We help organisations disrupt themselves before someone else does.
We help organisations disrupt themselves before someone else does.
Companies pour millions into hackathons, design sprints and innovation programs. But few ideas ever make it to market, and even fewer succeed.
We take a different approach. By co-investing with corporate partners, we help you build a portfolio of new ventures designed to break new markets, technologies, or customer models — creating more value, with less risk, at start-up speed.
Companies pour millions into hackathons, design sprints and innovation programs. But few ideas ever make it to market, and even fewer succeed.
We take a different approach. By co-investing with corporate partners, we help you build a portfolio of new ventures designed to break new markets, technologies, or customer models — creating more value, with less risk, at start-up speed.
Prologue by NIDA
An innovative multi-platform learning system designed to maximise retention, teaching soft skills for a new generation of learner.
Smart Bowl
An intelligent bowl that translates everyday eating into foresight.
Rocket Stove
An innovation and entrepreneurship curriculum for Burundi, the poorest country in the world.
Prologue by NIDA
An innovative multi-platform learning system designed to maximise retention, teaching soft skills for a new generation of learner.
Smart Bowl
An intelligent bowl that translates everyday eating into foresight.
Rocket Stove
An innovation and entrepreneurship curriculum for Burundi, the poorest country in the world.
Want to explore detailed case studies and better understand our one-of-a-kind venture model?
Want to explore detailed case studies and better understand our one-of-a-kind venture model?
MUTUAL UPSIDE AND SHARED RISK
We co-found new venture opportunities with you, investing alongside your capital. So unlike other current innovation partners, we’re incentivised to succeed, not maximise head hours.
NEW VENTURE IS OUR FIRST LANGUAGE
We’ve been designing and building innovative ideas for over a decade — which means it’s in our DNA. With the capabilities of expert technologists and the business acumen of seasoned entrepreneurs, we bring a combination that consultants and agencies simply can’t.
Nakatomi proved that when minds and purposes align, the impossible becomes a landmark of innovation. Prologue isn't just a product; it's a beacon of what happens when you dare to defy the conventional, stitched together by the very essence of our collective venture.
Chief Financial Officer
Working with Nakatomi has been nothing short of transformational. They consistently bring clarity, creativity, and precision to the table. Every challenge we faced became an opportunity for innovation, thanks to their collaborative mindset and obsession with excellence. They don’t just build products; they architect pathways to success.
Head of E-Business
OUR ENGAGEMENT MODEL
Validate
We rapidly explore and test multiple venture concepts aligned to your future strategy — each with a tangible brand, product proposition, commercial model, and real customer feedback. Only the most promising ideas make it through.
Build
We execute everything end-to-end: product strategy, design and development, brand and creative, go-to-market and operate the business to early traction. The goal is to prove market demand and get to recurring revenue fast.
Scale
Once the venture gains traction, you have the opportunity to reintegrate it into your core business — or we’ll continue scaling it with a dedicated team and performance-linked equity.
FAQs
Building with Nakatomi delivers new value and ROI faster with less risk. We co-invest, run a portfolio approach, build and operate the new ventures externally until re-integration or spin out—so that organisations can access new growth without distracting from the core business. With skin in the game, we’re as invested in the success as you are.
Minimal. We know your leadership time is scarce, so we take on the heavy lifting. What we need from you is:
- Senior sponsorship: A clear executive champion to keep alignment with your strategic priorities.
- Expert input at key moments: Access to domain experts when we’re validating demand, pressure-testing assumptions, or shaping the MVP.
- Strategic alignment: Your role is to guide direction and ensure fit with corporate goals, while we handle the day-to-day execution.
Overall your team’s focus stays on the core business while you still shaping the venture’s strategic trajectory.
The engagement follows a clear, stage-gated flow. We initiate by running an opportunity-mapping workshop to bring forward potential venture concepts and define the venture investment pathway across the Validate, Build, and Scale phases — including commercial terms and equity adjustment mechanics. Milestone-based steering committees review progress and investment decisions to pause, pivot or move forward.