Disrupt Me
Disrupt Me is an end-to-end innovation programme for European corporates seeking to advance their company with groundbreaking Israeli technologies
Cracking the Code for Corporate Innovation Success
Disrupt Me is a tailor-made journey, largely subsidized by the EU, for European corporates seeking to advance their company’s open innovation best practices and PoC process with groundbreaking Israeli technologies.
This hybrid programme provides the platform, network, know-how, and cultural factors necessary to secure a technological success story and sharpen its open innovation procceses.
Disrupt Me offers focus tracks based on your innovation needs and goals.
Click on the one that you find the most relevant for you
Disrupt Me Goals
Through cutting-edge Israeli technologies scouting and tailored support, Disrupt Me empowers European corporations to advance their innovation capacity
Comprehensive open innovation analysis
Leveraging advanced technology
Enhance PoC capabilities
why join?
Tailored Innovation Journey
The process is flexible, modular, and tailored to the goals and progression of each participant
Open Innovation Strategy
Assessment of your current open innovation activities to sharpen & strengthen your open innovation strategy
Extensive Scouting
Scouting for opportunities in the Israeli market, which serves as a test bed for top-notch technologies that can be deployed globally
Shape your PoC
PoC planning, designing, executing and measuring for successful open innovation projects
PoC design lab
Learning best practices from the experienced Israeli ecosystem
European leading corporates that took part in disrupt me
Elisa, an Estonian Telecommunication company and 2020 alumni achieved positive results working with the Israeli startup Essence. Elisa was able to conduct positive impression testing with both internal and external stakeholders as a result of the pilot.
Ferrovial, a multinational Spanish company that designs, builds, finances, operates, and maintains transport infrastructure and urban services, has participated in Disrupt Me three times.
Ferrovial launched a PoC with Israeli startup Datumate and implemented the solution at 7 sites across the US.
Novo Nordisk, a leading Danish pharmaceutical company that manufactures drugs for obesity and diabetes, participated in Disrupt Me 2021 with its innovation garage. Upon completion of the program, EIT Hub Israel provided Novo Nordisk with a soft landing report to assist in opening an innovation center in Israel. In 2023, Novo Nordisk opened its Israeli hub.
disrupt me open innovation journey
Kickoff Session
CORPORATE INNOVATION WORKSHOP in HQ
SCOUTING AND SELECTION
OPEN INNOVATION STRATEGY
STARTUP DISCUSSIONS
PoC design lab
Shape your PoC
execution of selected open innovation projects
Eligibility & Commitments
Disrupt Me is designed for European Corporations, operating in any sector, that meet the following criteria:
Based in an EU member state or Horizon Europe Associated countries.
More than 500 employees, and/or €80M annual revenue.
Dedicated senior project manager in an innovation related role.
An innovative process that involves management leads to long-term success. To ensure optimal impact, workshops, strategies, and processes should be attended by at least one senior-level executive of the company.
- 2-day company workshop*
- 3-day Israeli Immersion Lab/2-day online PoC Design Lab, attended by a company executive
- Startup engagement
- Bi-monthly team meetings
- Availability throughout the process, which can last 3 and up to 7 months
HOW IT WORKS
Get selected
Eligible companies will be interviewed, and selection will be made by the Disrupt Me Innovation Team. Only a limited number of companies will be selected.
kickoff & innovate
Accepted companies will begin the program with an individual, tailored design innovation process.
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finance
The unique Disrupt Me programme is valued at €50,000 for each participating company.
However, as European funding supports the program, the following funding schemes are available:
participant category
Participation Cost
European Corporates that meet the eligibility criteria
€14,000
EIT KIC Partners & RIS Countries
€12,000
Meet the Disrupt Me Innovation Team
EIT is Europe’s largest innovation network strengthening innovation since 2008.
EIT Hub Israel serves as a bridge between the vibrant Israeli innovation ecosystem and the vast resources and potential offered by the European Union. A catalyst for collaboration between Israeli and European innovators, it supported many PoCs and collaborations that benefited both ecosystems.
