A working network of the world's most serious Venture Clients.
The Alliance exists to advance the practice — by promoting it, producing the insight that powers it, and sharing the data and playbooks that make it repeatable.
What members do, together.
Promote the philosophy
Members carry Venture Clienting into corporate boardrooms, academic institutions and ecosystem stages — together and individually — to expand the number of firms doing it well.
Produce industry insight
Members publish what they are buying. The collective signal helps steer venture capital toward the startups the industry actually needs.
Share data and best practices
Members exchange the most innovative startups they have worked with and the operating playbooks behind successful Venture Client cases.
What you get when you join.
The Alliance is small and intentional. We accept corporate Venture Client units that meet — or are committed to meeting — the operating standards.
- 01Peer-reviewed adherence to the ventureclients.com standards
- 02Quarterly operator forums — closed-door, Chatham House
- 03Shared startup intelligence across member companies
- 04Joint research and benchmarking on unit performance
- 05Co-published frameworks with academic partners
- 06Speaking and visibility at the annual Venture Client Summit
The bar.
The group is built from operators who have done the work and thinkers who will shape what comes next. Seats are by nomination and peer review.
We review nominations monthly.
- Operators who have personally run 10+ venture client engagements
- Industry executives accountable for at least €10M in annual innovation spend
- Investors with active portfolios at the corporate–startup interface
- Researchers publishing peer-reviewed work on corporate–startup engagement
- Big tech leaders running venture innovation programs at enterprise scale
Tell us who you're nominating.
Candidacies are strengthened by a reference from an existing advisor, a current Combient Foundry member, or a peer institution.
We review nominations monthly. Successful candidates are invited to the next advisory session.
Or email us
alliance@ventureclients.com