Partnering for success: strategic collaborations to grow your business

Collaboration between companies is essential in today's fast-paced economic climate. It allows companies to pool resources, knowledge, and expertise to achieve common goals and tackle increasingly complex challenges. Working together enables corporates to switch and innovate faster, while smaller companies can cater to new partners and clients.

Partnerships between corporates and smaller entities can take many forms, such as licensing agreements, joint ventures or equity investments. They can be focused on technology development or market expansion.

What to expect?

Top innovators such as Telenet, Matexi, Duracell Inc., Fujitsu and others will pitch their business challenges, and it’s up to our community to showcase its innovative solutions. You'll have the opportunity to learn from experienced peers, gain valuable insights into the corporate perspective, and connect with a network of like-minded professionals in the Agoria4SAAS community and with fellow Scaleup Vlaanderen alumni.

More reasons to participate?

• You will learn about budgeted corporate projects, ready to be matched by your market fit technology,
• You will hear from peers what has worked and what has not,
• You will get a feel for the corporate perspective,
• You will have the opportunity to network within the Agoria4SAAS community and Scaleup Vlaanderen alumni,
• You will be able to fix 1to1 meetings upfront through Conversation Starter;

Programme

14:30 Welcome & coffee

15:00 Introduction

15:15 Keynote ' do's and don'ts in corporate venturing' by Dirk Paelinck, CEO Workero and Founder of the European Proptech Association

15:45 Two practical cases : the collaboration between Telenet & Doccle, and between Vinçotte & Twintag

16:15 Coffee break

16:30 Reverse pitching: 6 corporates, including Telenet, Fujitsu, Duracell & Matexi, pitch business challenges and startups/scale-ups can discuss their matching solution

17:20 Wrap-up reverse pitching

17:35 Launch announcement of the Agoria experience sharing & mentoring network

17:50 Network Cocktail with tempting treats & 1to1 conversations via Conversation Starter

Price

Sirris and Agoria members have free entrance, other companies pay an admission fee of 35 EUR.