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Developed by Bosch in partnership with Innovation Hubs

Connectory

The Connectory is a community of professionals dedicated to exploring new frontiers of technology and businesses through partnerships with startups, universities and corporations. The Connectory does so two-folded:

The Connectory Ecosystem & Spaces:

Five global spaces in Guadalajara, Mexico; Stuttgart, Germany; Shanghai, China; Curitiba and Campinas, Brazil. Exploring ecosystems, cutting-edge technology and innovation, boosting educational experiences, mentorship and experts leading in AIoT, digitalization and innovation.

The Connectory Innovation Portfolio and Services:

More than a co-innovation spaces, The Connectory offers partners a co-creation model that fosters collaboration, networking, problem solving, crowd innovation, and a new way of doing work in the age of connectivity. It connects people, communities, and technology by offering a wide range of innovation services.

 

Our Name

The name Connectory is a combination of the words “connection” and “factory,” two central elements of Bosch’s vision for the future. It is a space where connections happen – among devices, people and ecosystems – as the world evolves through a digital transformation. The Connectory becomes a physical space, designed to connect and co-create around the topic of IoT for startups, universities or other corporations.

Our Team

The Connectory team is made up of dedicated people with a wide range of expertise and different backgrounds. What all of them have in common is the motivation to support our members to make their IoT development a success.

The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services. Its operations are divided into four business sectors: Mobility Solutions, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology.

As a leading IoT provider, Bosch offers innovative solutions for smart homes, Industry 4.0, and connected mobility.

Bosch is pursuing a vision of mobility that is sustainable, safe, and exciting. It uses its expertise in sensor technology, software, and services, as well as its own IoT cloud, to offer its customers connected, cross-domain solutions from a single source.

The Bosch Group’s strategic objective is to facilitate connected living with products and solutions that either contain artificial intelligence (AI) or have been developed or manufactured with its help. Bosch improves quality of life worldwide with products and services that are innovative and spark enthusiasm. In short, Bosch creates technology that is “Invented for life.” 

Innovation Hubs around the Globe

The Connectory is a global network of innovation spaces, promoted by Bosch in partnership with different innovation hubs and organization around the world. Meet our partners:

mm1 is the partner of Stuttgart Connectory, founded in 1997 with its headquarter in Stuttgart, mm1 is the leading management consultancy for connected business.

Habitat Senai is the partner of Curitiba Connectory, a collaborative space for the exchange of experiences among innovative companies and the FIEP System (Industry Federation of Para State in Brazil), specialized in consulting focused on innovation and productivity to increase the competitiveness of the industry.

Caohejing is the partner of Shanghai Connectory, the Hi-Tech park innovation center is an innovation and entrepreneurship service organization, with the aim to combine the functions of college students entrepreneurship park, and the international business incubator.