All Venture Studios articles

On Demand Webcast Master Class: Why Your Corporation Should Be Building New Ventures — And How to Get Your CFO on Board
January 23, 2023
In a recent webcast, Elliott Parker of High Alpha Innovation noted that building new ventures is not always simple — or perfectly convenient. But, for real change and growth, he said, organizations have to be willing to move beyond the status quo. Watch the webcast replay or get the slides...
Video Steve Blank on the Pros and Cons of Venture Studios
November 30, 2022 | By Tyler Smith
Stanford adjunct professor Steve Blank discusses how venture studios work — and their pros and cons. Scott Kirsner, CEO of InnoLead, and Alex Slawsby, Chief Growth Officer of InnoLead, also consult with Blank about incubators, accelerators, and other startup mechanics.
On Demand Webcast Master Class: Linda Yates on Setting Up a Venture Factory
November 18, 2022
Linda Yates, CEO and Founder of Mach49, joined us for a Master Class on building a venture factory inside a large organization. She discussed the factors that go into that process, took audience questions, and shared valuable insights from her book, The Unicorn Within.
Thought Leadership Three Innovation Lessons Learned from Launching Over 100 Digital Ventures
November 7, 2022 | By Sean Sheppard, Managing Partner, U+
As part of our ongoing venture studios and builders series, Sean Sheppard, Managing Partner of U+, shares lessons he and U+ have learned from building over 100 successful digital ventures. He dives into problem solving, business strategy, and making assumptions.
Thought Leadership How Corporations Can Innovate at Startup Speed
October 28, 2022
Linda Yates, CEO and Founder of Mach49, shares an excerpt from her upcoming book, The Unicorn Within: How Companies Can Create Game-Changing Ventures at Startup Speed. She says, “Here’s the truth. You can succeed against clever new startups and beat them at their own game,” and shares other helpful insights...
On Demand Webcast Preparing Your Organization for Breakthrough Venture Building
October 13, 2022
In our recent webcast, we had the chance to hear from Sean Sheppard, Managing Partner at U+, and Martin Tarlie, a Portfolio Manager and Research Analyst at GMO, a Boston-based investment firm. Alex Slawsby, InnoLead’s Chief Growth Officer, moderated.
Article Mach49 and Schneider Electric: Building a Growth Engine for Clean, Renewable Energy
September 26, 2022
As part of our venture studios and builders initiative, Mach49 shared details of its successful collaborations with Schneider Electric, and the company’s corporate venture fund, SE Ventures. The firm has helped launch and invest in a number of companies focused on sustainability and renewable energy.
On Demand Webcast The Inside Track: How to Build Ventures Successfully
September 16, 2022
This InnoLead webcast replay explores how three leading venture building firms — High Alpha Innovation, Highline Beta, and U+ — work with large corporations. Elliott Parker, CEO of High Alpha Innovation; Ben Yoskovitz, Founding Partner of Highline Beta; and Sean Sheppard, Managing Director of U+, discuss top corporate venture building...
Article Venture Studio Profile: Co-Created
September 12, 2022 | By Meghan Hall
Co-Created is a venture studio headquartered in New York City, which helps corporations to create both spin-ins and spin-outs. As part of our venture studios initiative, we spoke with Ron J. Williams, Partner at Co-Created, to hear about the firm’s collaboration model, the corporations it has worked with, and more.
Article Venture Studio Profile: Mach49
September 9, 2022 | By Meghan Hall
Mach49 is a growth accelerator headquarted in Silicon Valley, California, that helps global corporations to build new ventures and expand their corporate venture investing capabilities. As part of our venture studios series, we spoke with Mark Simoncelli, Chief Revenue Officer with the firm, to learn more about its collaboration model,...
Thought Leadership Building a Startup to Rapidly Solve Difficult Business Problems
September 9, 2022
Elliott Parker, CEO of High Alpha Innovation, shares how the venture studio built amplio, a cloud-based supply chain software that helps leaders detect problems before they occur, with Koch Industries. Parker shares how the process happened, and why building external ventures can be valuable for corporations.
Thought Leadership Start With People: Building Digital Ventures the U+ Way
September 8, 2022
Sean Sheppard, Managing Partner at U+, explains how the firm focuses building its ventures around people, not products. He explains how the firm uses stage-relevant teams to make venture building easier for its clients. Sheppard will also join us for a webcast this fall, as part of our venture studio...
Thought Leadership Is Your Corporation Ready to Build Startups?
August 22, 2022
“While external building is increasingly becoming a standard tool in the corporate innovation toolkit, for many organizations, external building is still new,” writes Elliott Parker, CEO of High Alpha Innovation. In this piece, Parker explains the support, access, and strategy corporates need to have in place before they’re ready to...
Article Venture Studio Profile: Pioneer Square Labs
July 13, 2022 | By Meghan Hall
T.A. McCann, Managing Director at Seattle-based Pioneer Square Labs, spoke with us about how PSL’s models work, the ventures it has built, and what corporate leaders need to consider before partnering with a venture studio.
Article Venture Studio Profile: Rainmaking
July 13, 2022 | By Meghan Hall
As part of our series exploring the landscape of venture studios, we spoke with Jordan Schlipf, Founder and CEO of Rainmaking Venture Studio UK, about the studio’s operations, partners and models.
Article Venture Studio Profile: U+
July 13, 2022 | By Meghan Hall
Lisa Rippington, Director of Revenue Operations at U+, a venture builder, shared information about the collaboration model U+ uses, corporate partnerships, and more in an interview for our series exploring the world of venture studios and venture builders.
Article Venture Studio Profile: High Alpha Innovation
July 13, 2022 | By Meghan Hall
As part of our venture studio series, we spoke with Ben Roess, who oversees marketing at High Alpha Innovation, to learn about High Alpha Innovation’s collaboration model, successful corporate partnerships, and a key question leaders should ask before partnering with a venture studio.
Article Venture Studio Profile: Highline Beta
July 13, 2022 | By Meghan Hall
As part of our venture studios series, we’ll be profiling a range of the most active venture studio firms. Marcus Daniels, Founding Partner and CEO of Highline Beta, spoke about the studio’s experience working with corporations like Anheuser-Busch InBev, RBC Ventures, and more.
Video The Evolution of Venture Studios: Alper Celen of Enhance Ventures
July 12, 2022 | By Nora Swidey
As part of our venture studio series, we spoke with Alper Celen. He is a Founding Partner at Enhance Ventures, a venture studio based in Dubai. He discussed the evolution of venture studios, including possibilities for the future.
Video Investing in Venture Studios: Sarah Anderson of Vault Fund
July 12, 2022 | By Nora Swidey
We spoke with Sarah Anderson, a Founding Partner at Vault Fund, as part of our venture studios series. Anderson gave an overveiw of what venture studios are and how they can help corporations.