References

Together with our clients we create lasting business growth.

We are awarded for excellence and trusted by industry leaders for our honest and hands-on entrepreneurial approach, stemming from building over 40 ventures. To date, over €700 million has been invested across the ventures we have launched.

Trusted by industry leading companies like

Energy & Utilities
Tagline

Building the marketplace for spare parts & services in the energy sector

Born out of a corporate venture initiative, a digital marketplace is transforming the energy sector by streamlining access to spare parts and services across the German-speaking region.

Consumer Goods
Tagline

Enabling disruptive innovations in the food industry with MAXFIVE

REWE Group's innovation agency MAXFIVE looks for new ways to identify attractive solutions and implement radically new business models for food retail.

Tourism
Tagline

Designing unique investment fundraising products

International leader in tourism & hospitality, Falkensteiner, introduced a unique investment offering through their FMTG Invest platform. International guests and customers can now directly participate in the capital raising for their hotels, apartments & camping projects.

Mobility & Logistics
Tagline

Launching a platform to instantly book full truck load routes

A digital logistics platform was launched to simplify truck route booking through a high-convenience portal powered by automated pricing—streamlining freight logistics and enhancing user experience.

Energy & Utilities
Tagline

Identifying business opportunities for dynamic electricity tariffs

Enpulse, venture building unit of a leading energy company, identified and assessed business opportunities at the intersection of electric vehicles and dynamic electricity tariffs, revealing opportunities for smarter energy use.

Consumer Goods
Tagline

Revolutionizing the furniture industry with Variand

Variand offers modular furniture that can be adapted to any style or living situation. The team's vision is to offer a furniture system that can accompany customers throughout their lives, instead of being thrown away and replaced after a few years.

Energy & Utilities
Tagline

Driving sustainability through open innovation at OMV Group

With the launch of the OMV Sphere platform, the group initiated an organization-wide program to tackle key sustainability challenges. Across five focus areas — sustainable aviation fuel certificates, smart energy management, sustainable packaging, circular by-products, and B2B retail intelligence — the initiative identified collaboration partners to unlock new business opportunities.

Tourism
Tagline

Rapid scalability for premium camping

The camping concept developed with Falkensteiner Group blends nature immersion with premium comfort, aiming for rapid scalability and implementation.

Energy & Utilities
Tagline

Empowering intrapreneurs to build lasting ventures in the energy sector

PowerLab is the intrapreneurship program of TenneT, a leading European grid operator. Over the years, it has grown into a well-positioned and structured process for TenneT intrapreneurs. It is supported by a clear decision-making approach, hands-on coaching, and a strong focus on validation. The program enables employees to tackle relevant challenges by developing validated projects with real impact in the energy industry.

Industrial Goods & Services
Tagline

Co-creating the future of steel at voestalpine

As a strategic partner in the VERBUND X accelerator, voestalpine joined forces with leading corporates and institutions to future-proof steel production. By teaming up with selected startups, the initiative is unlocking new possibilities to increase efficiency, reduce emissions, and drive sustainable impact in industrial manufacturing.

Tourism
Tagline

Building a boutique outdoor hotel with tiny houses

Das Seehäuser in Salzburg features unique tiny house accommodations designed and built by Wood_Space, offering a sustainable lakeside experience.

Energy & Utilities
Tagline

Enabling investments in solar power for consumer without rooftops

Consumers without their own rooftops are enabled to invest in large-scale solar projects and use the produced energy through a dedicated energy community —making solar power accessible to more people through one-time investments in energy communities.

Consumer Goods
Tagline

Building and scaling a D2C brand for a leading manufacturer

The newly launched sales channel and D2C fulfillment operations unlocks new revenue streams for a leading manufacturer in the furniture space. Together, we transform kitchen spaces and enhance everyday living with drawer inserts and organizational products.

Consumer Goods
Tagline

Building a venture arm for discovering new business models

The Miele Intrapreneurship Program has its roots in the New Growth Factory business unit which is responsible for identifying and tapping new growth fields outside Miele's core line of business.

Consumer Goods
Tagline

Facilitating overseas shopping for Chinese consumers

Chiloobal breaks down barriers of cross-border e-commerce for Chinese shoppers. It provides a streamlined, reliable way to buy tax-free goods from abroad and have them delivered directly within China.

Construction
Tagline

Founding and scaling a corporate venture for modular wood buildings with Rubner

Wood_Space is a joint venture with Rubner Holzbau, and it creates sustainable modular buildings made of solid wood. The Wood_Space modules are delivered prefabricated, assembled on-site, and ready for occupancy within just a few days. The modules can be configured in multiple ways and are environmentally friendly and cost-effective.

Energy & Utilities
Tagline

Predicting the electricity balancing market with FlexPowerHub

FlexPowerHub fully automates European balancing market processes through precise forecasting models and digital workflows. The platform enables energy providers to automate bidding, marketing, and settlement of flexible assets from data collection to execution, maximizing revenues while minimizing manual interventions through intelligent algorithms and customizable update cycles.

Mobility & Logistics
Tagline

Reducing fuel consumption on truck trailers using PV foil

TRAILAR uses clean energy from the sun to reduce a truck’s total fuel consumption by up to 5%. Special challenges such as the difficult market entry into the logistics sector or the need for rapid prototyping were mastered to make the project an overall, sustainable success.

Energy & Utilities
Tagline

Developing energy communities

For one of Austria’s leading energy providers, we built up the offering and team for energy communities. With a set of services and a digital platform we enable new ways for customers to participate in the energy transition.

Industrial Goods & Services
Tagline

Protecting high-value goods from counterfeiting

PixoAnalytics is a spin-off from DPDHL’s Startup Lab. Its machine vision technology creates unique “fingerprints” of inhomogeneous surfaces such as paper, cardboard, plastics, and more. This enables improvements in supply chain efficiency, customer experience, and counterfeit detection across various industries.

Mobility & Logistics
Tagline

Streamlining logistics communication

Heylog is a communication service for modern logistics. The SaaS tool simplifies driver registration and communication with logistics service providers simply and efficiently. It integrates messaging services like WhatsApp, Meta Messenger, and Viber on one platform and combines them with additional features for dispatching.

Energy & Utilities
Tagline

Pioneering subsea technology for next-gen offshore grid connection

Innovating how offshore wind energy is connected to the grid. By adapting proven subsea technology we simplify offshore infrastructure, reducing size, cost, and lead times. A step toward faster, more scalable energy solutions.

Energy & Utilities
Tagline

Industrial inspection with drones

Smart Inspection, a corporate spin-off based in Vienna, leverages drone technology and AI-powered fault detection for efficient and automated inspections across various industrial assets, including power plants and wind turbines.

Construction
Tagline

Enabling startup collaboration with a world leader in mineral-based specialties

A global leader in industrial minerals, launched a structured innovation program to identify new solutions in calcium carbonate and construction waste recycling. The initiative led to strategic partnerships with startups now implementing cutting-edge approaches to mineral recycling.

Mobility & Logistics
Tagline

Enabling a smart parcel box network for cities

A utility company ventured into an adjacent market by providing infrastructure for shipping and logistics companies to deliver directly to well-situated parcel box locations. This bold move led to their position as the largest supplier-independent player on the market.

Trusted by corporate leaders. Proven by results.

We create measurable business innovations that drive real growth.

700M+

investment in projects
we launched

35+

hands-on entrepreneurs

40+

ventures built with
our partners