How we work
Learn more about our methodologies and innovation phases.
At Bosch Business Innovations, we drive new business creation through every typical stage of the venture capital lifecycle. From the early exploration of new investment areas and ideas to refining and scaling business models, we support start-ups as they evolve.
Beyond innovation for Bosch
Rather than "What is beyond innovation?", we ask ourselves “Where does it take place?”
Bosch simultaneously innovates its traditional core business and develops new businesses beyond the core. Beyond innovations address new markets and customers, for which new business models and/or new capabilities may have to be developed and new organizations be built up.
At Bosch Business Innovations (formerly grow platform), we are dedicated to bridging the gap towards novel solutions in new markets and industries.
Building new businesses in strategically aligned markets guided by investment theses
Technological and industrial transformations regularly open new areas of business that can help achieve faster growth. Investment theses enable us to systematically and strategically invest in promising innovation fields which are closely aligned with Bosch's corporate strategy.
An investment thesis states a broad, overarching and significant market opportunity that guides our investment decisions. Typically, it combines a macro observation of high-level trends, market dynamics or economic factors with long-term sustainable growth potentials.
While markets, societies, and trends are ever changing, we are also continuously refining our desired areas of beyond innovations. Through customer and market feedback from business ideas in our portfolios, we iterate not only on the businesses themselves, but also the entire investment theses.
Accelerating from seed to growth to scale
Different stages in venture capital (VC) and venture building (VB) exist to reflect the evolving needs of start-ups as they progress through their lifecycle. These stages are crucial for both investors and founding teams. They help define deeper information at each stage such as support needed for the validation and development of their solution, amount and type of capital required.
At Bosch Business Innovations, we guide idea owners and intrapreneurs with dedicated programs through seed, growth, and scale stages, thereby providing targeted expertise and resources. Additionally, we closely align these stages with our internal standardized Bosch Innovation Framework (BIF) which provides appropriate methods, tools, and maturity criteria.
Furthermore, we increasingly accelerate business building with generative AI. With the help of AI augmented tools, we are capable of developing fundamental assessments of market potential, business models or customer profiles in the shortest possible time.
