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19.02.2020

How to Pitch your Corporation to a Startup? Part 2: Following Through

The next part of our series on the Startup-Corporate Collaboration Survey with Maki.vc dives into the corporate experience. We interviewed Antti Vuolli, Head of New…

14.02.2020

Happy Birthday, Foundry! What Have We Learned Over 2 Years about Successful Partnerships?

Foundry turned two years last month. In that time, we’ve launched successful partnerships through dozens of Venture Client Opportunities, screened hundreds of proposed solutions, and…

30.01.2020

A New Year, A New Venture Client Cycle – Founders: Check Out These 8 Partnership Opportunities

The first Venture Client Cycle of the year has been launched. For this round, we have 8 opportunities waiting, created by KONE, Scania, and Stora…

16.12.2019

What Have We Done in 2019? What Will We Do in 2020?

It’s been a busy year for us at Foundry; we offered startups 33 Venture Client cases to acquire global customers out of KONE, Husqvarna Group,…

12.12.2019

Slush 2019 Over and Done With! What’s Left on our Table?

This year, Combient Foundry hosted The Next 100 at Slush 2019. Now that the 350 people strong event is done with, what happens next? What…

05.12.2019

In search of a new member to the Combient Foundry team

TL;DR: We are hiring!

09.10.2019

How to Pitch your Corporation to Startups? Part 1: A Growth Opportunity

Study on best practices for startup-corporation collaboration projects that can scale. Grow your startup through venture client partnerships!

19.09.2019

Startup-Corporate Collaboration: Survey Says Differentiation from Competitors is a Major Upside for All

This summer, Combient Foundry joined forces with Maki.vc to answer one question: what are the greatest pain points in startup-corporate collaborations? Our survey received 81…

17.09.2019

In Shanghai Next Week? See You There!

Next week (Sept 23rd-28th) you can catch us in Shanghai, China, with Combient associated companies KONE, Scania, and Stora Enso. KONE, an elevator and escalator…

17.09.2019

Combient Foundry at Slush 2019: Debuting a New Industrial Event

Last year, a year-young Foundry set off to Slush with several Combient companies organizing a gathering for all the startups relevant to our fields. The…