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"𝙎𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙪 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙩 𝙗𝙪𝙙𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙. 𝘽𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙪𝙥." Last year, 21% of venturing leaders expected a budget cut. This year, 39% got one. On The Corporate Venturing Podcast, Stefan Peintner and Davide Ritorto discuss the findings of our State of New Business Building 2026 study. What to expect: → Why teams rooted in corporate strategy keep their funding when others get cut → Why most ventures die of latency, and the one rule that fixes it → Why CVC is the best-rated instrument and still the one most likely to be cut Full episode here: https://lnkd.in/d7A_4hJ8 Get the full study they discuss here: https://lnkd.in/eZZuidBF Open Road Ventures

“𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲.” Stefan Peintner on a recent episode of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘝𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘰𝘥𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵 with Davide Ritorto. He says that because a corporate venture will often be slower than a standalone startup. So it needs something a startup can’t get. That can be: → the brand → IP → engineering know-how → industrialisation capabilities Being able to use these can be what puts a corporate venture ahead of a startup. Full episode in the comments.

The corporates having the hardest time with new business keep naming the same three blockers: governance model, top-management commitment and strategic direction. 64% of the less successful builders point to governance alone, while funding, talent and opportunities sit lower down. More often than not, it's the setup around the venture that decides how it goes, not the idea. Full data in our study: The state of new business building 2026.

Slow decisions, unclear ownership and internal resistance are rarely solved by telling teams to move faster. The Venture Operating Model looks at how strategy, structure, governance and execution need to work together.

The challenge in New Business Building is increasingly not idea generation. It is identifying the opportunities that are strategically relevant enough to deserve scarce resources. Our latest study looks at how corporate teams are sharpening that focus.

New business building is shifting: Resources are tighter. Expectations are higher. This study shows how new business builders in DACH are responding and which ones are pulling ahead.