Astar Growth Summit 2026

Leonardo Varella-Cid

CEO & Co-Founder of InnovationCast

Biography

Leonardo Varella-Cid

Leonardo Varella-Cid is the CEO and Co-founder of InnovationCast, a SaaS platform for Enterprise Innovation Management recognized by leading analysts.

For over 15 years he has been building tools and processes that help organizations across 5 continents turn human creativity into structured, measurable outcomes.

Working with companies like Novo Nordisk, DHL, Beiersdorf, Riyad Bank, and ENOC. He brings a hands-on, people-first approach to every engagement, believing that the best innovation systems are the ones teams actually want to use — because real transformation happens when you design environments where contribution feels natural.


The talk

Institutional innovation: making it systemic

Wednesday, October 14