Startup Collaboration: How to Build Win-Win Partnerships
From Circularity.fm by Patrick Hypscher
June 2, 2026 · 25 min · Episode 102
About this episode
The episode discusses the dynamics of startup-corporate partnerships and features insights from multiple founders.
Why do startups and corporates need each other, and what makes the partnership work? Florian Fehr, Managing Director of NEEW Ventures, joins Patrick at IFAT and interviews three founders: Rajiv Singhal from Grensol, Stefan Delinde from Minimise, and Gary Lewis from Resourcify about their businesses and what makes a startup-corporate partnership work. What you'll hear in this episode: • Why startups and corporates operate at different speeds, and why that difference is the point of the collaboration • Three founders, three completely different business models built around partnering with corporates • What Florian calls the "secret sauce" of a partnership that works The episode also covers how NEEW Ventures operates as both venture builder and bridge maker for EEW. This is the final episode of the series Incineration in the Circular Economy, produced in sponsoring partnership with NEEW Ventures.
People in this episode
Host: Patrick Hypscher
Guests: Florian Fehr, Rajiv Singhal, Stefan Delinde, Gary Lewis
Topics covered
- startup collaboration
- corporate partnerships
- business models
- venture building
- circular economy
Keywords
- startups
- corporates
- partnerships
- business models
- NEEW Ventures
- circular economy
- venture builder
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: NEEW Ventures, Grensol, Minimise, Resourcify, EEW
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