Open Innovation & Partnership Facilitation

Open innovation consultants connect corporations with startups, universities, and external partners to access innovation and collaborate.

With open innovation and ecosystem partnerships strategic, consulting generates revenue of $170,000-$580,000 with 75-85% margins.

The business requires ecosystem network, partnership expertise, deal structuring knowledge, corporate and startup experience, and program management.

Services include open innovation program design, startup partnership facilitation, university and research partnerships, innovation challenges and contests, accelerator and incubator design, and partnership negotiation and structuring.

Revenue through program fees and facilitation.

Success factors include ecosystem network (startups, VCs, universities), corporate innovation experience, understanding partnership models and structures, startup and entrepreneurial ecosystem credibility, and facilitating win-win collaborations.

Marketing focuses on corporate innovation, corporate venture capital, and R&D teams.

With open innovation and ecosystems essential and partnerships complex in 2025, open innovation consulting offers connector opportunities serving corporations and startups with ecosystem networks and partnership expertise as key.