Innovation on demand
Why venture clienting is revolutionising small and medium-sized businesses
Small and medium-sized enterprises are under immense pressure to transform. The solution? Not lengthy in-house development, but venture clienting. Here, the agility of highly specialised start-ups meets the scaling power of established companies. The result: an innovation ecosystem that solves real business challenges in record time.
Venture clienting is the strategic lever for integrating external high-tech solutions directly into companies’ value chains. Instead of risky equity investments, both sides rely on a customer-supplier relationship that makes innovations testable, measurable and also rapidly deployable.
During an initial meeting, we’ll quickly identify specific use cases for your business.
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High-speed access to the energy ecosystem
AXEL – The Energy Accelerator is not a theoretical consultant, but an insider in the start-up world. The AXEL team speaks the language of founders, understands the challenges faced by small and medium-sized enterprises, and uses its vertical expertise in the energy sector to filter out, from the noise of the market, precisely those solutions that secure a technological edge. Supported by the energy network fokus.energie e.V., this provides a direct line to decision-makers in business, science and politics. fokus.energie is independent and open to any sustainable technology for the generation, storage, distribution and use of energy. The network offers founders, innovators, entrepreneurs and investors a trusting environment for the exchange of visions and talent. fokus.energie connects key players in research, education, SMEs and large corporations with the ideas and creativity of committed start-ups.
Scale with precision using AXEL
Scouting & Matching – Precision rather than a scattergun approach: Every innovation begins with a crystal-clear needs analysis. The AXEL team identifies technological gaps, narrows down the options – and matches them with the best solution providers.
Plug-and-play innovation – infrastructure without fixed costs: In the past, innovation was the preserve of companies with huge R&D budgets. AXEL acts, in a sense, as an external innovation department: venture clienting enables companies to pilot cutting-edge technologies without tying up internal resources on a permanent basis or making long-term upfront commitments.
Der Pilot-Check – Validierung mit System: AXEL setzt auf Pilotlogik. Als Innovationsbeschleuniger wird der Rahmen geschaffen, neue Lösungen in Proof-of-Concepts zu testen. AXEL moderiert den Erwartungsabgleich zwischen Corporate-Struktur und Startup-Dynamik, begleitet Implementierung und sichert Ergebnisse ab. So wird das Risiko minimiert und die Innovationsgeschwindigkeit maximiert!
Conclusion: Ready for the future
AXEL combines the innovative strength of over 280 supported start-ups with the specific requirements of small and medium-sized enterprises.
As a full-service partner, we support you every step of the way – from clearly defining the problem, through targeted start-up matching, right through to a validated pilot project.
Through the fokus.energie e.V. network, you gain direct access to one of the strongest energy ecosystems in Germany – and thus to technologies, partners and decision-makers who will accelerate your innovation projects.