Accenture Ventures | Innovation Architecture

Disruption by association

How do you become the disruptor in a post-digital era? By infusing your organization with the innovative thinking and emerging technologies that disruptors do best.

Acting as your bridge to the global innovation ecosystem, we help you understand how best-in-class, enterprise proven startups can help you gain competitive advantage. Then we pair you with the right ones to help you unlock growth and accelerate your transformation.

As a vital part of Accenture's Innovation Architecture, co-innovation is at the heart of what we do. Inhabiting both worlds, our unparalleled viewpoint helps organizations of all industries work with startups effectively to apply emerging technologies and catalyze growth.

By partnering with and investing in the next wave of disruptors through an open innovation approach, we deliver solutions that solve today's problems and capitalize on tomorrow’s opportunities.

Our Ventures | Innovation Ecosystem

Accenture Ventures drives innovation, through collaboration and inspiration as an integral part of our Innovation Architecture. See more.

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Capabilities

We conduct extensive research with top accelerators and venture capitalists to identify key players and make strategic equity investments. We leverage our cross-functional expertise to drive transformation across several technology areas of focus.

Artificial Intelligence

Working with premier AI startups can extend your human capabilities and improve performance with end-to-end, AI-powered strategies and solutions.

Security

Develop the agility of a startup to uncover security challenges early and build cyber resilience.

Big Data and Analytics

Harness your company’s “dark data” and embed intelligence across functions.

Industry X

Startup thinking can help you operationalize digitization across your business to win in the future.

Intelligent Automation

The right startup can make the very processes that run your business more productive and adaptable to change.

Blockchain

Harness Blockchain with real-world applications from the leaders in distributed ledger technologies.

Future Workforce

Putting human skills at the heart of competitiveness and growth in the age of intelligent technology.

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By the numbers

50+

partners in our accelerator and venture capitalist network

30+

startups in our investment portfolio

40+

countries around the world

5,000+

startups engaged with

Accenture Black Founders Development Program

Accenture launched the Black Founders Development Program to help Black entrepreneurs advance and grow their technology businesses through greater, more direct access to venture capital, corporate mentorship, and strategic connections with Accenture’s business partners, clients, and people.

China Bridge

China Bridge is a global innovation and exchange program from Accenture Ventures to introduce and build partnerships between Accenture clients and best-in-class, emerging Chinese enterprise startups. By focusing on partnership building, educating and building awareness of the latest technology developments coming out of China, the program helps clients accelerate their innovation process.

Hear from our leaders

Tom Lounibos, Lead, Global Ventures, details his career in Silicon Valley and the new strategy he is bringing to Accenture Ventures in the Accenture Ventures Spotlight Podcast. Tom discusses Accenture Ventures’ investments, including Project Spotlight, and highlights his top considerations in what makes a successful investment. Hear how Tom expects the global technology ecosystem to change in the wake of the pandemic, and how this emphasizes the importance of using innovation for social good.

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Case studies

Bringing travel innovation to market with speed

Bringing travel innovation to market with speed

Marriot International worked with startups to rapidly pilot six scalable solutions in less than nine months.

Airbus soars with wearables

Airbus soars with wearables

We helped Airbus optimize aircraft assembly, reduce error rates to zero and increase productivity 500%.

Charging into the New

Charging into the New

With help from our Digital Services Factory, Schneider cut launch time of new digital services by 80%.

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Alliances and partners

We collaborate with a host of emerging and disruptive ecosystem startups that help to open new doors for your business. These are just a few of the partners in our network.

News

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Latest news from Accenture Ventures

Accenture launches Project Spotlight, a new approach to venture capital

Accenture Ventures’ immersive engagement and investment program addresses key business challenges of the Global 2000 by closing strategic innovation gaps.

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Accenture launches Black Founders Development Program to support Black entrepreneurs

New Accenture Ventures program to invest in and develop Black technology startup founders and CEOs.

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Accenture makes strategic investment in InCountry

InCountry’s data residency-as-a-service platform allows companies to ensure their data usage complies with the regulations of 90+ countries.

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Accenture makes strategic investment in Synadia Communications, creator of NATS.io

The NATS.io open source project provides a highly-scalable, secure communications technology for digital systems, services and devices.

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Ventures’ Tom Lounibos Shares Perspectives with MontyTV at Montgomery Summit

Focuses on responsible AI, edge computing, and need to elevate trust relationship between startups and VCs.

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Accenture and Springboard Enterprises Expand Collaboration to Increase Opportunities for Women Entrepreneurs

Springboard Enterprises is a network of influencers, investors and innovators dedicated to building high growth companies led by women.

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