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Engage with industry peers through insightful discussions, collaborative problem-solving, and expert-led strategy sessions to stay ahead in innovation and execution.

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Andrew Erlick
Scout & Scale Manager
“Connecting with other corporate innovators to exchange insights and tackle venturing challenges has been incredibly valuable. I especially enjoy the deep dives into startup collaboration, pilot programs, and scaling new opportunities."
Davide Ritorto
Management Engineer
“Innovation thrives on shared experiences, and the Bundl Venture Club is the perfect space. The peer exchanges offer unique insight from corporate innovators, helping me tackle key challenges and refine strategies.”
Coline Joubier
Innovation & Market Leader
“Innovation is a challenge at each step so being able to meet with fellow members and learn from their experience really helps to overcome obstacles. It is also an incredible opportunity to share our best practices.”
Sergio Zaforas
Corporate Incubation Enablement Director
"I enjoy the club for its fresh ideas, expert insights, and collaborative spirit. Sharing best practices helps me gain new perspectives, learn from each other’s successes and failures, and tackle challenges faster and smarter!"
Phil Hague
Innovation Leader
"It was wonderful to connect and be reminded that others are facing the same challenges. Lots of useful ideas for me! Thank you for hosting."
Boris Romero
New Business Venture Lead
“A great forum to exchange best practices around new business ventures. Also, an opportunity to calibrate the maturity of our capabilities specially around Product-as-a-Service.”
Andrew Erlick
Scout & Scale Manager
“Connecting with other corporate innovators to exchange insights and tackle venturing challenges has been incredibly valuable. I especially enjoy the deep dives into startup collaboration, pilot programs, and scaling new opportunities."
Coline Joubier
Innovation & Market Leader
“Innovation is a challenge at each step so being able to meet with fellow members and learn from their experience really helps to overcome obstacles. It is also an incredible opportunity to share our best practices.”
Davide Ritorto
Management Engineer
“Innovation thrives on shared experiences, and the Bundl Venture Club is the perfect space. The peer exchanges offer unique insight from corporate innovators, helping me tackle key challenges and refine strategies.”
Sergio Zaforas
Corporate Incubation Enablement Director
"I enjoy the club for its fresh ideas, expert insights, and collaborative spirit. Sharing best practices helps me gain new perspectives, learn from each other’s successes and failures, and tackle challenges faster and smarter!"
Phil Hague
Innovation Leader
"It was wonderful to connect and be reminded that others are facing the same challenges. Lots of useful ideas for me! Thank you for hosting."
Boris Romero
New Business Venture Lead
“A great forum to exchange best practices around new business ventures. Also, an opportunity to calibrate the maturity of our capabilities specially around Product-as-a-Service.”
Andrew Erlick
Scout & Scale Manager
“Connecting with other corporate innovators to exchange insights and tackle venturing challenges has been incredibly valuable. I especially enjoy the deep dives into startup collaboration, pilot programs, and scaling new opportunities."
Coline Joubier
Innovation & Market Leader
“Innovation is a challenge at each step so being able to meet with fellow members and learn from their experience really helps to overcome obstacles. It is also an incredible opportunity to share our best practices.”
Davide Ritorto
Management Engineer
“Innovation thrives on shared experiences, and the Bundl Venture Club is the perfect space. The peer exchanges offer unique insight from corporate innovators, helping me tackle key challenges and refine strategies.”
Sergio Zaforas
Corporate Incubation Enablement Director
"I enjoy the club for its fresh ideas, expert insights, and collaborative spirit. Sharing best practices helps me gain new perspectives, learn from each other’s successes and failures, and tackle challenges faster and smarter!"
Boris Romero
New Business Venture Lead
“A great forum to exchange best practices around new business ventures. Also, an opportunity to calibrate the maturity of our capabilities specially around Product-as-a-Service.”
Phil Hague
Innovation Leader
"It was wonderful to connect and be reminded that others are facing the same challenges. Lots of useful ideas for me! Thank you for hosting."
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Get advice on venturing challenges from peers who understand you.

That’s how this works – join other corporate entrepreneurs who are on your level from various industries around the world. And, openly learn from each other’s challenges and experiences.

Engaging roundtables

Members of the club meet up bi-monthly on a video call, breakout into small rooms, and discuss strategic challenges that are predefined by you.

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Expert connections

Keep up with the members you meet on our closed LinkedIn group. If you ever need to pick someone’s brain or get a fresh perspective, you know where to go.

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Insights library

New thought leadership pieces are created from the insights gained in the club, and in collaboration with you. The opportunity exists for you to become an expert author.

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200+ Experienced Corporate Leaders

We only accept senior profiles from global consumer-driven corporations.

So you'll be engaging with people who know exactly what you're going through: the difficulty of gaining internal stakeholder support, the pressure of proving ROI, the complexity of venturing outside the core, and more.

Solve challenges together, faster.

Join monthly calls tackling burning challenges facing our industry. It's also common to meet authors of famed innovation books on those calls, who provide expert insights you can take forward.

Tap into a network of your peers.

Join the WhatsApp group to keep up with other members, or request personal introductions. If you ever need to pick someone’s brain or get a fresh perspective, you know where to go.

Club resources, at your fingertips.

New thought leadership pieces are created from the insights gained in the Club. The opportunity exists for you to become an expert author.

Boost your innovation knowledge and network.

Our roundtables are exclusively for corporate innovation professionals who have been around the block and have something to share.

Nice to talk to people who have the same challenges and get new insights from best practises.

Tobias Seegers,
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Chemovator GmbH

Nice to talk to people who have the same challenges and get new insights from best practices.

Tobias Seegers,
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Chemovator GmbH

Excellent exchange of an experienced group

Ubald Kragten,
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DSM

Very friendly and insightful chat with innovation peers and expert moderators

Nicolas Bry,
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Orange

Boost your innovation knowledge and network.

Our roundtables are exclusively for corporate innovation professionals who have been around the block and have something to share.

Nice to talk to people who have the same challenges and get new insights from best practises.

Tobias Seegers,
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Chemovator GmbH
David Szeles
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Head of Venture Building at OTP Bank

"Asking for critical challenges from the participants and introducing them at the beginning of the session is a nice touch!"

Phil Hague
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Innovation Leader at 3M

"It was wonderful to connect and be reminded that others are facing the same challenges. Lots of useful ideas for me! Thank you for hosting."

Rajesh Gopinathan
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Director of business Transformation at Seaspan corpt

"I enjoyed the conversation today and it was very insightful. Looking forward to future engagements."

Frank Mattes
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Founder and CEO at Lean Scaleup

"GREAT STUFF!"

Hrvoje Patajac
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Member Of The Supervisory Board at Croatia osiguranje d.d.

"Friendly and open discussion. Very useful as participants share their first-hand experiences."

Lennart Weichert
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Venture Architect at SQUARED - The Innovation Factory by OBI

"Very insightful, thank you!"

Solve challenges and achieve tangible results, together.

For you, by you.

The Bundl Venture Club is designed  specifically for and by corporate entrepreneurs. This means all topics discussed are based on real member challenges.

Insights into actions.

The point is simple – help each other navigate the complex world of venturing. Insights and learnings gained in club activities will be developed into actionable content pieces.

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Venture Club Stories: Florian Viton, Global Head of Strategic Innovation at CJ CheilJedang

Venture Club Stories: Florian Viton, Global Head of Strategic Innovation at CJ CheilJedang

Discover practical insights on bridging the gap between research and market-ready innovation, aligning projects with real market demands, fostering cross-cultural innovation and more.

Venture Club Stories: Davide Ritorto, Management Engineer at Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A.

Venture Club Stories: Davide Ritorto, Management Engineer at Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A.

Discover how to navigate the complexities of open innovation, with practical tips on balancing corporate power and startup agility, avoiding the ‘PoC trap’, cross-cultural innovation and more.

Venture Club Stories: Phil Hague, Innovation Design Director - 3M

Venture Club Stories: Phil Hague, Innovation Design Director - 3M

We caught up with Phil Hague, Innovation Design Director in the 3M Consumer Business on how he tackles corporate challenges, motivates teams, and drives innovation through transformative customer experiences.

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Roundtable insights - how to unlock corporate assets

Roundtable Insights: How to Unlock Corporate Assets to Boost Venture Portfolio Growth

Top corporate entrepreneurs share their insights and strategies on formalising access to valuable corporate assets.

Roundtable insights - how to unlock corporate assets

Roundtable Insights: The Corporate Assets You Should Offer Startup Partners

Top corporate entrepreneurs share their experiences on identifying and leveraging existing corporate assets to fuel startup partnerships and accelerate growth.

Take your corporate venture to scale and beyond with the help of 10 resources, tools, articles, and interviews in one handy pack.

Resource Pack: Corporate Scaleups

Take your corporate venture to scale and beyond with the help of 10 resources, tools, articles, and interviews in one handy pack.

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FAQs: When to Build, Pivot, or Kill a Corporate Venture?

FAQs: When to Build, Pivot, or Kill a Corporate Venture?

This expert FAQ guide draws on live sessions with top corporate innovators to share proven frameworks for smarter, data-backed build, pivot, or kill decisions.

Innovation Ecosystems Part 3: How to Build a Profitable Ecosystem in 8 Steps (With Real-World Examples)

Innovation Ecosystems Part 3: How to Build a Profitable Ecosystem in 8 Steps (With Real-World Examples)

Part 3 of our innovation ecosystem series is a step-by-step guide to help you build a setup that scales innovation, drives growth, and strengthens your competitive edge.

Innovation Ecosystems Part 2: 5 Common Mistakes and How to Overcome Them

Innovation Ecosystems Part 2: 5 Common Mistakes and How to Overcome Them

Part 2 of our corporate innovation ecosystem series reveals five common mistakes that hold innovation back and practical strategies to build stronger, more collaborative ecosystems.

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