An open-innovation program for endowment fintech

James Carter
14 Mar 2024
7 min read
What

Context

The endowment sector needed an innovation program connecting its real challenges to fintech opportunity, with a clear participant path from understanding the problems through developing solutions to evaluating and selecting the ventures worth taking further.

How
Approach

We designed and operated the open-innovation program end to end: the program journey from challenges to solution development to final showcase; awareness workshops grounding participants in sector needs; specialized mentorship through idea development; structured evaluation of submissions against clear criteria; and stakeholder connection between participants, enabling entities and partners.

Result
Impact
What the program activated:
A specialized innovation ecosystem in endowment fintech, with strong participant turnout
A structured idea-development journey enabling teams to turn concepts into presentable, evaluable solutions
A connection platform between innovators and the sector's stakeholders
New digital opportunities surfaced for the endowment sector, with scalable solution models highlighted

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Execution
2025 - 2030
A five-year execution roadmap
Integrated strategy, operating model, capability initiatives, and governance designed to guide long-term growth and execution.
Market Entry
22%
Prepaid-cards market share
Built from founding: 50+ products, 200+ services, 5M+ customers, three profitable business lines in 18 months.
Growth
0.58% → 1.8%
Of a 10,000-station market
A six-month market-penetration plan — segmentation, value propositions, incentive models, and a monthly growth committee.

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