Let’s Shape the Digital Future of Hospitality Together.
Our Compass Digital Ventures incubator program is calling all innovators.
“What impact could your solution have, if you had the world at your fingertips?”
That’s the question we want to ask startups looking to make a difference at the intersection of food, technology, and hospitality; our incubator program, Compass Digital Ventures, scales emerging solutions that live at that intersection to change the hospitality experience of tomorrow. With open access to Compass Group’s expertise and extensive network, the program enables growth-stage companies to test new possibilities in the food service environment.
In accelerating a solution’s timeline through real-world testing, “what ifs” become specified points to test and measure; implementing a pilot at one of our sites grants insights that were never even on the “what if” radar. Amodini Chhabra, Innovation Program Lead at Compass Digital Ventures — perfectly sums up why a company should look to join the program:
CDV is a perfect opportunity for startups to pilot and test their products within the vast Compass ecosystem. It’s a chance for them to work with some of Compass’s largest clients, including Microsoft, Google, NYU, Mayo Clinic, etc. If the pilots are successful, there are multiple opportunities for long term collaboration — the incubator program can accelerate the startup’s growth and help them scale faster.
Here are the particular areas of focus that we want to tackle together:
Convenience Economy
From placing an order, to checking out, to receiving said order, these are the experiences that are essential to whether a customer is satisfied with the service they’ve encountered. Automation and robotics are also key players in this area.
Connected Experience
Personalization, whether it’s for a feeling of comfort and familiarity, or nutrition and health, this area is crucial for ensuring a deeper customer relationship for a brand. The virtual experience and spatial analytics allow for furthered — and unobtrusive — enhancements from end-to-end.
Sustainability and Transparency
As a part of Compass Group, Compass Digital Ventures is highly committed to reducing food waste. Sustainable and safe packaging, food traceability, and food safety are other areas of high interest for future company-wide initiatives.
Kitchen Evolution
Whether it’s food automation, robotics, or intelligent forecasting, the kitchen as we know it is changing. There are substantial opportunities to create exceptional experiences for everyone involved in the supply chain, from efficient and connected smart kitchens to new and safer kitchen models.
Food Experience of Tomorrow
There are countless ways that the dining and food retail experiences are changing; these include, but aren’t limited to, new cafe and kitchen environments, food engagement channels, and food distribution models. Ultimately, as long as imaginations are open, so are the possibilities.
Food Service Innovation
Speaking of imaginations, sometimes you need an uncategorized category — it’s only appropriate for us to be open to unheard of “what ifs” ourselves! The best solutions out there might simply not fit into the above list.
No matter where your idea fits into these categories, we want to hear from you! Apply — and check out the program details — to Compass Digital Ventures at compassdigitalventures.io and tell us how your product/service can drive exceptional customer experience, in both current and future hospitality environments.
