Advantaged: An Alloy Partners Podcast

Inside ENGIE’s Venture Studio: Fast-Tracking Energy Innovation

Episode Summary

Drew Beechler and Elliott Parker welcome Téma Benhalima-Bouville, Global Innovation Managing Director at ENGIE, to discuss ENGIE’s dynamic approach to corporate venture building. Together, they delve into how the company’s Singapore-based venture studio, ENGIE Factory, rapidly develops, tests, and scales energy solutions for new markets.

Episode Notes

Episode Breakdown

• Téma’s journey from PhD physicist to leading global innovation at ENGIE
• The layered approach: corporate venture capital, open innovation, internal incubation, and the APAC venture studio
• How ENGIE Factory in Singapore identifies market gaps and builds ventures to address them
• The advantages of geographic and governance independence for corporate startups
• Structuring incentives: bringing in external founders and investors for alignment and agility
• Killing ventures quickly: managing and reviewing the portfolio for strategic fit
• Lessons on scaling innovation, de-risking experimentation, and creating new growth engines in energy

Featured Guests

Téma Benhalima-Bouville
Global Innovation Managing Director, ENGIE
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Elliott Parker
CEO, Alloy Partners
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Drew Beechler
VP, Marketing, Alloy Partners
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Resources & Related Links

ENGIE Factory

ENGIE Corporate

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Téma Benhalima-Bouville

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Drew Beechler