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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 and Venture of the Year
Winners of the 5th Annual Real California Milk Excelerator

Congratulations to all winners of the 5th Annual Real California Milk Excelerator!

  • Grand Prize Winner: dosa by DOSA
  • Runner-Up Winner: Wheyward Spirit
  • Four Pitch Competition Winners:
    • Amazing Ice Cream
    • Arbo's Cheese Dip
    • Petit Pot
    • Wondercow
We can't wait to see how our winners scale their dairy-based functional food innovations. 
 

Comcast NBCUniversal LIFT Labs Selects 10 Startups for Accelerator on Emerging Enterprise AI Solutions

 
Meet the 10 startups chosen from hundreds of applicants to work alongside Comcast NBCUniversal LIFT Labs' network to explore the future of artificial intelligence.  Learn more about the companies today!
COMCAST NBCuniversal Lift Labs

SOLVING CORPORATE CHALLENGES VIA STARTUP COLLABORATIONS

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HELPING OUR CLIENTS IGNITE CHANGE

AARP Foundation
California Milk Advisory Board Real California Milk
DICK'S Sporting Goods
Coca Cola
VF Corp
AB InBev
Comcast NBCUniversal
Beam Suntory
Winnebago Industries
1800 Flowers
Biogen
The Hershey Company
Blue Diamond Growers

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.

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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 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.

Why Corporations Invest in New Ventures – TDK Ventures Nicolas Sauvage
WHY CORPORATIONS INVEST IN NEW VENTURES

TDK Ventures Nicolas Sauvage

"We already have amazing business groups in TDK that know exactly what they need to do with existing products in existing markets. And we have R&D teams and M&A teams that know how to expand: whether it's new markets, existing technology or new technology in existing markets. But exploration is actually going into the megatrends that are strategic for the corporation: new market, new application, new use cases, new technology. And that's the mission of TDK Ventures."

– Nicolas Sauvage, president of TDK Ventures

Venture Capital and Leadership – 37 Angels Founder Angela Lee
VENTURE CAPITAL AND LEADERSHIP

37 Angels Founder Angela Lee

“Corporate VCs and corporations have many, many more definitions of success. And so, yes, a lot of the times their goal is to make a financial return, but [other times] it might be to maybe replace some R&D; it might be for acquisition targets; it might be to get advice on a certain new technology. What I always do when I work with corporate VCs and consult with them, I always say, ‘You really have to define what success means and you cannot have seven different definitions of success.’ And then once you know what that is, we will work backwards from there."

– Angela Lee, founder of 37 Angels

Where Ideas Take Flight – Glasswing Ventures' Rudina Seseri
WHERE IDEAS TAKE FLIGHT

Glasswing Ventures' Rudina Seseri

"To be at the forefront of innovation, the dynamics in the partnership between large enterprise players and startups is very important. And it’s important because from an enterprise perspective, you want to continue driving topline and margin, and the tools and the platforms that emerge will help you get there faster and a lot more effectively."

– Rudina Seseri, Managing Partner at Glasswing Ventures

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.

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