Fast Facts

• Founded: 2017
• Startups Accelerated: 82
• Programs Run: 10

The Team

Cherishing Every Moment

“The Data and Analytics Demo Day and the official launch of our office was by far the fondest memory of 2022. We got to meet with several of our alumni and startups who we have been working with over two years alongside tens of customers from all over Germany. Plus, every deal signed between a portfolio company and a customer is the moment to cherish. One of the biggest lessons learned in 2022 was that businesses cannot run the way they used to before. Sustainability and people empowerment – be it employee, customer or partner is on top of every leader’s mind. It is not a nice to have, but a business imperative.”

– Azadeh Ghahghaie

Fast Facts

• Founded: 2019
• Startups Accelerated: 67
• Programs Run: 6

The Team

Back in Person

“This year was all about meeting our startups, customers and partners in person, again. With a fun kickoff of our program at the Oktoberfest in Munich and many other events like Viva Technology, Bits & Pretzels or the Web Summit, we started to have in person meetings with startups again. We learned that nothing beats the value we receive from in presence meetings. Due to that, we were also able to engage with more SAP customers than ever. Our customers loved the innovation days we organized for them to meet our startups. Meeting the startups in their offices changes completely the perception of the collaboration. We are proud of the great ecosystem we are part of in Munich which keeps us working in person or virtually.”

– Sina Fraenkle

Fast Facts

• Founded: 2018
• Startups Accelerated: 66
• Programs Run: 8

The Team

Creating More Opportunities

“In 2022 – for the first time – we extended the program to 9 months. We realized that the past years having 3-month programs were great, but there are so many incredible opportunities that we would like to take more advantage of. This also gives us the chance to work with a higher number of startups and widen our portfolio. As the Head of SAP.iO Foundry Paris, I’m so grateful for working closely with all these interesting, driven, inspiring and always fun teams. It makes me realize every day how collaboration and team work really creates win-win-win situations.”

– Odilia von Zitzewitz

Fast Facts

• Founded: 2018
• Startups Accelerated: 50
• Programs Run: 9

The Team

Driving Sustainable Outcomes

“It was so great to connect in person with the startups after 2 years of virtual programs. This year, we had the honor of participating in the COP27 conference in Egypt and got to accompany and support startups from our most recent carbon accounting cohort, one from Singapore and one from Israel. It felt amazing to be able to connect in person and the experience really brought depth and energy to the partnership and made a big impact on the quality of our communication and work together. On a personal level, our team in Tel Aviv is very passionate about sustainability, and it was extremely meaningful to lead a cohort of six companies who all have goals to actively reduce the carbon footprint of global enterprises.”

– Inbar Yacoby

Fast Facts

• Founded: 2017
• Startups Accelerated: 57
• Programs Run: 9

The Team

Reconnecting with Our Ecosystem

“Being able to finally meet with our startups and customers in person was one of the highlights of the year. What I loved the most was the connection between the founders and the audience, and the opportunities for collaboration, discussion, and learning. Another great memory is the excitement when Askdata – a startup accelerated by SAP.iO Foundry San Francisco in 2019 – was acquired by SAP this year. This is an incredible achievement and we are so proud to be part of their journey! I am particularly proud – as Askdata was the first Italian startup that joined our ecosystem.”

– Domitilla Caputo

Fast Facts

• Founded: 2018
• Startups Accelerated: 62
• Programs Run: 8

The Team

Expanding to New Horizons

“SAP.iO is at the forefront of exploring new startup innovations. I am very excited to showcase our work in Web3 and continue exploration into the topics of blockchain, metaverse and digital assets. Under the hood, we are passionate about propelling the success and go to market of this industry’s startups into the enterprise. Stay tuned on even more progress! “

– Sallie Jian

Fast Facts

• Founded: 2022
• Startups Accelerated: 7
• Programs Run: 1

The Team

Launching in Latin America

“This year, we launched SAP.iO Foundry Latin America. It felt fantastic to stand next to the SAP Latin America leadership team and SAP Executive Board to launch our 11th Foundry location at SAP Labs Latin America in Brazil. There is so much impeccable innovation in Latin America and our first cohort is comprised of diverse startups from all over the region. We are excited to continue scaling our presence in the region and unlocking more innovation for our customers.”

– Domitilla Caputo

Fast Facts

• Founded: 2020
• Startups Accelerated: 24
• Programs Run: 2

The Team

Delivering the Future of Shopping

“SAP.iO Foundry Bangalore is critical to driving innovation for customers in India and globally. With over 18,000 enterprise SaaS startups in India, India is probably the only ecosystem in the world where startups build and sell for India and the global market. After screening over 800 global startups across multiple innovation vectors in ‘Future of Shopping,’ we selected 15 of the most promising startups and helped them integrate with SAP products and deliver PoCs to customers.”

– Aravind Govindan

Fast Facts

• Founded: 2019
• Startups Accelerated: 48
• Programs Run: 8

The Team

Striving for Excellence

“The startup ecosystem in Singapore continues to improve every year in terms of startup quality and VC funding. We are seeing more deep tech startups in Singapore that are solving global problems. This is very important for SAP.iO in Singapore, as customers and the SAP field teams prefer to work with startups with a presence in Southeast Asia. Having a large pool of quality startups to work with augurs well for SAP.iO’s partner ecosystem in Southeast Asia.”

– Steven Tong

Fast Facts

• Founded: 2019
• Startups Accelerated: 33
• Programs Run: 6

The Team

Helping Startups Scale

“SAP.iO Foundry Tokyo has been recognized as one of the most practical “scalerator” program in Japan. For a B2B tech or SaaS startup who wants to expand its business globally as well as in domestic market, it has become essential for them to join an SAP.iO Foundries program. This year, we worked to increase exposure for the 33 startups that have collaborated with SAP.iO Foundry Tokyo. This effort has enabled SAP and our startups to launch several pilots/POCs and close annual contracts by providing a variety of SAP customers with joint solutions which are focused on solving industry specific challenges.”

– Kenji Ohyama

Fast Facts

• Founded: 2022
• Startups Accelerated: 20
• Programs Run: 3

The Team

Deepening Customer Relationships

“My fondest memory is Sapphire Beijing in September this year. SAP.iO had a booth with two screens, which attracted more than 500 customer representatives to visit. I am very proud. This past year, we have put an emphasis on focusing on our customers’ needs. SAP.iO Foundry Shanghai has conducted 3 cohorts, and each session of our use case discussion is getting deeper and deeper, and real customer users are invited to join the discussion. Customer needs and pain points are the cornerstone of our use cases and the key to the success of the program.“

– Qiao Li

Fast Facts

• Founded: 2022
• Startups Supported in 2022: 28

The Team

Achieving Business Momentum

“At the beginning of 2022 we officially launched SAP.iO Rising Stars, a global follow-up program for selected SAP.iO Foundry graduates, with a goal to secure the massive SAP.iO Foundry efforts to partner with early-stage startups. During the advanced Rising Stars program we are working with the partners to achieve initial business momentum with SAP. We do that by executing various portfolio development and business development activities to generate joint pipeline, facilitate client discussions and support deals closing. During 2022, we worked with 28 SAP partners, and immediately gained a huge success. The Rising Stars partners booked dozens of new SAP Store deals, adding new business value and technical functionality on-top of existing SAP solutions being used by our clients. In addition, the partners took an active role in many large industry and SAP events, created thought leadership content, and produced rich media content jointly with SAP.”

– Lior Weizman

Fast Facts

• Founded: 2021
• Startups Supported in 2022: 28

The Team

Enhancing Analytics with Third Party Data

Together with the SAP.iO Foundries team, the SAP BTP Startup team screened more than 400 startups to identify innovative data providers for the data marketplace for SAP Data Warehouse Cloud. Over the course of the year, 28 new data providers joined the Data-to-Value track of our program to list their data on the data marketplace for SAP Data Warehouse Cloud. Examples of external data sets augmenting corporate data analytics include NWO.ai’s consumer trend data, Ambee’s environmental data sets to enhance ESG reporting, and Portcast’s port congestion data to complement supply chain and logistics analytics.

Fast Facts

• Launched: 2018
• Startups Founded or Led by Underrepresented Entrepreneurs: 44%

Doubling-Down on Inclusive Entrepreneurship

Now that we have achieved our initial goal, we plan to build on our momentum. By 2028, we want 45% of our portfolio to be comprised of startups founded or led by people whose share of venture capital funding in the technology industry is proportionally less than their share of the population. This is up from 40% in 2018.