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Helping the world's best enterprise organizations commercialize innovation to ignite change.

Applications are now open for the Comcast NBCUniversal LIFT Labs Accelerator: Collaborative AI!

Their five-week equity-free program provides startup founders access to our network of businesses and corporate partners to develop strategic partnerships. If you're a founder redefining the world of AI— apply today! 🚀

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Watch out for the Real California Milk Excelerator cohort announcement on August 13!

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Inside the Innovation Huddle | July 2024

Our team has an ongoing internal huddle throughout the year: a team meeting where we share the most disruptive and exciting startups and emerging technologies from around the world. The only rule is that they can’t solve a current client challenge directly. This way, we retain our superpower of spotting creative adjacencies and disruptive outer-horizon solutions.

Click below to meet our selection of startups for the month of July!

MEET THE EMERGING TECH STARUPS

Inside the Innovation Huddle | July 2024

We are thrilled to announce this year’s finalists for Visionary and Venture of the Year!

Nominated and voted on by their peers, the VentureFuel Visionary and Venture of the Year recognizes the individuals and organizations blazing new paths to power the future. Vote today!

2023 VISIONARY OF THE YEAR

2023 VENTURE OF THE YEAR

Navigating Common Innovation Pitfalls Checklist

Navigate the Innovator's Dilemma & Overcome Common Innovation Challenges

80% of companies see innovation as a top priority but often encounter significant challenges that hinder their progress.

Don't let common pitfalls derail your innovation journey. In this checklist, we provide clear steps to define innovation objectives, ensure buy-in, and adopt a data-driven approach.

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VentureFuel Visionaries

Visionaries are defined as having extraordinary foresight and imagination. Those who can see what isn't there. They can imagine the unimaginable and they have the grit to make it happen.

From the C-Suite to the up-and-coming disruptors, our podcast guests are blazing new paths, discovering inventive solutions and powering the future. Join us each week as we speak with these Visionaries about driving transformative change across business and society.

PODCAST EPISODES

COMMERCIALIZING EMERGING TECH

Yale Venture's Claudia Reuter

In the episode, we discuss the commercialization of emerging technologies within a large organization. Claudia also shares her insights on navigating intrapreneurship and the various models for commercializing innovation. We also discuss the Yale Innovation Summit, Venture Studios, Women GPs, and the best path to Startup and Scaleup emerging technologies.

CVC TO CVP

TDK, JP Morgan Chase, LG Electronics

In this episode, we examine the evolving role of CVC and why it matters for startups and investors. We also delve into the trade secrets on sourcing and vetting the best startup investment opportunities.

NAVIGATING CLEAN TECH INVESTING

Earthshot Ventures' Mike Jackson

In this episode, we talk about the business models and playbooks that work, “what can go right” thinking. We also explore the specific areas of climate tech that are most interesting, the future of sustainable entrepreneurship, and the role of large corporations in the clean tech.

SOLVING CORPORATE CHALLENGES VIA STARTUP COLLABORATIONS

HELPING OUR CLIENTS IGNITE CHANGE

Future-proof for tomorrow. Show results today.

We help our clients address their biggest strategic challenges more quickly, with less risk and greater impact than traditional innovation models by partnering with the best enterprise-ready startups today!

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Global Innovation Network

A worldwide network of VCs, Seed Investors, Accelerators, University Labs and Scouts grant us unparalleled, advanced access to novel solutions.

Our team of unbiased corporate strategists build custom programs designed to achieve your goals with vetted partners who can deliver results.

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Win-Win Results. 100+ innovation programs resulting in over $12M in revenue for startups now collectively valued at over $2B.

In The Press

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Client Programs

We’ve been privileged to grow with a game changing community of global corporate innovators throughout the years.

Here are a few programs that have been forged through our collaborations.

VentureFuel POV

Disrupt or be disrupted? At VentureFuel, we believe that there's got to be a better way. Transformative change can best be achieved through collaboration. Check out our point of view on the future, the role of external innovation; and the opportunities for collaboration to drive growth.

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

Disruption Insurance: Protecting Your Company’s Future

Why do household names like Hertz, Brooks Brothers, Blockbuster, Sears or Gold's Gym go bankrupt, while less resourced companies in the same space thrive?

CES Diamonds in the Sand

CES over-indexes on noise. Most lean into consumer gimmickry: smart toilets, transparent televisions, ai-enabled dog collars. But there are enterprise relevant signals hidden in the corners of Eureka Park and hotel suites, where you can find diamonds of what’s next. Here are a few highlights I thought you would enjoy.

3 Ways to Determine If You Need External Innovation

External Innovation is the process of augmenting your internal innovation efforts by collaborating with independent startups developing new products, services and technologies. Here are 3 telltale signs that you need to consider external innovation.

VentureFuel Events

Our events unite leading investors, founders, and corporate innovators to discuss the transformation of business and society through product, service, and technological innovation. Click on a tile below to check out a past events.

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