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The Ascent Podcast – LaaS: Leadership as a Service
In episode six of the Ascent podcast, Andrew Tarvin speaks with Vanessa Liu, Vice President of SAP.iO Foundries North America. They discuss topics including diversity and inclusion in the start-up…
Read More SAP’s Industry Cloud Special Edition- How Startups Innovate with SAP’s customers
Josephine Monberg interviews Tobias Buxhoidt, Founder and CEO at parcelLab and Max Kissel, Founder and CEO at Soley. Listen Here...
Read More SAP Commerce Cloud Dresses up Digital Storefronts
COVID-19 has caused disruption across the global economy, forcing companies to alter tried-and-true business processes and meet customers where they are. With in-person interactions no longer the default option, companies…
Read More AI for Leaders: A Look at SAP.iO Grad Cultivate’s Leadership AI Coaching
Cultivate was initially founded through Samsung NEXT’s ‘Entrepreneur in Residence’ accelerator program. In 2019, SAP’s early-stage venture arm, SAP.iO, participated in the AI company’s Series A funding where it raised…
Read More Adverity Is Number One in 2021 g2 Winter Report for Big Data Integration Platform
Adverity, a leading marketing data intelligence platform, has ranked number one in the Momentum Grid Report for Big Data Integration in the G2 Winter 2021 Report. It also continues to…
Read More OKR-focused Gtmhub raises $30M Series B after growing 3x in 2020
Gtmhub, a multinational startup that builds software to help other companies manage their corporate planning, announced that it has raised a $30 million Series B. The round was led by Insight,…
Read More Every Return Saved Is a Win for Consumers, Brands, and the Planet
If the CEO of Presize has his way, clothing returns will be a relic of the past, and online retail brands will not sacrifice business for the sake of the environment. The…
Read More Paradox Acquires Israeli Chatbot Spetz.io To Accelerate Innovation And Expand Global Client Service Capabilities
Paradox, the leading conversational AI platform helping global talent acquisition teams automate recruiting tasks like screening, interview scheduling, and candidate communications, announced today the acquisition of Spetz.io, an Israeli startup…
Read More Q&A With Cogniac | SAP.iO Interview Series
Rheaply’s VP of External Affairs, Tom Fecarotta, met with Vahan Tchakerian of Cogniac to discuss their organization’s mission and involvement in the SAP.iO Foundry Cohort. This is Part 1 of 3 in…
Read More BigID Raises $70M to Become New York’s Newest Unicorn
’s estimated that the total amount of data is expected to reach 59 zettabytes this year with 90% of that data created in the last two years alone. With such…
Read More Fresh from Demo Day: the technology that wants to overpower your air conditioner and the system that will connect to almost any drone
The most interesting graduate from the latest cycle of SAP.io - the accelerator from SAP Global - is Trendemon. At Trendemon they have created a platform for companies designed to…
Read More SAP Among the World’s Top 25 Startup-Friendly Companies and Winner of Corporate Startup Accelerator Award
WALLDORF — SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) today announced it has been recognized with a Corporate Startup Stars Award as one of the Top 25 most active companies to encourage open innovation with startups. SAP also…
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Adverity Is Number One in 2021 g2 Winter Report for Big Data Integration Platform
Adverity, a leading marketing data intelligence platform, has ranked number one in the Momentum Grid Report for Big Data Integration in the G2 Winter 2021 Report. It also continues to…
Read More OKR-focused Gtmhub raises $30M Series B after growing 3x in 2020
Gtmhub, a multinational startup that builds software to help other companies manage their corporate planning, announced that it has raised a $30 million Series B. The round was led by Insight,…
Read More SAP Among the World’s Top 25 Startup-Friendly Companies and Winner of Corporate Startup Accelerator Award
WALLDORF — SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) today announced it has been recognized with a Corporate Startup Stars Award as one of the Top 25 most active companies to encourage open innovation with startups. SAP also…
Read More The end of email?: The startup developing an alternative
“The way we manage work, principally through email, needs to change,” says Bill Dobie, the founder of workplace communications startup and Slack-rival Sedna. “We allow really complicated parts of the…
Read More UK-based WeGift raises £6.7M to create world’s first real-time digital incentive platform
Rewards and incentives are considered one of the most effective ways to encourage workers to put forth great efforts and work efficiently. Every year over $620 billion (approx £462 billion) of gift…
Read More Adverity Named a Gartner Cool Vendor
Adverity, a leading marketing data intelligence platform, is recognised in the 25 September 2020 report titled, “Cool Vendors in Marketing Data and Analytics” by analysts Lizzy Foo Kune and Ethan Budgar…
Read More Venture capital funding bias: Why VC business-as-usual must change
Business as usual. For some, this is a welcome relief. On the contrary, for many underrepresented founders, when VCs utter that phrase, it’s not always welcome news. Venture capital funding…
Read More Henkel hosts ideation hackathon for female entrepreneurs
Henkel’s open innovation and collaboration platform, Henkel dx Ventures, will host its second Xathon, a female ideation hackathon. This year’s main partner is “Global Digital Women”. The hackathon aims to empower…
Read More SAP.iO invests in Manta to simplify data lineage management
We are excited about MANTA’s potential to help SAP customers better understand their data flows. Read more on their website and on VentureBeat.
Read More SAP.iO Fund Invests in Neural-Based Search Company Jina AI
SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) today announced that its investment arm, SAP.iO Fund, has backed Jina AI, a Berlin-based company providing an open source neural search solution. Jina AI combines recent advances in machine…
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The Ascent Podcast – LaaS: Leadership as a Service
In episode six of the Ascent podcast, Andrew Tarvin speaks with Vanessa Liu, Vice President of SAP.iO Foundries North America. They discuss topics including diversity and inclusion in the start-up…
Read More SAP’s Industry Cloud Special Edition- How Startups Innovate with SAP’s customers
Josephine Monberg interviews Tobias Buxhoidt, Founder and CEO at parcelLab and Max Kissel, Founder and CEO at Soley. Listen Here...
Read More SAP Commerce Cloud Dresses up Digital Storefronts
COVID-19 has caused disruption across the global economy, forcing companies to alter tried-and-true business processes and meet customers where they are. With in-person interactions no longer the default option, companies…
Read More AI for Leaders: A Look at SAP.iO Grad Cultivate’s Leadership AI Coaching
Cultivate was initially founded through Samsung NEXT’s ‘Entrepreneur in Residence’ accelerator program. In 2019, SAP’s early-stage venture arm, SAP.iO, participated in the AI company’s Series A funding where it raised…
Read More Every Return Saved Is a Win for Consumers, Brands, and the Planet
If the CEO of Presize has his way, clothing returns will be a relic of the past, and online retail brands will not sacrifice business for the sake of the environment. The…
Read More Q&A With Cogniac | SAP.iO Interview Series
Rheaply’s VP of External Affairs, Tom Fecarotta, met with Vahan Tchakerian of Cogniac to discuss their organization’s mission and involvement in the SAP.iO Foundry Cohort. This is Part 1 of 3 in…
Read More BigID Raises $70M to Become New York’s Newest Unicorn
’s estimated that the total amount of data is expected to reach 59 zettabytes this year with 90% of that data created in the last two years alone. With such…
Read More Fresh from Demo Day: the technology that wants to overpower your air conditioner and the system that will connect to almost any drone
The most interesting graduate from the latest cycle of SAP.io - the accelerator from SAP Global - is Trendemon. At Trendemon they have created a platform for companies designed to…
Read More SAP Among the World’s Top 25 Startup-Friendly Companies and Winner of Corporate Startup Accelerator Award
WALLDORF — SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) today announced it has been recognized with a Corporate Startup Stars Award as one of the Top 25 most active companies to encourage open innovation with startups. SAP also…
Read More Paradox Takes Home Gold and Silver in Brandon Hall Group’s 2020 Excellence in Technology Awards
Paradox, the leading Assistive Intelligence platform for talent experience, announced today that it was recognized with two Brandon Hall Group Excellence in Technology awards, including the Gold award for Best…
Read More Exploring AI in Logistics and Last Mile Delivery, Innovation in Customer Experience, and A Rebel’s Story of Normalizing Hijabi for Women in Stem w/ Layla Shaikley of Wise Systems
This is a story that is unique and one that needs to be evangelized. Layla Shaikley, co-founder of a tech start-up that has seen explosive growth in logistics tech and…
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SAP Among the World’s Top 25 Startup-Friendly Companies and Winner of Corporate Startup Accelerator Award
WALLDORF — SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) today announced it has been recognized with a Corporate Startup Stars Award as one of the Top 25 most active companies to encourage open innovation with startups. SAP also…
Read More Building Better Software: Embedded Context Awareness Differentiates Solutions and Improves User Experiences
When startups and development organizations create software, differentiation is everything. Products that set themselves apart from the competition – by offering enhanced functionality or a better user experience, for example…
Read More Simple Checklists to Prepare for COVID-19 Now Free Through Ruum by SAP
By: Stefan Ritter Co-Founder & Head of Product at Ruum by SAP No matter where you are in the world, times are chaotic. It can feel easy to be consumed…
Read More SAP’s Newest Venture Investment Protects Users’ Identities
In the fast-paced times of digitization, the question of how companies are protecting our digital identities becomes increasingly significant. Almost every online service requires personalized data to identify users. Thus,…
Read More Climat : les Français attendent beaucoup de l’innovation et de la technologie
Ce sameid 25 janvier, Julien Pierrepont, directeur Innovation chez Leyton, Sébastien Gibier, directeur de SAP.iO Foundry Paris et Emile Leclerc, directeur d'études chez Odoxa se sont penchés sur l'impact des…
Read More Fostering an Open Innovation Ecosystem to Buoy HXM
The pace of innovation for human resources (HR) is at an all-time high. Businesses and HR leaders recognize that a motivated, productive, and engaged workforce is essential to compete and…
Read More Got Talent: Recruiting platform Brilliant Hire raises €1M from SAP.iO
SAP.iO Venture Studio makes a €1 million follow-on seed investment in Brilliant Hire, a bias-free, skill-based pre-screening platform that helps digitize recruiting to provide faster and greater insights Brilliant Hire…
Read More SAP.iO gives startups a leg up with resources and investment
SAP is removing obstacles that can get in the way of a startup going from idea to real business. The technology vendor is now providing resources for would-be entrepreneurs through…
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Inspiring FinTech Females 2020: the Top 50 Women Transforming Financial Technology
NYC FinTech Women, an organization created to connect, empower and promote women to advance their careers in financial technology (FinTech), continues to celebrate and recognize women who are driving innovation,…
Read More The Eyes Have It: The Future Of Human-Machine Relations
Has this ever happened to you? Shopping for fresh vegetables at your local market when you notice that special someone across the aisle? And when your eyes lock, you know…
Read More Venture capital funding bias: Why VC business-as-usual must change
Business as usual. For some, this is a welcome relief. On the contrary, for many underrepresented founders, when VCs utter that phrase, it’s not always welcome news. Venture capital funding…
Read More Henkel hosts ideation hackathon for female entrepreneurs
Henkel’s open innovation and collaboration platform, Henkel dx Ventures, will host its second Xathon, a female ideation hackathon. This year’s main partner is “Global Digital Women”. The hackathon aims to empower…
Read More SAP.iO No Boundaries Partners with Les Déterminés to Support Entrepreneurship in Working-Class Neighborhoods and Rural Areas
SAP France announces that its SAP.iO Foundry Paris accelerator is supporting the 12th promotion of the association Les Déterminés, whose mission is to develop entrepreneurship in working-class neighborhoods and rural areas.…
Read More Investing in Female Founders — Lessons from Behavioral Finance, Gender Research and Real Life Experiences
A story of a conversation between an academic researcher, VC investor, CVC investor and an entrepreneur 2019 brought more female-founded unicorns than ever before, and more new female partners at VC firms. Despite this…
Read More “Have a good understanding of your strengths.” with Penny Bauder & Vanessa Liu
Vanessa Liu is the VP of SAP.iO, a global organization responsible for building an ecosystem of startups around SAP. In her role, she is overseeing SAP.iO’s North American Foundries in…
Read More Pitch Party : Le Village by CA présente sa promotion de femmes entrepreneures
C’était jeudi dernier, le Village by CA Paris organisait sa première Pitch Party 100% féminine. À cette occasion, 9 start-up, toutes fondées ou co-fondées par des femmes, se sont prêtées…
Read More SAP.iO Hosts Investing x Women with Stanford Women’s Network of New York
On Thursday, February 27, Joanna Maryewska, Principal at SAP.iO Fund hosted an event with Stanford Women’s Network of New York launching an initiative “Investing x Women” at SAP.iO Foundry New…
Read More How SAP.iO Helps Underrepresented Entrepreneurs Succeed
SAP.iO, SAP’s strategic business unit that works closely with early-stage startups, made clear its commitment to inclusive entrepreneurship when it launched the SAP.iO No Boundaries initiative just over a year ago. No Boundaries offers venture…
Read More Hasso Plattner Founders’ Award Finalist: Driving Inclusive Entrepreneurship
In the race to deliver the next big app, one SAP initiative is making diversity a priority by passing the baton to underrepresented entrepreneurs.
Read More Unleashing the power of Europe’s women entrepreneurs: Six ideas to drive big change
Focusing on gender diversity and developing entrepreneurial talent are among the top 10 priority areas identified in Innovate Europe: Competing for Global Innovation Leadership, a report published by Digital Europe,…
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AI for Leaders: A Look at SAP.iO Grad Cultivate’s Leadership AI Coaching
Cultivate was initially founded through Samsung NEXT’s ‘Entrepreneur in Residence’ accelerator program. In 2019, SAP’s early-stage venture arm, SAP.iO, participated in the AI company’s Series A funding where it raised…
Read More Adverity Is Number One in 2021 g2 Winter Report for Big Data Integration Platform
Adverity, a leading marketing data intelligence platform, has ranked number one in the Momentum Grid Report for Big Data Integration in the G2 Winter 2021 Report. It also continues to…
Read More OKR-focused Gtmhub raises $30M Series B after growing 3x in 2020
Gtmhub, a multinational startup that builds software to help other companies manage their corporate planning, announced that it has raised a $30 million Series B. The round was led by Insight,…
Read More Paradox Acquires Israeli Chatbot Spetz.io To Accelerate Innovation And Expand Global Client Service Capabilities
Paradox, the leading conversational AI platform helping global talent acquisition teams automate recruiting tasks like screening, interview scheduling, and candidate communications, announced today the acquisition of Spetz.io, an Israeli startup…
Read More Q&A With Cogniac | SAP.iO Interview Series
Rheaply’s VP of External Affairs, Tom Fecarotta, met with Vahan Tchakerian of Cogniac to discuss their organization’s mission and involvement in the SAP.iO Foundry Cohort. This is Part 1 of 3 in…
Read More BigID Raises $70M to Become New York’s Newest Unicorn
’s estimated that the total amount of data is expected to reach 59 zettabytes this year with 90% of that data created in the last two years alone. With such…
Read More Fresh from Demo Day: the technology that wants to overpower your air conditioner and the system that will connect to almost any drone
The most interesting graduate from the latest cycle of SAP.io - the accelerator from SAP Global - is Trendemon. At Trendemon they have created a platform for companies designed to…
Read More How VNTANA Is Helping Save Retail With Augmented Reality
In mere months, COVID-19 propelled us five years into the future when it comes to digital adoption, according to global consulting firm McKinsey. You can see this playing out across industries. Restaurants are…
Read More Paradox Takes Home Gold and Silver in Brandon Hall Group’s 2020 Excellence in Technology Awards
Paradox, the leading Assistive Intelligence platform for talent experience, announced today that it was recognized with two Brandon Hall Group Excellence in Technology awards, including the Gold award for Best…
Read More Video-Powered Virtual Storefronts Fuel Next E-Commerce Boom
According to Gartner researchers, live commerce is one of the hottest digital selling trends as retailers and even business-to-business (B2B) companies engage customers with personalized sales through streaming video. To…
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SAP.iO Startup Cuéntame Supports Mental Health in the Workplace
In 2020, the global pandemic and the related economic uncertainty have increased stress levels for employees around the world. The loss of productivity caused by the surge in mental health…
Read More Knockri Named a Top Startup for Tackling Racial Bias & Discrimination
Startus Insights analyzed 326 startups & scaleups tackling racial bias and discrimination. Knockri, a member of SAP.iO Foundry San Francisco's HR Tech Cohort was named one of their top 5…
Read More SAP Startup Spotlight: RoadGoat
Kurosh Hashemi is the founder and CEO of RoadGoat. Prior to starting RoadGoat, Kurosh founded and led the Ultraviolet LED Lighting business at Philips Lighting, which was acquired by Apollo Management. Kurosh…
Read More SAP Kicks Off SAP.iO Foundry San Francisco for “Future of Work” Startups
SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) earlier last week kicked off its virtual accelerator program focused on human resources (HR) technology and the future of work, at SAP.iO Foundry San Francisco. The…
Read More How Olivia by Paradox Improved BOK’s Recruiting Process
In a bid to modernise their recruiting process, BOK Financial needed to find a solution that could easily integrate with its existing SAP SuccessFactors tech stack. According to Maciel, the company needed…
Read More Building an Ecosystem of Innovation for HR Leaders with SAP.iO
With so many changes in the workplace, companies need access to solutions that enable them to be flexible and innovative. Through SAP.iO Fund and SAP.iO Foundries, SAP helps ensure that customers can…
Read More Jet-Set Offset Swaps Your Frequent Flyer Guilt for Sustainable Air Travel
The air travel industry is waking up to a post-pandemic world filled with people who have a heightened awareness of climate change and sustainability. The entrepreneurs behind Jet-Set Offset are turning these…
Read More Portland travel startup raises $1.5M despite Covid-19 travel turmoil
Portland travel startup raises $1.5M despite Covid-19 travel turmoi. The startup has carved a niche in the travel industry with software to help media, entertainment and production groups plan critical…
Read More Paradox Raises $40M Series B to Help Companies Embrace the Future of Work with Conversational AI
Paradox, the conversational AI platform helping HR and talent teams automate administrative tasks and deliver real-time candidate and employee communications, announced today $40M in Series B funding, led by Brighton…
Read More New product displays COVID-19 stats on airline, hotel and OTA websites
Bacarai - one of PhocusWire's Hot 25 Startups for 2020 - has developed a new API service that connects COVID-19 statistics to airport codes and hotel locations so that airlines,…
Read More SAP.iO Foundry San Francisco B2B travel technology accelerator Launches
SAP has launched the SAP.iO Foundry San Francisco business-to-business (B2B) travel technology accelerator, with eight early-stage enterprise startups. The program aims to improve the travel and expense management experience for…
Read More SAP.iO Foundry San Francisco Customer Experience Cohort Caps Off with Demo Day
The 12-week program provided the startups with access to curated mentorship, exposure to SAP technology and application programmable interfaces (APIs), and access to SAP customers. It concludes with an invite-only…
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BigID Raises $70M to Become New York’s Newest Unicorn
’s estimated that the total amount of data is expected to reach 59 zettabytes this year with 90% of that data created in the last two years alone. With such…
Read More What the Rockefeller Center Tree Means for Last-Mile Deliveries
The celebrated Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree arrived in New York recently, ready to take its place as the epicenter of the 2020 holidays. This perennial centerpiece of millions of photos…
Read More Inspiring FinTech Females 2020: the Top 50 Women Transforming Financial Technology
NYC FinTech Women, an organization created to connect, empower and promote women to advance their careers in financial technology (FinTech), continues to celebrate and recognize women who are driving innovation,…
Read More The Circularity Gap: 630 billion reasons the U.S. should implement a circular economy
For 200+ years, our planet has accepted a linear economic model, where we harvest and extract materials, use them to manufacture some sort of product, and then either our employees…
Read More The Eyes Have It: The Future Of Human-Machine Relations
Has this ever happened to you? Shopping for fresh vegetables at your local market when you notice that special someone across the aisle? And when your eyes lock, you know…
Read More Exploring Circular Technology That Enables Sustainability, Inclusion, Net-Zero Waste, and Circular Cities with Dr. Garry Cooper of Rheaply
Dr. Garry Copper, neuroscientist turned sustainability technologist and circularity advocate had a pivotal moment - that our field is one-noted and we need to build a reuse bridge to capture…
Read More Computer vision in supply chain – a chat with Cogniac
Cogniac is a company that uses convolutional neural networks to quickly and painlessly automate visual inspection tasks in all kinds of scenarios. I invited Cogniac CEO Chuck Myers, and Cogniac…
Read More Foundry New York startup Rheaply Featured on The Digital Supply Chain podcast
We live on a planet of finite resources so it makes a lot of sense to make the maximum possible use of all the resources we have. This is the…
Read More Podcast: Digitizing your inventory with 3D printing – a chat with Ivaldi CEO Espen Sivertsen
I'm a big fan of 3D Printing, and have been ever since seeing the Replicator on Star Trek! So, when I heard that one of the Ivaldi, one of the startup…
Read More How these partnerships allow businesses to address global challenges
The challenges of 2020 have led many companies to expand their opportunities by partnering with other businesses, including a competitor. Several pharmaceutical giants, for example, forged partnerships to work on vaccines…
Read More Startups Are Re-Defining Cybersecurity As A Driver For Growth
Imagine a world where businesses execute strategies without worrying about securing data. Now imagine a world where fast paced cybersecurity capabilities enable trusted data to become a source for growth.…
Read More COI Energy selected as a winner of the 2020 New York State 76West Clean Energy Competition
COI Energy was selected as a winner of the New York State 76West Competition for their work to improve building energy performance and grid optimization with software-as-a-service solutions. 76West is…
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Startups Are Re-Defining Cybersecurity As A Driver For Growth
Imagine a world where businesses execute strategies without worrying about securing data. Now imagine a world where fast paced cybersecurity capabilities enable trusted data to become a source for growth.…
Read More Helping Startups Turn Untapped Data into New Business Opportunities for SAP Customers
SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) announced its first data and analytics-focused SAP.iO Foundry Berlin startup accelerator program. Seven startups have been chosen to participate in the virtual fall cohort held in collaboration with the…
Read More SAP Boosts Industry-Wide Innovation with Startup Partnerships
The COVID-19 pandemic is an extreme test in business agility, particularly across some of the hardest hit industries like healthcare, supermarkets, and manufacturing. Iristrace, a European-based startup, has developed a cloud-based platform…
Read More Germany’s Fastest Growing Startups Top 100
In celebration of Germany's impressive innovation ecosystem and the entrepreneurs that make it so, GlassDollar curates a monthly list of the 100 fastest-growing startups in the country. Check out some…
Read More Carsten Maschmeyer investiert in ein Startup, das Maschinenbauer wie Bosch, Siemens und Co. fit für die Zukunft machen will
Starinvestor Carsten Maschmeyer hat sich an dem Berliner Startup Zksystems beteiligt. Nach Informationen von Business Insider flossen bei dem Deal, an dem noch andere Investoren beteiligt waren, insgesamt drei Millionen…
Read More SAP.iO Foundry Berlin Industry 4.0 Demo Day | 2020
When we couldn't have the usual festivities to mark the end of the 3-month Industry 4.0 program at #FoundryBerlin, we brought all the teams together virtually and used some archival…
Read More Jobful, start-up founded by Mihai Cepoi, receives an investment of 250,000 euros
Launched in May 2018, the Jobful platform is dedicated to both young professionals who want to develop their careers and companies who want to streamline the recruitment process through a…
Read More SAP.iO: Treiber von Veränderung
Miroslav Dimitrov Head der Berliner Foundry von SAP:iO Herr Dimitrov, mit welcher Intention fördert SAP.iO Startups?Mit der klaren Mission, die nächste Generation von Ökosystemen aktiv mitzugestalten. Wir wollen Treiber von…
Read More Les accélérateurs SAP.iO Foundry de Munich et de Berlin vont accélérer deux startups françaises : Alcméon et Fretlink
Paris – SAP SE (NYSE) : SAP.iO Foundry Munich et SAP.iO Foundry Berlin annoncent le lancement de leurs nouvelles promotions de startups qui auront pour thème respectif le marketing & e-commerce…
Read More SAP.iO Foundry Berlin Launches Industry 4.0 Startup Acceleration Program
SAP has announced that SAP.iO Foundry Berlin kicked off its second Industry 4.0 program earlier this month, with six international business-to-business startups focused on manufacturing, logistics, supply chain management and process…
Read More The Rise of Customer Experience in Fintech and GRC
Debt collection and a great customer experience are two concepts not typically combined. The image of an intimidating, baseball bat-carrying debt collector is too ingrained in our cultural consciousness. So…
Read More A win-win situation for both parties: SAP.iO Foundry brings London & Partners on board as a mentor
SAP, the market leader in business software, has founded the SAP.iO Foundry to support young companies, in order to promote innovation both inside and outside the SAP world. The participating…
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Every Return Saved Is a Win for Consumers, Brands, and the Planet
If the CEO of Presize has his way, clothing returns will be a relic of the past, and online retail brands will not sacrifice business for the sake of the environment. The…
Read More With a SAP collaboration and a round A underway, Pico comes out punching from Covid-19 crisis
The Israeli startup is currently working with over 60 sports teams globally from some of the biggest leagues in the world and was selected to take part in SAP's first-ever…
Read More “Presize.ai” secures the mega-deal
With their start-up “Presize.ai” Tomislav Tomov (28) and Leon Szeli (26) want to change online clothing shipping. Because clothes that are ordered online cannot be tried on beforehand, there are tons…
Read More Les accélérateurs SAP.iO Foundry de Munich et de Berlin vont accélérer deux startups françaises : Alcméon et Fretlink
Paris – SAP SE (NYSE) : SAP.iO Foundry Munich et SAP.iO Foundry Berlin annoncent le lancement de leurs nouvelles promotions de startups qui auront pour thème respectif le marketing & e-commerce…
Read More SAP.iO Kicks Off Second Acceleration Program for Marketing and Commerce Startups in Munich, Germany
SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) has announced the six startups joining the latest SAP.iO Foundry Munich cohort focused on innovative marketing and commerce solutions. Working closely with SAP Customer Experience teams and UnternehmerTUM,…
Read More SAP Foundry: Accelerator For Startups Focusing On B2B Customers
SAP Foundry Munich is an accelerator program that helps B2B startups develop customer-friendly solutions. Of course, one goal is being able to use the solutions for SAP itself. However, the…
Read More Labs Talk – Feature: SAP.io Foundry Start-Ups II
To finish off the year, we take one more peek at SAP.io Munich Foundry’s Fall Cohort. In part two of our start-up feature we speak with Mathias Stiefel, CEO of…
Read More A win-win situation for both parties: SAP.iO Foundry brings London & Partners on board as a mentor
SAP, the market leader in business software, has founded the SAP.iO Foundry to support young companies, in order to promote innovation both inside and outside the SAP world. The participating…
Read More Labs Talk – Feature: SAP.iO Foundry Start-Ups
In this first of two special feature episodes we take a look at SAP.io Munich Foundry’s Fall Cohort. Julian Krenge, CTO of Parcellab, and Babak Mirzaie, CEO of Expivi, tell…
Read More SAP.iO Foundry Munich at Bits & Pretzels
Last week, the Bits & Pretzels conference in Munich provided SAP.iO startups the opportunity to share, learn, and engage in a unique, Oktoberfest-themed format. Nicknamed “Europe’s biggest Founders Festival”, it featured an…
Read More Forging the Future of Customer Experience: Introducing the first SAP.iO Foundry Munich Cohort
At SAP, collaboration is not only an invaluable tool for progress, but a key advantage that continuously benefits our customers, employees, partners, and communities at large. The latest example of…
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SAP.iO Foundry Paris – Two Years and Counting
🥳 SAP.iO Foundry Paris is celebrating its two-year anniversary. Experience the journey with us in this look back at the last two exhilarating years. 🥳
Read More SAP.iO Foundry Paris saison 5: ces huit start-ups bousculent le procurement
Pour cette nouvelle promotion française, SAP.iO se concentre sur les technologies de gestion de l’approvisionnement. Aperçu des 8 start-ups avec Sébastien Gibier, directeur de l’accélérateur SAP. Lire la suite
Read More La qualité de vie au travail, une opportunité grandissante pour les startups françaises ?
On ne vous apprend rien : la qualité de vie au travail, ou QVT, est devenue en quelques années un enjeu central pour les entreprises du monde entier. Alliée de…
Read More SAP Kicks Off SAP.iO Foundry Paris for Procurement Startups
SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) announced that SAP.iO Foundry Paris kicked off its new accelerator program focused on procurement. Over the next 10 weeks, SAP will accelerate eight startups selected for their innovative approaches…
Read More Les relations simples : la nouvelle innovation venue des startups
Quelque part au cours de la vie économique du XXᵉ siècle, le monde de l’entreprise s’est peu à peu enfermé dans une conception froide, où le secret et l’opacité étaient…
Read More SAP.iO #No Boundaries partners with Les Déterminés
SAP.iO partners with Les Déterminés to Support Entrepreneurship in Working-Class Neighborhoods and Rural Areas. SAP France announces that its SAP.iO Foundry Paris accelerator is supporting the 12th promotion of the…
Read More Une rentrée offensive sur le cloud pour SAP France
Comme d’autres grands éditeurs, SAP a pris conscience il y a plusieurs années du rôle important des start-ups pour l’aider à faire progresser ses offres. Son programme SAP.io a déjà…
Read More Gérald Karsenti : “Entre L’Usage Et La Tech, L’Usage Est Le Plus Important”
Il y a deux ans, SAP France, grand nom de l’édition de logiciels, avait promis deux milliards d’euros d’investissement au Président de la République. Forbes France a fait le point…
Read More Gérald Karsenti (SAP France) : “SAP est la seule capable de rivaliser avec les américains !”
Forum Choose France et attractivité de la France, investissement de SAP en France, stratégie de développement de la filiale française : Gérald Karsenti, Président-Directeur Général de SAP France, revient sur…
Read More Interview: How does HR Tech support work from home during Covid-19?
Watch interview with Sébastien Gibier on BFM Business (French TV Channel) as they discuss how HR Technology supports working from home.
Read More Meet the SAP.iO HR Tech startups! Join us as we celebrate an incredible journey with the HR Tech startups from the SAP.iO Foundry Paris Spring 2020 cohort and a panel…
Read More HR Tech : Les Français attendent que les entreprises réfléchissent à la « qualité de vie en télétravail »
Odoxa et SAP ont interrogés les français sur leurs qualités de vie en télétravail Les enseignements clés du sondage : Les Français attendent que les entreprises réfléchissent à la « qualité…
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Fresh from Demo Day: the technology that wants to overpower your air conditioner and the system that will connect to almost any drone
The most interesting graduate from the latest cycle of SAP.io - the accelerator from SAP Global - is Trendemon. At Trendemon they have created a platform for companies designed to…
Read More Video-Powered Virtual Storefronts Fuel The Next E-Commerce Boom
According to Gartner researchers, live commerce is one of the hottest digital selling trends as retailers and even B2B companies engage customers with personalized sales through streaming video. To be clear, these…
Read More SAP Startup Spotlight: EasySend
SAP invests in a lot of promising startups, and it’s sometimes hard to keep track of all of them. E-3 Magazine has selected the most interesting companies to showcase in…
Read More Announcing the Seven Startups in SAP.iO’s Utilities Accelerator
After two months of examining more than 100 candidates from 20 different countries, this week SAP.iO announced the 7 companies that will participate in the program that will be seasoned…
Read More SAP.iO Foundry Tel Aviv Leads Innovation in Utilities
SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) announced early this week its first utilities-focused accelerator program. The seven early-stage startups to participate in the SAP.iO Foundry Tel Aviv program will focus on innovative solutions that address…
Read More Pandemic Accelerates Consumer Demand for Personalized Free Sample Boxes
Consumers are eager to discover new brands and have never been more open to trying free samples from the safety of their own homes. These were among the recent findings…
Read More TVPage Inserts Salespeople into E-Commerce Storefronts with Its Ambassador Storefronts App, Now Available for Purchase on SAP App Center
TVPage, the company that powers virtual brand ambassador storefronts for e-commerce, today announces that its Ambassador Storefronts application is now available for purchase on SAP App Center, the digital marketplace for SAP partner…
Read More How the SAP.iO Foundry TLV’s TVPage Brings Online Sellers to E-commerce
TVPage creates a touchless & engaging retail experience online through shoppable videos with savvy sellers. As more and more brands have shifted to the E-commerce world as their primary sales…
Read More SAP.IO Foundry Tel Aviv Program Eyes Emerging Israeli Tech Startups
SAP’s strategic business unit to incubate startup innovation, SAP.iO Foundry has announced its next stage of startup acceleration program. SAP.iO is targeting the Israeli tech ecosystem to drive the next…
Read More SAP.iO Foundry TLV is Looking for Startups in the Utilities Industry!
The SAP.iO Foundry Tel Aviv is looking for B2B startups developing solutions in the utilities industry to join its 12-week startup program beginning in October 2020! Watch Here...
Read More Following the innovation in energy: a new SAP acceleration program
From renewable energies to electricity consumers, from smart sensors to decentralized production and a new operational and economic model: the energy industry is changing before our eyes and poses a…
Read More SAP.iO Accelerator Program joins Forces With E.ON and IEC to Explore Startups in the Utilities Industry
SAP.iO is collaborating with E.ON Innovation, the strategic innovation entity of one of Europe’s largest energy companies E.ON, and IEC (Israel Electric Corporation), both SAP clients, for its upcoming startup…
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SAP.iO Announces Six Innovative Indian Startup Participants in the First SAP.iO Foundry Bangalore
SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) today announced its first SAP.iO Foundry accelerator in Bangalore and the six participating Indian startups. The SAP.iO program is part of SAP’s innovation strategy and designed to accelerate early-stage…
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SAP.iO Foundry Tokyo Kicks Off Accelerator Program Focused on Consumer Products
SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) announced its first consumer-products-focused business-to-business technology accelerator program at SAP.iO Foundry Tokyo. The cohort will comprise four early-stage startups in the retail, consumer goods and distribution industries. “COVID-19 has…
Read More Startup Guide Tokyo: how this global tech hub is reinventing itself for a new wave of entrepreneurs
With a GDP of $5 trillion, Japan’s market is the third-largest economy in the world. Japanese customers are known to be sophisticated, and demand high standards of proof of concept.…
Read More “Estie pro” released to improve the efficiency of investment management operations of real estate professional investors with technology
Real estate tech startup Estie officially released a new service " Estie pro " on September 3 to support the investment and management operations of developers and real estate institutional…
Read More Exclusive: Maggie Buggie, SVP and Global Head of Innovation Services and Solutions, SAP SE
This year, we’re celebrating the 30thanniversary of SAP in APJ and I’m so excited by what the future holds for our customers, as the pace of innovation continues. I’m so…
Read More Sky is the Limit: Spirit of Innovation in SAP Asia
Blog written by Christian Klein, COO & Executive Board Member of SAP Tomorrow’s SAP starts today. Having just returned from an amazing trip in Japan, South Korea and China, it’s…
Read More ‘No doubt’ that 5G will help start-ups, says SAP
Scott Russell of SAP says many start-ups in the company's accelerator programs in Asia are using artificial intelligence and machine learning. Watch Video
Read More SAP Kicks Off First SAP.iO Foundry in Asia
SAP announced the launch of the first SAP.iO Foundry in Asia: SAP.iO Foundry Tokyo. Over the next 12 weeks, SAP.iO Foundry Tokyo will accelerate five business-to-business (B2B) Japanese technology startups,…
Read More Software giant SAP launches the first SAP.iO Tokyo cohort to accelerate B2B Japanese tech startups
Back in January, we wrote about SAP when the German software giant and maker of enterprise software announced the launch of its SAP.iO No Boundaries initiative to fund and incubate…
Read More SAP Kicks Off First SAP.iO Foundry in Asia
The first SAP.iO Foundry in Asia has launched: SAP.iO Foundry Tokyo. Over the next 12 weeks, SAP.iO Foundry Tokyo will accelerate five business-to-business (B2B) Japanese technology startups, providing them access…
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Beyond Smart Cities: How Drones And Robotics Revolutionize Building Inspections
Underneath the gleaming surface of modern megacities is an archaic patchwork of antiquated building inspection processes long overdue for a 21st Century makeover. Meet H3 Dynamics, a cloud-based inspection services platform that’s…
Read More SAP.iO Startup Feature – Pulsifi
How do HR professionals ensure that they consistently hire and develop talent with the rights skills to lead their organization towards success? Meet Pulsifi, an AI-driven predictive analytics and people…
Read More SAP.iO Startup Highlight – Clarity by Hybird
Find out how Clarity, a cloud-based visual asset inspection platform that is integrated with SAP’s Intelligent Asset Management suite including the Asset Intelligence Network (AIN), is able to help asset-intensive…
Read More SAP.iO Foundry Singapore Launches FinTech and COVID-19 Recovery Acceleration Program
SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) today kicked off the SAP.iO Foundry Singapore Fall 2020 acceleration program focused on COVID-19 recovery, FinTech and spend management. The selected business-to-business startups will help SAP’s customers extend the value of their…
Read More Mobile Robotics Startup Powers Warehouse Productivity Safely
When Rahul Nambiar, co-founder and CEO of Botsync, transformed his passion for robotics into autonomous mobile robots with three other co-founders, little did they imagine their efforts will become key…
Read More Supporting Innovations to Reduce Risk for Critical Infrastructure Essential Workers
Across the world, individuals, communities, and businesses are struggling with changing regulations imposed to counter the COVID-19 pandemic. From lockdowns followed by the easing of those measures to renewed restrictions…
Read More SAP.iO Foundry Singapore Launches Industry 4.0 Startup Acceleration Program
kicked off a new SAP.iO Foundry Singapore program, with five international startups that will help SAP customers become Industry 4.0 businesses and go beyond digital manufacturing to seamlessly connect all…
Read More SAP.iO Foundry Singapore Launches Industry 4.0 Startup Acceleration Program
SINGAPORE — SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) today kicked off a new SAP.iO Foundry Singapore program, with five international startups that will help SAP customers become Industry 4.0 businesses and go…
Read More Making innovation real at Intelligent Enterprise Demo Day
Innovation is currently a hot topic on the agenda of all corporates. Nearly all of them want to ‘make innovation real’. That is, they desire to harness innovation as the…
Read More Sustainable Singapore: Sustainability at Geo Energy
Coal mining group Geo Energy says that sustainable practices form the core of their overall strategy and is an integral part of everything they do. Tung Kum Hon, CEO of Geo…
Read More Asia set to eclipse US as world’s venture capital powerhouse
Southeast Asia also enjoys strong government backing for entrepreneurship, backed by a rising, affluent, middle class, said Scott Russell, president for Asia Pacific Japan at German software provider SAP, whose…
Read More Smart credit fintech startup Flowcast nabs US$3M Series A funding from ING Ventures, BitRock Capital
The company noted that the proceeds of this round will be used to fund the acceleration of Flowcast’s go-to-market strategy, global market expansion especially in Singapore and the APAC region,…
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