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Podcast: Open Innovation Talks
Episode: Ep.6 - Joel Agard / Zurich Insurance - No longer a Corporate Accelerator. More than a Venture Client
Description: Open Innovation models are evolving, we often say.Describing the Zurich Innovation Championship, Joel Agard, Group Head of Innovation, Zurich Insurance Group, says that it is not an accelerator but it is more than a venture client.Through its 40 group's companies Zurich Insurance Group scouts over 3000 startups per year. About 150 are invited to the local “Super Days” organised by in the different markets. Of them about 50 are admitted to the Global Round in front of the Excom. 15 enter the 4 -month program that has the goal of validating the solution through 3 sprints: “Desirability”, “Feasibility” (technical, regulatory, ethical, legal/compliance, brand consis...