Interview

February 18, 2020

The three things that kill corporate-startup partnerships

(And how to avoid them). Tanya Suarez reveals how she gets an 80% success rate at IoT Tribe.


Maija Palmer

5 min read

Tanya Suarez founded IoT Tribe in 2017 to provide deeptech companies and corporates with a way to meet and form partnerships. The accelerator takes 10 companies at a time on a three-month programme, the end goal of which is to get them a deal with a big company. Rolls Royce is one of the companies that taps into the IoT Tribe network for leads.

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