Case Study: Orange Belgium diversifies innovation with Novable startup scouting

Latest testimonial from Ariane Chan – Open Innovation at Orange Belgium on Orange’s Smart City Innovation Challenge

Orange Belgium, through its Orange Fab accelerator in Belgium and Luxembourg, faced the challenge of sourcing highly specific local startups for its 2022 program. They needed innovative companies using VR, AR, or metaverse technologies in sectors like gaming and digital health to demonstrate 5G's value, but their own search methods were too time-consuming. To address this, they turned to the startup scouting services provided by Novable.

Novable used its platform and agent support to rapidly identify over 60 startups that matched the strict criteria. After a review process, six of the startups discovered by Novable were presented to Orange Fab's pre-jury, and one was ultimately selected to join the accelerator program. The Novable team provided constant assistance through weekly meetings, with their human-driven real-time assessment and filtering being key to facilitating the process and delivering a high-quality result.

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