Fireside Chat
summary
Orange states it runs 160,000 employees with more than 3,000 people in its innovation chain and claims 250 million customers to test services, having accompanied about 200 startups so far and targeting 500 by 2018. Mobile‑banking platforms already serve 20 million users in Africa. The company builds accelerators, corporate venture funds (€300M) and a €200M co‑investment vehicle, admits scaling and procurement processes block small partners, and says open innovation requires adapted contracts and mentorship rather than only money.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:09France-Israel digital innovation
- 3:18Orange’s open innovation
- 8:47French Tech startups
- 12:06Open innovation and scaling
- 17:13France’s digital transformation
- 20:08France invests in startups
- 24:07French Tech for international startups
- 25:54Orange’s Israel investments
- 28:43Closing remarks
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