Corporate Innovation Key Metrics for Measuring Corporate Innovation Measuring the success of your corporate innovation efforts can be challenging, especially when it comes to choosing the right metrics. Driving from this challenge, in 2025, we launched the first-ever Corporate Startup Activity Index, ranking corporates’ based on their startup related actions, across dozens of parameters. The final rankings are determined by a total score […] Written by Andrej Vaklinski September 18, 2025September 18, 2025
Corporate Innovation How to Pick the Right Startups for Corporate Partnerships Corporate partnerships with startups have become a key strategy for large companies to stay relevant, accelerate innovation, and minimize the risks associated with heavy investments in unproven internal technologies. Many big tech corporations such as Google, Nvidia, Microsoft, and others are launching various initiatives to connect with startups. These collaborations can take the form of […] Written by StartupBlink September 17, 2025September 18, 2025
Corporate Innovation Top Corporate Innovation Events 2025 Corporate Innovation has evolved beyond research and development labs, and R&D departments. The most successful companies now have collaborations externally with startups, scaleups, and academic research organizations to promote change. Similarly structured global events provide the opportunity for this collaboration to happen: corporates scout startups for examples to onboard their strategic challenges, venture arms find […] Written by Andrej Vaklinski September 10, 2025September 18, 2025
Corporate Innovation Leaders in Aerospace & Aviation Corporate Startup Collaboration Aerospace and aviation are complex and capital-intensive industries, with long development cycles and high resource needs. In these sectors, corporate startup collaboration is critical. Startups gain access to funding, testing facilities, certification pathways, and technical expertise, while corporations benefit from agile R&D and new technologies. In the Corporate Startup Activity Index 2025, the aerospace & […] Written by Andrej Vaklinski September 4, 2025September 18, 2025
Corporate Innovation Top Corporate Venture Capital Firms in 2025 For the first time ever, StartupBlink has released the Corporate Startup Activity Index, ranking over 370 major corporations based on their engagement with startups. The Index evaluates multiple factors such as corporate venture capital activity, partnerships, accelerators, and acquisitions. A well-run corporate venture program helps companies tap into disruptive innovation, strengthen their ecosystem presence, and […] Written by Andrej Vaklinski July 15, 2025September 18, 2025
