How Capgemini transforms its business with Bloomflow
Capgemini Ventures co-creates with external partners to deliver genuine business impact. With Bloomflow, they unified scouting, qualification & partnership management across 360,000 employees worldwide.
- Sector
- Consulting
- Team
- Startup Catalyst
- Employees
- 360,000
- Headquarters
- Paris, France
Capgemini × BloomflowEcosystem design
enabled through Bloomflow
1000+
startups tracked in 2022 on Bloomflow
60%
increase in Capgemini users in 2022
The Challenge
Capgemini recognized that startup ecosystems require different ways of working when compared to their larger tech partners.
They also faced the challenge of managing the breadth of external collaboration across the group. Startups are continuously identified & assessed in response to specific industry needs, both at a global level and locally, through a network of Startup Ecosystem leaders.
They needed a solution that would enable a methodological approach to sharing intelligence across the group, & one extensible enough to evolve with the growing ambitions and scale of their innovation efforts.
"Capgemini Ventures has a dual role of Corporate Venture and open innovation arm of the group. Our operating model, built on collective intelligence and expert qualification, requires adequate processes and proper tool enablement."
Lucia Sinapi-Thomas
Managing Director, Capgemini Ventures
The Solution
Capgemini chose Bloomflow as a partner, internally branded as Rocket Station. It serves as a single source of truth for all startup-related activities across the group and is accessible to all Capgemini employees worldwide.
Startups are added onto the platform from the scouting phase and managed via portfolios organized by strategic industry & portfolio offering. This makes it easier to match them up with the business challenges & opportunities faced by their clients or internal departments. In one year alone, more than 1,000 startups from 36 countries were uploaded and tracked on their Bloomflow platform.
Capgemini's ecosystem design activities are also enabled by the platform through portfolio and project features, allowing teams to map out emerging ecosystems more quickly and advise clients on the most promising startups.
"Now I can map startup ecosystems faster. My team and I were looking for an innovative AI startup, and within a few clicks I was able to find qualified technology partners on our Bloomflow platform to supplement my local scouting efforts."
Maria Messina
Italy Startup Ecosystem Leader, Capgemini Ventures
The Results
Capgemini teams can now easily harness the latest trends and insights related to startups from around the world. More than 1,000 startups were selected to be tracked on their Bloomflow platform in a single year, a 60% increase in active Capgemini users on the platform in 2022 alone.
Their platform continues to evolve as new features are enabled to support Capgemini's evolving co-innovation scope. Ecosystem design is now enabled end-to-end through Bloomflow, making it easier than ever to access & deploy new solutions from startups within the group and to shape new joint offerings for clients.
As new users continue to join Rocket Station, the value brought by the platform has only increased over time.
