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Sourcing Startups – Venture Club Session Recap

Sourcing startups that fit your long-term goals: inbound sourcing funnels, synthetic incentives and bridging international ecosystems.

Roundtable
10 November 2025
The question on the table

How do you stop good startup opportunities stalling between scouting and adoption inside the business?

Recaps are anonymised by design: no names, no companies.

The session

The group compared startup scouting strategies: attracting the right startups instead of chasing them, enticing partners to build niche solutions, getting internal stakeholders comfortable with early-stage risk, and bridging gaps between international ecosystems.

Key insights

Five key insights

  1. 01
    Encourage startups to build niche solutions

    Synthetic incentives, such as paying an initial premium, entice startups into a market they would otherwise skip.

  2. 02
    Use sales techniques to boost scouting

    Content pieces as lead magnets create an inbound flow in the sourcing funnel.

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