Salto Strategies

What Salto Strategies does

Salto Strategies is a Warsaw-headquartered innovation and venture building agency operating under the legal entity Direct People Innovation sp. z o.o. The firm partners with large enterprises and growth-stage companies to design and implement innovation strategy, customer and patient experience, circular economy transformation, AI adoption, and intrapreneurship programs, targeting organizations seeking to diversify revenue and build internal innovation capabilities rather than produce a software product.

The company's offering combines structured programs (Innovation Strategy & Portfolio, Salto Intrapreneurship, Venture Building, Open Innovation), bespoke services (Business Design, Audits and Research, Innovation as a Service, Entrepreneur as a Service, Technology and Startup Scouting), and proprietary frameworks such as the Salto Patient Experience Framework. Methodologically, Salto grounds its work in Human-Centered Design, Service Design, Lean Startup, and circular economy principles, and operationalizes it through venture building where the firm takes end-to-end responsibility for launching and scaling new businesses (e.g., the Praca za Rogiem recruitment app built for LMC, scaled to two million users across Poland, Czechia, and Slovakia).

Salto monetizes exclusively through custom, project-based professional services engagements sold via consultative direct sales, with pricing determined per engagement scope. The firm markets through thought-leadership content (blog, newsletter, Salto Talks podcast) and industry conference presence, and its named enterprise client base spans healthcare (Optegra, Patient Experience UK, Olympus, Dr Max), real estate (Business Link/Skanska), employee benefits (Benefit Systems), recruitment (LMC), retail (Żabka), and sustainable materials (Fruitonauts/Nextgen Materials). Geographically, engagements have been delivered in Poland, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia.

Name

Salto Strategies

Legal name

Direct People Innovation sp. z o.o.

Website

https://saltostrategies.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Salto Strategies is a Warsaw-based innovation and venture building agency that partners with large enterprises on innovation strategy, customer experience, circular economy, AI adoption, and intrapreneurship, using proprietary frameworks and end-to-end venture execution.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Innovation Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Marketing Consulting Services (541613)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate Strategy Advisory (BPAHADAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Product Lifecycle, NPI & Industrialization (Design-to-Operate) (BPAHAHAK), Corporate Development & Strategic Partnerships Advisory (JVs, Alliances, Carve-outs) (BPAHAOAG), Circularity Consulting & Program Management (EPR, Design-for-Circularity, LCA) (EUAIANAH), Strategy & IT Advisory (BPAEAAAA)

Keywords

• Innovation consulting
• Venture building services
• Customer experience design
• Circular economy advisory
• AI adoption consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Warsaw

HQ country

Poland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Strategic Consulting Services: Project-based consulting engagements for innovation strategy, circular economy transformation, customer experience design, and AI adoption. Services include innovation audits, business design, intrapreneurship programs, and venture building. Pricing and engagement terms are quote-based, tailored to client scope and complexity.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Salto Strategies is an innovation and venture building agency that sells structured consulting programs and proprietary frameworks to large enterprises. Its core deliverable consists of project-based engagements covering innovation strategy, intrapreneurship program development, venture building from idea to scale, customer experience and service design, circular economy transformation, and AI adoption advisory, supplemented by proprietary frameworks such as the Salto Patient Experience Framework and Human-Centered Design training workshops.

Product overview

Salto Strategies is an innovation and venture building agency offering a comprehensive portfolio of consulting services, programs, and proprietary frameworks. Their offering includes structured programs (Innovation Strategy & Portfolio Program, Salto Intrapreneurship Program, Venture Building Program, Open Innovation), professional training (Human-Centered Design, Innovation Management), specialized services (Business Design, Audits, Innovation Strategy, Technology Scouting, Entrepreneur as a Service, Innovation as a Service), and proprietary frameworks (Salto Patient Experience Framework). They also produce thought leadership content through the Salto Talks Podcast. The company operates as a consulting practice rather than a software product company, with services delivered through collaborative engagement rather than a software platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Innovation Strategy & Portfolio Program A structured program that helps organizations build a cohesive innovation strategy grounded in data, market trends, and real customer needs, intended for large enterprises seeking to formalize how they generate and prioritize innovation initiatives.
• Salto Intrapreneurship Program A program that engages employees in creating meaningful innovations, collecting ideas, developing talents, and implementing improvements that address real company needs, for organizations seeking to embed an intrapreneurial culture.
• Venture Building Program An operational program that creates new business lines from scratch, moving from idea to implementation and rapidly testing and developing solutions outside the main organization structure, for companies that want Salto to build and operate ventures on their behalf.
• Open Innovation A program that opens companies to collaboration with startups, universities, and technology partners worldwide to create an open innovation ecosystem, targeted at organizations seeking external partnerships and startup engagement.
• Human-Centered Design Training An intensive, practical workshop that introduces participants to Human-Centered Design methodology, used by organizations that want to upskill teams in user-centered creation of products, services, and processes.
• Innovation Management Training An exclusive workshop for management and business owners that provides a strategic perspective on innovativeness as a key factor in long-term business success.
• Innovation Strategy Services Consulting service that discovers new development directions and strengthens competitive advantage through strategy analysis, opportunity definition, and roadmap creation, intended for organizations seeking a formal innovation strategy.
• Audits and Research An in-depth research and audit service that diagnoses current innovation management actions and identifies hidden potential and key transformation levers, used by clients as a starting point before larger transformation engagements.
• Business Design A co-creation service that designs breakthrough products, services, and business models responding to current user needs while anticipating future market trends, for companies seeking help shaping new offerings.
• Innovation Department Creation and Development A service that supports companies in strategically building internal innovation potential, creating dedicated interdisciplinary teams that act as drivers of breakthrough solutions.
• Entrepreneur as a Service A temporary engagement of experienced entrepreneurs and innovation practitioners embedded directly into client company structures to accelerate breakthrough innovation implementation with a hands-on approach.
• Innovation as a Service A comprehensive innovation support service delivering knowledge, tools, and processes that enable effective implementation of new solutions without clients having to build internal innovation departments.
• Technology and Startup Scouting A search service for startups and technologies solving key organizational challenges, including partner creation and organization of pilot programs and technology tests.
• Salto Patient Experience Framework A proprietary framework that addresses key factors and standards for creating a patient-centric clinic where the quality of delivered experiences translates into competitive advantage and long-term patient loyalty, used with healthcare providers such as Optegra and UK clinic networks.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced account activation time by 40% for financial services client through redesigned onboarding
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Accenture Song (formerly Fjord): Accenture's design and experience transformation practice, offering service design, customer experience, and innovation services to global enterprises. Overlaps directly with Salto's Customer Experience and Experience Design offerings but as part of a much larger global delivery network.
• Boston Consulting Group (BCG): Global management consulting firm with BCG X (innovation, venture building, AI), BCG Platinion (IT strategy), and BCG GAMMA (analytics) practices. A direct competitor for enterprise innovation strategy, AI adoption, and corporate venture building mandates where Salto competes.
• McKinsey & Company: Global management consulting firm with substantial innovation, design (McKinsey Design), and AI transformation practices serving the world's largest enterprises. Competes with Salto for strategic innovation mandates but at a vastly larger scale and broader capability footprint.
• Frog (Capgemini Engineering): Global design and innovation consultancy, now part of Capgemini Engineering, offering service design, product innovation, and venture-building services to large enterprises. Directly comparable methodology to Salto but operates at significantly larger scale as part of a global services platform.

Direct peers

• IDEO: Global pioneer of Human-Centered Design and design-led innovation consulting, offering innovation strategy, service design, and venture creation services to enterprises. Directly comparable to Salto's HCD, Service Design, and venture building methodologies, though operating at substantially larger scale and global footprint.
• Implement Consulting Group: Northern European management and innovation consultancy providing strategy, transformation, and innovation services to enterprise clients across industries. Comparable to Salto in its blend of strategy advisory with hands-on implementation, particularly in Scandinavian and broader European markets.
• Strategiq: European digital and innovation consultancy serving enterprise clients on digital transformation, customer experience, and new business model design. Overlaps with Salto's Customer Experience, Innovation Strategy, and Business Design offerings for mid-market and enterprise clients in Europe.
• Board of Innovation: Belgian-headquartered boutique innovation consultancy offering corporate innovation strategy, venture building, and intrapreneurship programs to large enterprises. Closely comparable to Salto in size, methodology (design-led innovation), and focus on translating innovation strategy into operational ventures for multinational clients.

Emerging players

• Senior Manager FLEX / Futurethink: Smaller innovation and foresight consultancies offering corporate innovation training, trend research, and intrapreneurship facilitation. Comparable to Salto's Innovation Management Training, Audits and Research, and Human-Centered Design Training offerings at a smaller scale.

Regional players

• Blue Field Strategy: Polish-rooted strategy consultancy serving Central European enterprises on growth strategy, innovation, and business model design. Closest regional peer to Salto, competing for similar CEE enterprise clients with overlapping innovation and strategy advisory offerings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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