Efficient company creation in times of reduced budgets
Budget cuts, fewer resources, higher expectations. Sounds familiar? In this webinar, we unpack how corporates can still build successful ventures under pressure. You will hear from experienced industry experts about what’s working right now in new business building and funding, and take away proven approaches for doing more with less.
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The experts in the webinar
You’ll hear from Martin Sondenheimer (Managing Partner, Antalis Venture Capital Services), a long-standing corporate venture investor and builder with previous leadership roles at Allianz and Munich Re. Lars Nordmann (Senior Manager Strategy, TAKKT Group) brings a strategic perspective on delivering measurable impact, especially under resource constraints. From whataventure, Stefan Peintner (CEO, whataventure) will present key data from our 2025 venture building study, and Matthias Hille (Managing Director, whataventure fund) will explain how a structured fund approach can turn limited resources into strategic and financial results.
Martin Sondenheimer
Co-Founder & Managing Director Antalis Venture Capital Services
Martin is Co-Founder & Managing Director at Antalis Venture Capital Services where he supports companies in their corporate venturing activities from setting up units to guiding leadership teams and managing portfolio exits. Previously, he led corporate venture building at Munich Re’s 1880fwd, bringing extensive experience in scaling digital and tech ventures in corporate setups.
Lars Nordmann
Senior Manager Strategy TAKKT Group
Lars is an entrepreneurial innovation leader with 7+ years of experience in venture building, consulting, and digital business. He has a proven track record in launching ventures, scaling cross-functional teams and strategic planning in international environments. He recently joined TAKKT Group as Senior Strategic Manager and leads projects for the C-Level of the group.
Stefan Peintner
CEO & Managing Partner whataventure
With over fifteen years of international experience in strategy and innovation, Stefan advises corporates on setting up effective structures to systematically build new business. He brings an entrepreneurial mindset, a deep understanding of the corporate world, and broad cross-industry expertise - enabling him to effectively drive the validation and launch of new business.
Matthias Hille
Managing Director whataventure fund
Matthias is an experienced venture builder with over ten years of experience in innovation, corporate strategy, and growing new business models. He combines an entrepreneurial drive with deep corporate expertise to guide ventures from idea stage to market entry. By building strong founding teams and leveraging corporate assets, he creates measurable value for clients and investors.
An agenda to unlock efficient company creation
In this expert webinar, we'll explore the most relevant insights and challenges around efficient venture building, with a focus on:
- Key data points: Understand success rates, timelines, and capital efficiency benchmarks in corporate venture building.
- Actionable insights: Explore proven approaches to build more efficiently: from idea validation to scaling with corporate assets.
- Funding landscape: Get a clear picture of today’s funding options, from corporate budgets and co-investment vehicles to dedicated company creation funds.
- Company creation fund as a solution: Learn how the newly launched whataventure fund enables efficient new business building through its vertical strategies and pooled assets.
What you will get from this webinar
Multi-angle perspectives
Receive real-world perspectives from all sides of the table: from corporate venture builders and investors to innovators driving change across industries. Learn what it takes to tackle new business building and funding under pressure: which solutions exist and how different players within the ecosystem implement them.
Data-driven insights
Gain data-backed insights into the most effective company creation models including benchmarks from global venture studio studies and the Deutscher Startup Monitor 2025. Understand why ventures from structured programs achieve higher success rates, faster funding, and better capital efficiency, and how these learnings apply to corporate innovation today.
Practical methods
Learn practical methods for building efficiently under constraints: from lean validation and fast team setup to using corporate assets for growth. Discover how company creation funds and venture studios turn these practices into repeatable, capital-efficient systems for launching new businesses.
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