THE CHALLENGE

To help capture major new growth opportunities and solve strategic challenges for Unilever through start-up partnerships

OUR APPROACH
  • Capability Design: Co-created the operating model, capabilities, governance and KPIs for Unilever to enable Unilever to test and scale new business models and technologies through partnership
  • Start-up Radar: Continuous search for the world’s best start-up partners leveraging our proprietary database and network
  • Start-up Partnership Execution: Help to execute a rigorous partnership piloting and scaling methodology
THE IMPACT

A 6 year partnership to date with Unilever partnering with >50 start-ups including:

  • Oral care division partnered to launch a digital health service in Europe
  • European Supply Chain partnered with freight forwarding solution to deliver huge efficiencies
  • Cif partnered with Helpling to launch on-demand cleaning services (also resulting in an investment by Unilever Ventures)

You delivered well in excess of our expectations. The quality of the programme and output were far, far ahead of what they would’ve been had you not been involved


HEAD – Unilever Ventures