Venture Clienting in Action: How Leading Corporates Work with Startups Across Regions
Venture Clienting enables corporates to identify, test, and implement startup solutions for concrete business challenges — faster, and with fewer resources compared to traditional innovation approaches. The model is designed to turn startup collaboration into measurable business impact.
On July 6th, we are bringing together European experts who run Venture Clienting programs in practice: corporate innovation leads from TRUMPF and PostFinance, alongside the Start2 Group teams in Europe and LatAm.
In this moderated panel, experts and practitioners will share their experiences with Venture Clienting: what the model looks like in practice, what types of innovation it enables, and what business impact it can deliver. Rather than a series of presentations, this session will be a real conversation about why corporates are choosing Venture Clienting, what they gain from working with startups as clients, and what LatAm companies can take from the European experience.
TARGET AUDIENCE
This session is aimed at executives, innovation managers, decision-makers, and corporate teams looking for practical ways to address current and future business challenges with startup solutions.
SPEAKERS
Linda Aerne — PostFinance
One of Switzerland's leading financial institutions, with a dedicated innovation and venturing unit exploring new models of corporate-startup collaboration.
Kristin Eckert — Start2 Group
Regional Director Latin America. Opening and closing the session with a LatAm lens.
Guilherme Gonçalves — Start2 Group
Spent the past four years supporting European corporates in identifying, testing, and implementing startup solutions — combining hands-on project execution with strategic guidance on building the processes and structures needed to make Venture Clienting work in established organizations and generate measurable business impact.
Florian Meßner-Schmitt — TRUMPF
Global industrial technology company and one of Europe's most referenced cases in corporate-startup collaboration through Venture Clienting.
FORMAT
45–50 minutes. A moderated panel — open conversation, not presentations.
Conducted in English.
Open to a global audience.
DETAILS
📅 Monday July 6th
🕒 10:00 am Argentina · 9:00 am Chile · 3:00 pm CET
📍 Online · Free · Open registration