Innovation Roundtable Insights

64. HenkelX Venture’s Agile and PoC-focused Approach to Startup Collaboration - Salima Douven, HenkelX Ventures

Salima Douven, HenkelX Ventures

Salima Douven, Director Digital Strategy & Innovation at HenkelX Ventures, talks about the unit’s startup collaboration strategy - how the unit leverages PoCs to enable business units to collaborate with startups, the startup scouting and selection process, as well as the guiding principles and processes needed for successful and agile collaboration.

She also details the models used in the investment process and the unit’s role in in the scaling period, as well as its leadership practices.

This episode was recorded at the Innovation Roundtable workshop hosted by GE Power in Berlin on Digital Services and Startup Collaboration. Visit InnovationRoundtable.online to watch this interview and hundreds of other presentations.