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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.
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Rapid scalability for premium camping
The camping concept developed with Falkensteiner Group blends nature immersion with premium comfort, aiming for rapid scalability and implementation.
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.
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—enabling improvements in supply chain efficiency, customer experience, and counterfeit detection across various industries.
Integrating e-cars as flexible assets into the grid
Enpulse, venture building unit of a leading energy company, validated the potential of connecting individual electric vehicles to the grid as flexible assets — turning parked cars into a powerful new energy resource.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Empowering industrial innovation at RHI Magnesita
RHI Magnesita launched an innovation initiative to bring modern methodologies into the heart of product development. The focus was on exploring new ideas to drive smarter, more resilient solutions in the world of high-performance materials.
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.
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 — 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.
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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.
Validating smart home solutions for next-gen kitchen furniture
A leading manufacturer in the furniture and kitchen industry explored extending its product range into smart home solutions—enhancing the customer experience within the home.
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.
Partnership with CERN Venture Connect Programme
Making pioneering research available to the public economy more quickly: The partnership aims to accelerate the uptake of pioneering CERN technologies, in fields such as lasers, detectors, and chips, by startups and corporate ventures to create a positive societal impact.
Transforming existing real estate into innovative burnout prevention concept
Austrian healthcare provider repurposed existing hotel in the Tyrolean mountains into innovative prevention center, developing offer packages focused on well-being and mindful leadership.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Changing mobility with a new category of bikes
An electric cargo bike venture introduced a new category of mobility, combining tilting technology with multi-use design—scaling across 9 countries and building a strong distributor network within two years.
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