerås and entering ABB's historical areas and buildings. This city had, in my mind, been a robotic city for a long time. Peter Löfgren, CEO Synerleap1 corrected me: it is even more significant - we are part of the Electrification Valley. And Peter started this off with the essence of this discussion: “How to leverage innovation and value creation through an innovation ecosystem.”
To innovate, passion is crucial, and this can be seen in the team of Synerleap. And they have been part of the journey for some unicorns and soonicorns (Northvolt, Einride, Volta Trucks…), so clearly, there is some “magic” happening here. To make an impact, we need to pair corporates with startups. This is a natural role for innovation ecosystems if you make it work properly and make all parties winners.
ROCSOLE2 is also a member of the family, and we are together with Synerleap exploring the avenues in how to build synergies with corporates…Peter and his team are determined to make it happen. Get into action!
Peter gives examples of how startups have had successes and how it has helped ABB to improve - here you can get the win-win proven.
(Unfortunately, I wanted to make this to a YouTube version, but I struggled with the video/wifi this time. Technology…). Also - the pandemic has put face-to-face meetings on hold; I was the first startup member to visit the Synerleap since the pandemic! I hope there are many more visits, projects coming up for us and other startups. Collaboration is key to making an impact with innovation. Synerleap is also onboarding more industrial corporate partners.
So if you are an entrepreneur, startup company, or corporate innovator - get in touch with Synerleap, to see if you jointly can unlock some potential!
Thanks to Camilla, Martin and Peter. Looking forward to the continuation!
/Mika
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S2E16 An Innovation Ecosystem Creating Value and Winners