Pioneers Discover

Driving Corporate Innovation

Pioneers Discover shapes the future of corporates by introducing entrepreneurial tools, methods and culture.

Why Innovators Succeed

Innovation is a key element of corporate growth and requires the right combination of people, processes and technologies. Corporates may have the capital and resources, but often lack the agility, experimental culture and tech expertise of startups and outside experts that are essential for innovation success.

We believe long-term innovation is therefore achieved through a combination of internal and startup-driven innovation. We make this happen by empowering corporate teams with entrepreneurial techniques and by bringing in startups and other experts to inspire, co-create and disrupt businesses. In doing so, corporates can achieve a range of business outcomes that capture tremendous value.

Develop Innovative Products

and meet customer needs.

Challenge the Status Quo

by bringing in external expertise.

Build an Entrepreneurial Workforce

and create an innovative brand positioning.

Create New Revenue Streams

and further business growth.

Get A Taste of What We Do

Based on the corporate’s challenges, we create a tailored innovation program that could comprise of any of the below products - with a view toward both internal and startup-driven innovation.

The challenges we tackle:

Set Up Innovation Strategy

Strategic process and framework combining corporate and external innovation for long-term success.

Anticipate the Future

Tech and trend forecasting and analysis, plus startup matching, to foresee the future.

Build New Products

Strategic innovation process with startup & expert engagement to result in tested products.

Transform Corporate Culture

Training and setup of entrepreneurial methods, tools and mindsets to inspire your team.

Let’s succeed together!

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A Selection Of Our Products

Intrapreneur Sprint Week

Equip your employees with entrepreneurial tools and methods in a 5-day boot camp. From ideation to pitching.

In-House Accelerator

Guide intrapreneurs from ideation to development of new products in a 4-month, in-house innovation program.

Open Innovation Platform

Manage new ideas from employees, clients and startups, and implement the best ones into the business, with digital software and an innovation process.

Innovation Day

Inspire and mobilize the whole organization around startups, technologies and innovation. Includes startup pitching & co-creation workshops.

Hackathon

Allow startups to hack your products or solve concrete challenges and develop prototypes within 48 hours.

Startup Accelerator

Match top startups with the company in order to bring innovative solutions to life as part of a guided program.

Startup & Tech Report

Get insightful startup profiles and understand the future of your industry.

Startup Trainings & Ecosystem Tours

Learn how startups operate and get to know international startup hotspots and ecosystems for your advantage.

We Are A Good Match

Pioneers Network

We have an extensive and well-established network of startups, experts, investors, corporates and media partners at our disposal.

Deep Tech Knowledge

We offer extensive knowledge and insight into the deep tech space, bringing your organization the new technologies and trends to keep you ahead.

Corporate & Startup Backgrounds

We understand the needs and objectives of our corporate clients and startups to identify where and how exactly startups can contribute.

Exclusive Innovation Software

With our partner Brightidea, we offer our clients an easy-to-use tool for coordinating innovation activities from ideation to execution.

Clients With Whom We Innovate

“ The wide variety and quality of Pioneers startups provided an accurate overview of global trends: great value for us. ”

“ Pioneers' guidance, flexibility and expectation setting was essential to the success of our ambitious project. ”

“ Pioneers offers the best way to get to know new startups and ideas for our future. ”

“ Pioneers gave us great insights of the worldwide startup scene and its trends. Their workshop and innovation process encouraged us in generating new ideas for future developments. ”