Innovation and collaboration ecosystem for businesses

From Pitch to Partnerships

Progressive corporations are actively seeking to collaborate with startups through partnerships, investments, and acquisitions. However, they must adopt structured approaches to navigate the apparent complexity. Notably, 80% of corporate respondents believe that working with startups and entrepreneurs is key to driving their future success.

Launched in 2023, our Corporate-Startup Challenge has become a highly sought-after program, fostering collaboration between regional corporations and the startup community. So far, we have successfully connected over 10 corporations with more than 50 innovative startups.

Our Customers

What we do

We collaborate with global and regional corporations to assess and define their innovation needs. Then, we actively search for startup companies that offer the best solutions to their business challenges. This carefully curated scouting process facilitates the creation of impactful partnerships, including pilot projects, investments, and strategic collaborations.

HOW IT WORKS

The Corporate-Startup Challenge creates business outcomes for innovative businesses, big and small. See how our process works below:

01

Discover
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The Corporate-Startup Challenge process begins with the corporation. We help big companies identify specific technologies of interest and challenges that can be addressed through partnerships with innovative startup companies.

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Scout
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Based on the opportunity areas identified by our corporate partners, we scout startup companies through our regional and global incubators, accelerators, government and other network of our referral partners.

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Screen
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After vetting the pool of eligible startup referrals and conducting our own research on startups across the country, we assemble a
customized digital portfolio for our corporate partners.

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Connect
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Our process culminates in private demo day showcases where corporations invite startups to present to the executive suite and propose
opportunities to collaborate. From here, we work with both parties to track and facilitate real business partnerships.

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Outcomes
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The Corporate-Startup Challenge has facilitated partnerships between corporations and startups that have taken many forms, including mentorship engagements, investments, pilot contracts, joint development, and strategic partnerships.