“I was thrilled to join the #Tech4Growth Energy workshop recently with my colleagues Anna Contaxaki and Andreea LAPLACE. The event gathered together a fantastic range of energy sector participants —from tech start-up founders to corporate senior executives and university academics. I was delighted to share our learnings and best practices from the acquisition and integration of Green Motion’s #ElectricVehicle charging business with this diverse group.”

“The combination of energy security of supply, climate protection and affordable prices needs a mix of technologies, sources and business models. Partnerships between startups and corporates of any size and of all sectors are essential to ensure motivation, innovation and capital to master the energy transition”

“Cooperation with start-ups is an important driver for innovation that enables us to do things faster, explore new approaches to our challenges, and reach our ambitious targets in a pragmatic way. We are constantly thinking about how to best execute startup cooperations, and Tech4Growth Energy provided useful insights for this thought process.”

“The place where corporates and start-ups connect. If your business is to make innovation happen, whether at a corporate or at a start-up, Tech4Growth Energy is a good place to be”.

“Tech4Growth Energy event was a really nice event. I especially liked the mix between breakout sessions and speeches, in this way I was able to connect to almost everyone at the event.”

“I gained valuable inputs for my own business, expanded my network, and gained insights on how to effectively set up collaborations between startups, corporations and academia. I enjoyed the proposed mixed format of workshop and conference, with many great testimonials from a wide range of companies.”

“The Tech4Growth Finance conference stood out with a focus on hands-on discussion. I very much liked the openness and interest in what needs to be addressed to make startup-corporate collaboration work. Really enjoyed the format, openness, and discussions!”                                                                                            

“Tech4Growth provided us a great opportunity to reconnect with a management contact within one of our banking clients. They facilitated meetings between us that have given new avenues for our collaboration together with a view to significantly advance the current solution and broaden the scope. We are very grateful to Tech4Growth to facilitate this open exchange so we could have some honest and insightful discussions and re-think our partnership! And what a cool event with so many nice insights and open conversations!”

“Was a great occasion to meet with peers in a unique setting, highly enjoyed the informal and inspiring atmosphere 👍! Great presentations and inspiring discussions!“

“Exciting topics were discussed during the sessions, it was awesome to see all that creativity in Switzerland! We learned as much from corporate than passionate, dynamic and agile start-ups.”

“The leading place to exchange ideas on topics such as WealthTech, Regtech or Blockchain. There is no better place to exchange ideas so informally with key decision makers. The basis for successful business.”

“I thought it was a great event to have an honest conversation with big corporations. Usually, it is quite complicated to communicate with key people within large organizations, and this event allowed us to do just that.”

“This was definitely the most positively surprising event. The organisation was great, the speakers were open, transparent, and thoughtful. Thank you again for this immersive experience in the Swiss Fintech world!“

Highly relevant to make new and valuable connections.

The workshops highlight the problem we have today to collaborate with start-ups as a corporate. The session allowed me to exchange with a lot of start-ups and other corporates, reminding me that we need to do more for the community and the collaboration.

Well done on putting together the triangle stakesholders of Start-ups-Academia-Corporates with a specific vertical industry focus. We all talk about practical experiences and concepts. It helps improve my understanding what the other party is facing and it gives practical tips. It provides a great forum to share experiences and is a great opportunity for networking!

The workshop series helps you align and find a common ground to draft collaboration agreements. When we collaborate with academia or corporate, the agenda of a start-up is quite different. I like that the audience come from different backgrounds and there is an open discussion between the stakeholders sharing their experience and perspectives. The workshop is quite unique!

Takeaways from the workshop for me were a better understanding what the corporate  expectations are, how they work in terms of dynamic, timelines, budget constraints and corporate structure to improve collaboration and partnerships.