CORPORATE VENTURING
Building Ventures That Matter
We partner with you to build and scale successful ventures, bringing senior leadership expertise and proven venture building experience from our own venture studio.
The Reality of Corporate Venture Building
Most corporate venture initiatives fail to deliver meaningful returns:
95% of new products fail within their first year
73% of corporate transformation efforts fail to create sustained value
6% of CEOs are satisfied with their innovation performance
Yet some companies consistently succeed at launching new ventures. The difference isn't resources or market timing - it's methodology and execution.
The Innovation Paradox
Large companies have the resources and market access to launch successful ventures. But the same structures that enable efficient operations often stifle innovation. We've found that successful corporate ventures need three key elements:
Protected Space
New ventures need freedom from corporate processes while maintaining access to corporate assets. This requires carefully designed governance frameworks that we've refined through dozens of successful ventures.
Systematic Validation
Most ventures fail because they skip critical validation steps in their rush to market. Our data shows that spending an extra 4-6 weeks on systematic validation increases success rates by 3x.
Technical Depth
Especially for deep tech ventures, technical feasibility must be validated in parallel with market fit. This requires specialized expertise that most venture builders lack.
Our Approach: Beyond Theory
We don't just advise - we build ventures ourselves through our venture studio Graviton. This gives us unique insights into what actually works.
Lessons from Building 30+ Ventures
Technical Validation First
Most venture builders start with market validation. But for deep tech ventures, technical feasibility determines 80% of success probability. We've developed specific frameworks for validating different types of technology:
Materials & Manufacturing: Focus on scalability and production costs
Life Sciences: Regulatory pathway and trial design
Industrial Tech: Integration requirements and implementation timeline
Climate Tech: Performance metrics and environmental impact
The “No Pilot Trap”
One counterintuitive finding from our research: Successful pilots often lead to failed ventures. Why? Because pilots create false positives by masking critical scaling challenges. We've developed specific methodologies to validate scalability early:
Production cost modeling at scale
Implementation complexity assessment
Resource requirement mapping
Regulatory pathway analysis
Governance That Works
Most corporate venture governance either stifles innovation or loses strategic alignment. Based on studying 200+ corporate ventures, we've identified the critical elements of effective governance:
Clear decision rights and boundaries
Milestone-based autonomy
Resource access frameworks
Strategic alignment mechanisms
Ready to Build Something Revolutionary?
Let's discuss how we can help you transform breakthrough ideas into successful ventures.