83%
of companies rank innovation as a top-three priority, but only 3% qualify as innovation-ready.
Service lines/hea STUDIO™
Venture Building, Programs & Investments.
From startup programs to new ventures and investment platforms, we help organizations design the operating model, source and validate opportunities, launch and scale initiatives, and build the internal capability to sustain them.
Capabilities
What we do.
Corporate Innovation
From thesis to launch. We help organizations design and build new ventures: validating opportunities, shaping operating models, and preparing for capital and scale.
Venture Building, Programs & Investments
From startup programs to new ventures and investment platforms, we help organizations design the operating model, source and validate opportunities, launch and scale initiatives, and build the internal capability to sustain them.
THE GAP
Innovation is prioritized. Readiness is scarce.
Innovation activity is easy to launch and hard to sustain. The real question is whether the organization can source, validate, fund, govern, and transfer new growth engines.
The gap
60%
of Middle East CEOs say their businesses will not be viable within 10 years without adaptation.
hea Impact
60+
ventures built or accelerated
$18M
accelerator capital mobilized through Build-Operate-Transfer
700+
startups assessed through SIR across MEA and Europe
Build. Operate. Transfer.
Build
We bring the expertise. Design the operating model, build tools and processes, hire or develop the team, establish metrics.
Operate
We prove it works. Run the capability alongside your team, handling complexity while they learn the system.
Transfer
We hand over the keys. Documentation, training, parallel operations, then full ownership transfer with readiness criteria.
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CIR™
Capability & Innovation Readiness
Maps whether your organization can run innovation: systems, governance, pipeline, and operating capability. Can you sustain innovation programs, not just launch them?
SIR™
Startups Investment Readiness
5-Signal diagnostic for founders, investors, and accelerators: Insight, Ability, Proof, Ambition, and Founder Dynamics. Signal over noise. Evidence over hype.
What will you build?
Tell us about the innovation challenge you’re facing. We’ll show you how to build the engine, not just the output.