Launch It Forward: An Entrepreneurial Path for Corporate Leaders to Commercialize Technologies
- Resource Type
- Audio Presentation/Podcast
- Publish Date
- 04/24/2025
- Author
- Innovation Research Interchange
- Topics
- Innovation, Managing Emerging Technologies, Innovation Metrics
- Associated Event
- Webinar: Launch It Forward: An Entrepreneurial Path for Corporate Leaders to Commercialize Technologies
Thought Leader Interview with Colin Scott, Ellie Kim, & Nicole Mignacca Of Innventure
April 2025
In this episode, we engage with Colin Scott, Nicole Mignacca, and Ellie Kim from Innventure, a leading firm renowned for transforming cutting-edge technology into successful market solutions. Join us as we explore Innventure’s unique approach to reducing risks and accelerating commercial success through strategic collaborations and a systematic evaluation process.
Colin, Nicole, and Ellie share valuable insights into identifying high-potential technology opportunities, the critical role of strategic partnerships, and how they engage with multinational corporations to catalyze innovation. Learn about the challenges and metrics involved in the journey from concept to commercialization, and how Inventure’s model aims to ensure innovative solutions reach their maximum market impact. This episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in the mechanics of bringing transformative technology to life!
Colin Scott leads Innventure’s DownSelect analysis – our proprietary, systematic methodology to evaluate opportunities to commercialize transformative, but proven, technology solutions that meet significant market needs; select the most viable opportunities; and use the analysis to construct a roadmap to launch and develop Innventure Platform Companies that execute those plans with a high probability of success. Previously, he held executive positions in private equity growth and startup ventures. Colin spent the first 10 years of his career with XL TechGroup (XLTG), where he managed the DownSelect analysis before becoming a member of serial management teams for various XLTG NewCos in renewable fuels and medical diagnostics. Colin earned an MBA in Strategy and Entrepreneurship from UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, and he graduated with a major in Electrical Engineering and minor in Physics from Duke University.
Ellie Kim serves as Director, Economic & Financial Analysis at Innventure. Ellie has demonstrated success in various industries, including pharmaceuticals, e-commerce, industrials, and finance. Prior to Innventure, Ellie led strategic sales and financial initiatives at a startup pharmaceutical company. Her other prior experiences include spearheading operations and expansion efforts for a Chicago-based industrial e-commerce company and evaluating and executing deals with various multinational corporations during her time in banking. She earned her MBA from Northwestern University and her B.A. in Economics from Boston College.
Nicole Mignacca serves as the Director for DownSelect® at Innventure where she utilizes the systematic methodology of the DownSelect® process to help evaluate, select, develop and launch transformative technology solutions. Prior to joining Innventure, she worked at SPRIM, a globally integrated life science consulting firm as an Engagement Manager and Project Manager. She earned her B.S. in Biology from the University of Central Florida.