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SUCCESS STORIES

Your partner for impactful,
future-ready innovation

At Verhaert, we help businesses achieve sustainable growth through strategic innovation. Our team brings deep expertise across research, concept development, training, coaching and funding. We work with you to tackle complex challenges and uncover new opportunities for value and impact.

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Whether you want to source breakthrough technologies, pilot new services, improve existing products or launch new ventures, we’re here to guide every step. Our approach is collaborative and focused on creating real business outcomes. We grow together by helping you reach your strategic goals.

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SERVITIZATIONS
VENTURES
ECOSYSTEMS

Your partner for impactful, future-ready innovation

At Verhaert, we help businesses achieve sustainable growth through strategic innovation. Our team brings deep expertise across research, concept development, training, coaching and funding. We work with you to tackle complex challenges and uncover new opportunities for value and impact.

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Whether you want to source breakthrough technologies, pilot new services, improve existing products or launch new ventures, we’re here to guide every step. Our approach is collaborative and focused on creating real business outcomes. We grow together by helping you reach your strategic goals.

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SERVITIZATIONS
VENTURES
ECOSYSTEMS
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You drive your innovation to successful results

Piloting new value propositions

Reducing costly failures or missed market opportunities by concepting, testing and validation.

Lifecycle management

Safeguard market share and margins by improving competitive edge to beat commoditization and create maximum growth.

Strategic sourcing

Efficient innovation by smart purchasing, technology transfer, partnerships, ecosystems and collaboration
with start-ups.

Business accelerators

Disrupt markets and accelerate technology take-up by building start-up ecosystems and help (corporate) start-ups grow fast.

Early-stage financing

Fuel growth while safeguarding founders’ interests by providing access to the optimized financing mix.

You drive your innovation to successful results

Piloting new value propositions

Reducing costly failures or missed market opportunities by concepting, testing and validation.

Lifecycle management

Safeguard market share and margins by improving competitive edge to beat commoditization and create maximum growth.

Strategic sourcing

Efficient innovation by smart purchasing, technology transfer, partnerships, ecosystems and collaboration
with start-ups.

Business accelerators

Disrupt markets and accelerate technology take-up by building start-up ecosystems and help (corporate) start-ups grow fast.

Early-stage financing

Fuel growth while safeguarding founders’ interests by providing access to the optimized financing mix.

Powering strategic innovation across markets

We’re the hidden gem behind products you know, like AB Inbev’s Perfect Draft and Bosch wipers, driving innovation across various sectors.

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Life sciences ➜

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Industry ➜

Powering strategic innovation across markets

We’re the hidden gem behind products you know, like AB Inbev’s Perfect Draft and Bosch wipers, driving innovation across various sectors.

FMCG ➜

Life sciences ➜

Space & defense ➜

Industry ➜

Possibilities to explore your strategic innovation journey

Identify the right innovations

Whether through internal development, external partnerships, or acquisitions we help in opportunity recognition.

Reduce the risk of innovation

Validating ideas and ensuring product-market fit for your products, services and business models.

Maximize the value of innovation

Optimizing existing and design new offerings leveraging upon unspoken needs & differentiation to accelerate new ventures into business creation.

Ensure successful implementation

Providing support and guidance throughout the execution process and avoid erosion & creep of the value.

Financing innovation

Helping to navigate the complex landscape of seed funding, grants, cascade funding venture capital and corporate venture capital financing.

Some of our strategic innovation success stories

See how others have turned challenges into measurable success.

The CeCe management app revolutionizes migraine detection and treatment. With the help of our design experts, we have developed a product that not only loos good but also functions well and offers unique and valuable experiences through its compelling service design.

Cefaly 

Piloting new value propositions|Strategic Innovation

Our Academy team merges creativity and technical proficiency to address intricate challenges through a worldwide training program in Creative Engineering and Intrapreneurship, benefiting 300 high-potential employees. At DEME, intrapreneurs learn to unite imagination and practical abilities to create appealing, efficient, and commercially viable products, systems, and processes.

DEME

Business Accelerators|Strategic Innovation

Onera Health’s polysomnography-as-a-service for home use – a stylish, functional product designed with customer needs in mind.

Onera Health

Piloting new value propositions|Strategic Innovation

AB InBev and Philips introduced the Perfect Draft, the first in-home beer tap. The device has undergone several upgrades, including the integration of digital technology. The Perfect Draft now connects users directly to the device via IoT.

AB InBev

Piloting new value propositions|Strategic Innovation

The need for social care is increasing as society continues to grow and evolve. The Helpper platform addresses this demand by providing support to those who are vulnerable, such as the elderly, disabled, and patients with chronic conditions, as well as those who have demanding work schedules and need help

Helpper 

Piloting new value propositions|Strategic Innovation

Cities and municipalities are eager to support the energy transition and the fundamental rework of existing buildings. To aid this process, our strategic designers have created a digital energy renovation platform with collaborative features that connect building owners with various stakeholders and assess beneficial interventions.

Ghent City

Piloting new value propositions|Strategic Innovation

Since 2017, Bayer has nurtured the development of over 900 certified innovation professionals through a custom-designed innovation learning and development program.

Bayer – digital transformation & servitisation program

Business Accelerators|Strategic Innovation

To enhance conference experiences, we validated a value proposition for Dicentis, a new IP-based conferencing platform. This platform offers immersive and interactive features, transforming Bosch into a service-oriented organization. Our research and validation efforts in both the US and Europe ensure the platform’s global success.

Bosch Conference Systems

Piloting new value propositions|Strategic Innovation

Daily, each inhales up to 13,000 liters of air. The Green Deal legislation prioritizes improving indoor air quality, among other things. However, there’s currently a shortage of products and services that effectively enhance the air quality in residential buildings and office spaces.

Renson Sense

Piloting new value propositions|Strategic Innovation

Our team of design experts supported a start-up’s development of a breakthrough ankle-foot prosthetic with a focus on preventing misuse and delivering an intuitive solution. We provided usability design and human factor engineering expertise.

Axiles Bionics

Piloting new value propositions|Strategic Innovation

We supported crafting a seamless user-focused experience for a ground-breaking at-home skin scanner. It suggests personalized skincare products based on the user’s skin type and concerns. We comprehended customer needs and desires and developed a service that satisfies them. We also designed a user-friendly interface.

Beiersdörf

Piloting new value propositions|Strategic Innovation

The Roastelier franchise streamlines in-house roasting, making it easy, attainable, and fully customizable. It enhances freshness and enhances the flavor. Roastelier gives barista businesses a distinctive advantage. To meet customer expectations and needs, we devised a product strategy that balances features and costs for the roaster equipment.

Nestlé Roastelier

Piloting new value propositions|Strategic Innovation

Nestlé

The “out-of-home coffee experience” goes beyond the taste and quality of the coffee, incorporating the setting and ambiance of the establishment and the staff’s service. We aim to offer opportunities for socializing, unwinding, or taking a break from daily life.

Nestlé

Piloting new value propositions|Strategic Innovation

Menzis is a trailblazer in the health insurance industry, paving the way for preventive healthcare. Our team assisted in creating a strong vision, defining the purpose, and exploring various lifestyle-enabling factors such as healthy eating, exercise, and mindfulness.

Menzis SamenGezond

Piloting new value propositions|Strategic Innovation

We aided in the creation of Demetra, a cutting-edge skin examination tool powered by AI. Our team helped align the features, functions, and benefits of the device to meet customer needs and provided product design services to ensure swift adoption in the industry.

Barco Demetra

Piloting new value propositions|Strategic Innovation

Bosch Jet Wiper We revolutionized windshield cleaning with the Jet Wiper, marking a new era. The wiper arm integrates nozzle elements to spray washer fluid directly in front of the blade, avoiding spray mist that hinders visibility. Our strategic product design team played a crucial role in developing this attractive

Bosch Jet Wiper

Piloting new value propositions|Strategic Innovation

We transformed indoor wellness at home to promote physical, mental, and emotional well-being. We devised a new product strategy for the entire European indoor wellness market, aligning features and costs to customer expectations to ensure competitiveness and customer appeal.

Villeroy & Boch Wellness

Piloting new value propositions|Strategic Innovation

Get inspired by our latest strategic innovation insights

From ‘baby syndrome’ to market fit: Inside the MedTech Accelerator

Product management, MVPs and the paywall paradox: Navigating the digital maze

Beyond launch: Innovating across the product life cycle as key to growth

Strengthening maritime innovation: Why collaboration across the ecosystem is becoming essential

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