Interview

August 25, 2020

Why corporate venture building could save the world

Felix Staeritz helped the UN World Food Programme build a donation app — and now he is trying to get big companies to change the world by building their own startups.


Maija Palmer

5 min read

Forget accelerator programmes and corporate venture funds — corporate venture building is the best way for big companies to innovate, says Felix Staeritz at FoundersLane, the Berlin-based company that works with a number of the world’s biggest companies to help them build their own startups.

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