Open Innovation – How Corporates and Startups Can Successfully Work Together
Innovators Insight with
Claudia Bienentreu & Ivan Brustlein

14 September 2022, 14:00 - 17:30 CEST
This session is now over. You can access the recording of this session and 700+ others and join upcoming sessions live, with an Innov8rs Community membership, the best learning resource for any corporate innovation professional. Check here for more info, and as a first step, apply to join here.
About the session
Claudia Bienentreu, Head of Open Innovation at AXA Switzerland and Ivan Brustlein, CEO and founder of Swibeco, will share their leanings on how a collaboration between corporates and startups can work out. They will talk about the reason why collaboration makes sense, how they made it work, what they have achieved over the years and what the challenges have been and still are.
About the speaker
Claudia Bienentreu is heading the innovation team "AXAnauten" at AXA Switzerland. Her mission is to enable collaborations between AXA and external innovation partners like startups and corporations to develop open innovation initiatives and unlock new business opportunities. She has a strong background in strategic marketing and communications and has been working in the financial services industry in Switzerland and Germany in the past 20 years. She is passionate about understanding customer needs, technology trends, developing innovative business models and connecting people and ideas.
Ivan Brustlein is a Swiss citizen, married and father of two children. He immediately entered the world of entrepreneurship and business development after his Master's degree in Law at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. Straight after his studies, Ivan launched his first start-up in 2008. He then worked at Altran (leader in technology consulting) as a Manager for 5 years before launching his second start-up, Swibeco in 2015. Swibeco has 40+ employees and 4’000+ B2B clients in Switzerland.
This session is now over. You can access the recording of this session and 700+ others and join upcoming sessions live, with an Innov8rs Community membership, the best learning resource for any corporate innovation professional. Check here for more info, and as a first step, apply to join here.
Any questions? Start a chat via the blue button bottom right and we'll get back to you asap.
Related Sessions

Six Shifts Shaping the Future of Innovation
Chief Growth Officer at Board of Innovation

Idea Management Is Dead, Long Live Idea Execution
CEO & Co-Founder at rready

Innovation Leadership: It‘s About People? It Always Has Been!
Managing Director at mantro product studio

Cisco’s Incubation Zone: New Business Creation, Year Two
Innovation Lead at Cisco

From Blockchain Banking to Autonomous Automotive: My Lessons From Innovating in Different Domains
Head of Innovation Lab, Commercial Vehicle Division at ZF

An Early Stage Open Innovation Approach at Telefónica
Head of Wayra Builder & Head of Telefónica Open Innovation Campus

Upgrading A Business Model Incubator to Diligent Entrepreneurship
Head at Nexwave Incubation Office, Chairman at the Amadeus Executive Incubation Board at Amadeus

Ambidextrous Organizations: Venture Building at Migros
Chief Venture Officer at Sparrow Ventures

An Intro to Innovation Network Design
Director of Internal Innovation at Clalit Health Services

Danilo Raponi
Group Head of Innovation at Generali, Managing Director of Generali’s Innovation Fund