Innovation Ecosystems
By nurturing open innovation ecosystems, we get companies of all shapes and sizes to work together on use-cases that tackle societal topics.
The challenges our society and its citizens face today are too complex for just one company to solve. An innovation ecosystem stimulates knowledge sharing, boost innovation and can result in marketable solutions.
Ecosystem
The way an ecosystem works goes as follows:
Founding Partners
invest in the ecosystem. In return, they determine its objective and thematics on which it will work,
Active members
(Corporates, startups, and incubators) in the ecosystem collaborate during the ideation and prototyping phase on the use-cases,
Influencer members
provide the ecosystem with knowledge, technology, infrastructure or other resources,
Investors and subsides
provide the ecosystem with extra funds.
3 Formats of multi-party innovation
Based on our unique methodology.
Ecosystem.
Thematic ∙ Ecosystem
Co.Station brings together different actors within an ecosystem-based on societal thematics (food, building, mobility,…). All participants, recruited by Co.Station, are positioned at different places in the value chain. The main goal of the Thematic Ecosystems is to aim for a lasting impact for a large part of society.
Ecosystem.
Company ∙ Ecosystem
When the need and innovation pain of the organization is very specific, or when the company wants to be at the centre of a specific ecosystem (Teclos, Banks, Airports,…), Co.Station recommends the Company Ecosystem. Co.Station will operate as the neutral operator and facilitator for a certain number of recommended or proposed Active Members, in order to solve the company’s predefined innovation challenges.
Ecosystem
Peers ∙ Ecosystem
The Peers Ecosystem is the perfect multi-party innovation solution when a particular consortium of companies (pre-aligned or not) wants to collaborate together; wanting to create or accelerate a common project (eg. corporates investing in a startup); or align internationally with peers on a common engagement (eg. water preservation in Europe).
Our Methodology
Our signature methodlogy guides the entire ecosystem throughout 4 different phases:
Step 1 | Ideation
Step 2 | Prototyping
Step 3 | Demonstration
Step 4 | Implementation
By nurturing open innovation ecosystems, we get companies of all sizes to work together on complex business & societal topics. It stimulates knowledge sharing, boost innovation & can result in marketable solutions.
Our ecosystems
Where ideas become prototypes.
IO.Energy
The IO.Energy Ecosystem is built to facilitate the development of new energy services by market parties to drive the power system towards consumer centricity.
Co.Mobility
co.mobility’s goal is to deliver solutions that improve mobility in Belgium, which are accessible, durable, intermodal and economically viable, to answer citizen’s needs.
Co.Responsibility
Co.Station launched co.responsibility to co-create, together with 20 companies cross-industry, future proof solutions for people & business beyond Covid-19.
Co.Food
co.food, is fighting for resilient & regenerative food solutions that can go toe-to-toe with our faster ever changing world and consumers. By connecting market players in the food & beverage industry, we want to provide answers to Belgium’s and European food challenges!
Co.Building
With co.building, we want to co-create sustainable building solutions. We need buildings that support quality of life, promote health, safety and comfort while being sustainable from their development until the end of their life cycle.
Pack4Circular
More than ever, we need sustainable packaging solutions that can go toe-to-toe with our faster ever changing world and consumers. With Pack4Circular, the industry’s key players will put their heads together and co-create packaging solutions with business & societal impact.
