Newsletter Update April 2020

Startups and Investor News The newsletter with our latest updates and resources for your business

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Innouvo is proud to announce the newest addition to our virtual 3-month program faculty, Nick Henderson.

WELCOME TO OUR FACULTY TEAM, NICK!

Nick Henderson, Venture Capital Strategies Nick Henderson is President of the Boston Chapter of Keiretsu Forum, the largest angel investor group in the world and has been ranked as a #1 investor in Pitchbook. Previously, he founded and/or has been a C-level executive at three companies that had successful exits and raised institutional money for those companies. He has extensive experience as a founder of a startup, structuring deals for healthy and distressed companies, as well as leading successful turnarounds of companies in distress. Nick has an extensive network in the angel and VC communities, is a popular panelist at conferences, and organizes conferences for investors and entrepreneurs for the Association for Corporate Growth, investment banks and for Keiretsu Boston. Nick has been an angel investor for more than 10 years in Keiretsu Forum, Berkeley Angels (University of California, Berkeley) and Harvard University Angels. He is also an advisor at Skydeck, UC Berkeley’s accelerator.

Business France is officially a partner of Innouvo - Welcome!

Business France is a leading government organization dedicated to promoting France’s companies, business image and nationwide attractiveness as an investment location. Find out more information here. Innouvo is proud to have partnered with them to help great companies succeed in the international markets!

Starting in April: 5 Companies. 3-months. Get support to survive, turnaround and thrive during these testing times. Sign up today!

ANNOUNCING PARTICIPATING STARTUP TEAMS IN 10 DAYS!

Innouvo is finalizing the enrollment of 5 international teams who will be supported by Innouvo’s faculty team during an adapted version of its 3-month program. The focus will be on digital marketing, marketing ROI, rapid business turnaround and new offering design as well as venture capital in a time of recession. The final participants will be announced in the coming few days. Learn more about the program here.

Alumni Spotlights:

Weedoo-it is launching new virtual offerings!

The current crisis we are all experiencing requires resilience, agility and overall creativity to ensure a company’s long-term survival and success. We are extremely proud of the courage, thinking, and rapid execution that the Weedoo it alumni team has demonstrated by piloting new virtual offerings this month. It was a smart first move into building the company’s future despite these uncertain times. Such innovation, if well done, can clearly add an attractive solution to their current offering and possibly be an attractive additional growth driver when things get back to normal. Check out their website or join their sponsored events here.

Hapticmedia 3D Luxury product configurator – e-commerce 4.0

The Hapticmedia team has made immense progress since joining our 3-month program back in 2018. We are extremely happy to observe their sustained growth since then, driven in part by a successful market focus in the luxury sector. Their high quality solutions in this marketplace help luxury product consumers visualize and personalize these products to their taste, all virtually. They’ve understood where the future of e-commerce is heading: Personalization and virtual interactions. Companies such as Kenzo, Guerlain, Baume, Mercier and many more have been able to differentiate their offerings, as well as grow their revenue thanks to Hapticmedia. Check out their technology here and stay tuned as more announcements are coming soon for this amazing team!

Boston – Strasbourg 2020: Initiative update – Innovators in Healthcare

The City of Boston and the Strasbourg Eurometropolis have been coming together as one to help healthcare entrepreneurs from both regions take their innovations to the next level. Innouvo, as an organizing lead for this initiative, helps coordinate the business exchanges between these two

ecosystems and the many partners who have enrolled in the program. US entrepreneurs, investors, corporate executives and ecosystem leaders are joining forces with their peers from Strasbourg to allow for easier and more effective global market expansion. Trips to both cities are planned; meanwhile a virtual programming has been activated to prepare all teams for maximum success, learning, exchanges and business results. Learn more here.

VIDEO: Words from our CEO - Should you pivot? (A 5 minute video)

In this short video, Alistair will explain a good approach to rapidly evaluate your state and how to take the next steps. He also shares the definitions of what he calls Zombie or walking dead companies, Ostriches, Phoenixes and Unicorns. Which one are you?

Must-read articles curated by our team at Innouvo- just for you:

Author Steve Bank shares a virus survival strategy for your startup here

An article from Sequoia Capital, which depicts quite a dark perspective, but also shares some venture capital wisdom that we believe to be right and very necessary. Read more here.

Motivational Quote

“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is

most adaptable to change” – Charles Darwin

Always stay one step ahead with Innouvo

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