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

Midwest Dairy Accelerator: Applications Open

Applications for the Midwest Dairy Accelerator are now OPEN!

The Midwest Dairy Accelerator is a premier 8-week virtual program that helps grow innovative businesses and products using dairy as a key ingredient—offering dedicated mentorship, industry connections, and resources to help them scale.

Interested in learning more about this year's program? Join us for our info session on April 22!

SCALE YOUR STARTUP

Visionary of the Year: Charlotte Newman

Charlotte is a former entrepreneur who led the AWS startup strategy to engage and accelerate underrepresented founders and investors. Through her work, she has helped founders access the resources needed to drive meaningful change in their markets.

MEET THE VISIONARY OF THE YEAR

Charlotte Newman, Global Head of Underrepresented Founder & Startup BD, Amazon

We are thrilled to announce the finalists for Visionary of the Year!

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

MEET THE VISIONARIES

2025Q1 - Fred Schonenberg & Pritam Bhattarai SV

Co-Development Strategies for Accelerating Innovation

In the rapidly evolving world of corporate innovation, the classic “buy versus build” debate has a powerful new dimension: collaboration through co-development. Download our presentation to learn how co-development can position your enterprise as an unstoppable innovation leader.

ACCELERATE INNOVATION

Here’s a first look at our Founder & CEO, Fred Schonenberg’s, FEI interview!

Join him live at All Things Innovation's FEI 2025 on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, 2:15–2:45 PM ET, as he presents: Co-Development: Turbocharge Enterprise R&D, Accelerate Innovation & Outpace Competition

INNOVATE WITH US

Next Generation Product Development: Commercializing What's Next Now

Innovation is vital for success in today's fast-changing business world. Large corporations and startups each have unique strengths and weaknesses, creating opportunities for strategic partnerships to leverage these advantages through new product co-development.

ACCELERATE INNOVATION

VentureFuel Visionaries

Visionaries possess remarkable foresight and creativity, transforming ideas into reality. Our podcast features guests from executives to innovators, discussing their roles in shaping the future and driving change in business and society.

MEET THESE VISIONARIES

AI-RAN TO INTERCONNECTED REALITIES

Nokia's Leslie Shannon

In the episode, we discuss everything from the timeline for GenAl adoption in Hollywood to Al Cat Doors and Autonomous Dishwashers at CES to Al-RAN tech that would place Nvidia GPUs in the radio access network. This would enable next-level edge computing that would have massive implications for telcos, their suppliers, consumers, and the enablement of future technologies like AR, VR, and the like.

SPACE STRATEGY

Seraphim Space Enterprise Alexander Holt

In this episode, we talk about magnetic levitation, how science fiction has become science fact, and the similarities between gov tech and space tech. We also discuss what change agents in corporations can learn from these regulated industries.

THE MOST FUNDABLE COMPANIES

Pepperdine Graziadio Business School Program Manager Amy Wood

In this episode, we discuss what venture capitalists are seeking in startups, how to assess fundability, and actionable steps to enhance the chances of securing investment.

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.

JOIN OUR VC NETWORK

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

In The Press

Our programs have been featured in:

PRESS COVERAGE

Corporate AI funds The list
Non-Equity Accelerators The Future of Accelerating Innovation within Enterprise Organizations
Inspiring Corporate Impact On AI Innovation

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.

EVENTS