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Technology, Information and InternetHesse, Germany51-200 Employees
ekipa is a technology-focused company based in Frankfurt, Germany (56 Kaiserstraße, Hesse 60329), offering corporate-venturing and operating-partner services to help organizations test, evaluate and implement external innovation. It functions as an external venturing unit, taking operational responsibility for structure, process and decision-readiness in corporate-venturing projects. The firm creates setups in which external solutions are examined and integrated with internal business units, grounded in a defined methodology and supported by the ekipa ecosystem of startups, scaleups, research and technology providers. ekipa follows a four-stage process—Explore, Define, Identify, Validate & Pilot—to identify relevant innovation topics, clarify goals and criteria, proactively identify suitable innovators, and advance pilots to decision readiness. A central offering is public-enabled programs that provide a structured, low-threshold entry into corporate venturing, with clear frameworks, legitimacy and co-financing from public partners. The company reports working with more than 150 organizations across various sectors to enable decisions, implemented pilots and real integration into operations.