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Venture Clienting & CVC Summit

Venture Clienting &
CVC Summit

What is this about

In Partnership with:

100 of Europe's most influential venture clienting and CVC leaders — turning deep tech and AI into enterprise competitiveness.

Co-hosted with 27pilots, we convene Europe's leading venture clienting and CVC experts in peer-moderated, industry-specific roundtables.

One objective: make venture clienting, CVC, and startup collaboration a board-level priority — to unlock new revenue, cut costs, and drive enterprise competitiveness.

In Partnership with:

Selected roundtables

Energy & Infrastructure: Deploying Startup Solutions in Critical Energy Infrastructure

Host: Fredrick Støa (Senior Investment Manager, Equinor)

Defence & Space: From Breakthrough Prototype to Mission-Critical Scale

Host: Claire Falzone (Head of Divisional Strategy & Portfolio Management, Airbus)

Robotics & the Automation Frontier: The Startup Impact Case for Venture Clienting

Hosts: Johannes Grabowski (Venture Partner, Open Bosch), Otmar Schreiner (Managing Director co-pace, Aumovio)

Advanced Materials & Programmable Matter: From Lab Bench to Production Line — The Venture Clienting Bridge

Hosts: Christian Fild (Director of Strategic Partnerships, Henkel), Viktoria Blum (Co-Lead HELM HORIZON, Helm)

High-Performance Computing & AI Infrastructure: Can Novel Chips, Orchestration, and Alternative Capacity Models Break the Hardware Bottleneck?

Host: Mallik Rao (COO, Telefónica Germany)

Making Venture Clienting a C-Suite Priority: From Innovation Niche to Competitive Imperative

Host: Martin Köhler (Lead Partnering and Innovation Ecosystem, Audi)

Investing at the Physical Layer: How CVCs Underwrite the Sensor-to-Compute-to-Action Stack for Europe's Next Infrastructure Cycle

Host: Kimberly Blakemore (Head of AD Ventures, Analog Devices)

Venture Clienting Without Borders: Scaling Operations Across Decentralised Global Enterprises

Host: Silan Hun (Head of Startup Partnering, Siemens Mobility)

The Pilot Trap: Maximizing Startup Adoption and Preventing "Adoption Laziness"

Hosts: Arno Baltruschat (Co-Lead OTTO DOCK 6, OTTO), Julia Kunstmann (Co-Lead OTTO DOCK 6, OTTO)

Measure What Matters: Assessing Impact of Venture Client Units

Host: Kai Petrick (Head of Partnermanagement New Technologies and BMW Startup Garage, BMW Group)

Derisking M&A: Venture Clienting Integration in M&A and CVC Diligence

Host: Jason Mühleck (Head of Ventures, Amrize)

Structuring a Venture Client Unit (Hosted by 27pilots)

Host: Danijel Grabovac (Head of Siemens for Startups, Siemens AG)

Energy & Infrastructure

Deploying Startup Solutions in Critical Energy Infrastructure

Defence & Space

From Breakthrough Prototype to Mission-Critical Scale – Navigating the Valley of Death

Robotics & the Automation Frontier

Robotics and Factory Automation as the Backbone for Startup Impact Through Venture Clienting

Advanced Materials & Programmable Matter

Beyond the Buzz – Is Venture Clienting Truly Unlocking Advanced Materials for Product Impact?

High-Performance Computing & AI Infrastructure

The Compute Bottleneck – Hardware Access for AI and HPC

Making Venture Clienting a C-Suite Priority

From Innovation Niche to Competitive Imperative— Why Venture Clienting Belongs on the Board Agenda

From Vendor to Customer

Scaling Venture Clienting Operations Across Decentralized and Federated Organizations

Startups as a Transformation Instrument

Global Expansion of Venture Clienting Operations

Maximizing Startup Adoption and Preventing “Adoption Laziness”

The Pilot Trap

Measuring Impact in Venture Client Units

M&A as a Growth Path

Venture Clienting Integration in M&A and CVC Diligence

Structuring a Venture Client Unit

(Hosted by 27pilots)

Selected roundtables

Energy & Infrastructure: Deploying Startup Solutions in Critical Energy Infrastructure

Host: Fredrick Støa (Senior Investment Manager, Equinor)

Energy & Infrastructure: Deploying Startup Solutions in Critical Energy Infrastructure

Host: Fredrick Støa (Senior Investment Manager, Equinor)

Defence & Space: From Breakthrough Prototype to Mission-Critical Scale

Host: Claire Falzone (Head of Divisional Strategy & Portfolio Management, Airbus)

Defence & Space: From Breakthrough Prototype to Mission-Critical Scale

Host: Claire Falzone (Head of Divisional Strategy & Portfolio Management, Airbus)

Robotics & the Automation Frontier: The Startup Impact Case for Venture Clienting

Hosts: Johannes Grabowski (Venture Partner, Open Bosch), Otmar Schreiner (Managing Director co-pace, Aumovio)

Robotics & the Automation Frontier: The Startup Impact Case for Venture Clienting

Hosts: Johannes Grabowski (Venture Partner, Open Bosch), Otmar Schreiner (Managing Director co-pace, Aumovio)

Advanced Materials & Programmable Matter: From Lab Bench to Production Line — The Venture Clienting Bridge

Hosts: Christian Fild (Director of Strategic Partnerships, Henkel), Viktoria Blum (Co-Lead HELM HORIZON, Helm)

Advanced Materials & Programmable Matter: From Lab Bench to Production Line — The Venture Clienting Bridge

Hosts: Christian Fild (Director of Strategic Partnerships, Henkel), Viktoria Blum (Co-Lead HELM HORIZON, Helm)

High-Performance Computing & AI Infrastructure: Can Novel Chips, Orchestration, and Alternative Capacity Models Break the Hardware Bottleneck?

Host: Mallik Rao (COO, Telefónica Germany)

High-Performance Computing & AI Infrastructure: Can Novel Chips, Orchestration, and Alternative Capacity Models Break the Hardware Bottleneck?

Host: Mallik Rao (COO, Telefónica Germany)

High-Performance Computing & AI Infrastructure: Can Novel Chips, Orchestration, and Alternative Capacity Models Break the Hardware Bottleneck?

Host: Mallik Rao (COO, Telefónica Germany)

Making Venture Clienting a C-Suite Priority: From Innovation Niche to Competitive Imperative

Host: Martin Köhler (Lead Partnering and Innovation Ecosystem, Audi)

Making Venture Clienting a C-Suite Priority: From Innovation Niche to Competitive Imperative

Host: Martin Köhler (Lead Partnering and Innovation Ecosystem, Audi)

Investing at the Physical Layer: How CVCs Underwrite the Sensor-to-Compute-to-Action Stack for Europe's Next Infrastructure Cycle

Host: Kimberly Blakemore (Head of AD Ventures, Analog Devices)

Investing at the Physical Layer: How CVCs Underwrite the Sensor-to-Compute-to-Action Stack for Europe's Next Infrastructure Cycle

Host: Kimberly Blakemore (Head of AD Ventures, Analog Devices)

Venture Clienting Without Borders: Scaling Operations Across Decentralised Global Enterprises

Host: Silan Hun (Head of Startup Partnering, Siemens Mobility)

Venture Clienting Without Borders: Scaling Operations Across Decentralised Global Enterprises

Host: Silan Hun (Head of Startup Partnering, Siemens Mobility)

The Pilot Trap: Maximizing Startup Adoption and Preventing "Adoption Laziness"

Hosts: Arno Baltruschat (Co-Lead OTTO DOCK 6, OTTO), Julia Kunstmann (Co-Lead OTTO DOCK 6, OTTO)

The Pilot Trap: Maximizing Startup Adoption and Preventing "Adoption Laziness"

Hosts: Arno Baltruschat (Co-Lead OTTO DOCK 6, OTTO), Julia Kunstmann (Co-Lead OTTO DOCK 6, OTTO)

Measure What Matters: Assessing Impact of Venture Client Units

Host: Kai Petrick (Head of Partnermanagement New Technologies and BMW Startup Garage, BMW Group)

Measure What Matters: Assessing Impact of Venture Client Units

Host: Kai Petrick (Head of Partnermanagement New Technologies and BMW Startup Garage, BMW Group)

Derisking M&A: Venture Clienting Integration in M&A and CVC Diligence

Host: Jason Mühleck (Head of Ventures, Amrize)

Derisking M&A: Venture Clienting Integration in M&A and CVC Diligence

Host: Jason Mühleck (Head of Ventures, Amrize)

Structuring a Venture Client Unit (Hosted by 27pilots)

Host: Danijel Grabovac (Head of Siemens for Startups, Siemens AG)

Structuring a Venture Client Unit (Hosted by 27pilots)

Host: Danijel Grabovac (Head of Siemens for Startups, Siemens AG)

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DTM26 Agenda at a glance

DTM26 Agenda
at a glance

Plan to attend DTM26 from start to finish. Arrive Tuesday evening to join early sessions; programming runs through Thursday evening, with high-impact content, 1:1s, and curated experiences each day. Deep Tech Week Berlin may make a longer stay worthwhile.

DAY 0

19 May

19:30

Investor Dinner (invite only)
DTM's inner circle, one electric Berlin location.

Investor Dinner (invite only) DTM's inner circle, one electric Berlin location.

invite only

DAY 1

20 May

08:00 - 17:00

Registration

09:30 - 10:15

Opening Remarks

Arrive early — the difference between drifting through DTM and leaving with real deals.

10:00 - 11:25

DTM100 | Pitch Competition | Energy

Europe's top early-stage energy founders compete for a finals spot.

10:15 - 14:15

Titans of Europe | Defence • Space

Europe's most influential Defence & Space innovators on stage.

11:30 - 12:55

DTM100 | Pitch Competition | Advanced Materials

Europe's top early-stage materials founders compete for a finals spot.

13:00 - 14:25

DTM100 | Pitch Competition | Manufacturing & Robotics

Europe's top early-stage Manufacturing & Robotics founders compete for a finals spot.

13:00 - 16:00

CXO Sovereignty Summit

CXO
Sovereignty Summit

co-hosted by BCG

50 senior policymakers, founders and CXOs shape regulation for faster deep tech commercialization in Europe

invite only

14:30 - 15:55

DTM100 | Pitch Competition | Enterprise AI

Europe's top early-stage Enterprise AI founders compete for a finals spot.

16:00 - 17:25

DTM100 | Pitch Competition | High-Performance Computing

Europe's top early-stage HPC founders compete for a finals spot.

17:00 - 19:30

LP-GP Marketplace

LP-GP
Marketplace

Europe's top GPs meet deep tech-focused LPs
— DTM's most productive speed dating yet.

invite only

17:30 - 19:30

Deep Tech Awards

Berlin's Senate prizes the founders reshaping Berlin, Germany & Europe.

19:00 - 20:30

LP GP Apéro

— Hosted by redalpine
Europe's top GPs and LPs deploy something far more potent than vintage.

invite only

DAY 2

21 May

08:00 - 17:00

Registration

10:00 - 11:25

DTM100 | Pitch Competition | Space

Europe's top early-stage space founders compete for a finals spot.

10:00 - 12:30

AI Productivity Summit
Co-hosted by Merantix and HarmonicAI

100 enterprise customers and startups launch 100+ new AI collaborations in a single morning — across the key enterprise AI use cases.

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10:00 - 13:30

Titans of Europe | Manufacturing & Robotics • High-Performance Computing

Europe's most influential Manufacturing, Robotics & HPC innovators on stage.

11:30 - 12:55

DTM100 | Pitch Competition | Defence

Europe's top early-stage defence founders compete for a finals spot.

12:45 - 14:00

Growth Capital Salon
Co-hosted by DCVC and
Drumbeat Capital (TBC)

Growth Capital
Club
Co-hosted by DCVC and
Drumbeat Capital (TBC)

Europe’s leading soonicorn and unicorn founders meet the world's top growth investors.

Europe’s leading soonicorn and unicorn
founders meet the world's top growth investors.

invite only

13:45 - 15:15

DTM100 Finals

The winners of Europe's No. 1 deep tech pitch competition take the stage.

14:00 - 16:30

CVC & Venture Clienting Summit

CVC & Venture
Clienting Summit

CVC & Venture Clienting
Summit

Co-Hosted by 27pilots
100 corporate innovation leaders making venture clienting & startup partnerships a board-level priority in a peer exchange format — with a focus on six key deep tech markets.

invite only

14:30 - 17:30

Titans of Europe | Advanced Materials • Energy

Europe's most influential Advanced Materials & Energy innovators on stage.

18:00 - 21:30

DTM Afterparty

Wilhelm Studios, Food Court (Outdoors), Free Bratwurst BBQ

DTM26 DAY 1 & DAY 2

Guardian Connect

300 enterprise innovation leaders with budgets meet deep tech founders and vendors — PoCs, projects, partnerships are the result.

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Running all Day

Invite only

DTM26 DAY 1 & DAY 2

Investor Connect

Curated 1:1s between top deep tech investors and the companies worth backing.

Running all Day

Invite only

DTM26 DAY 1 & DAY 2

Signals from the Frontline

50 armed forces members and Europe's top primes and neo-primes turn NATO frontline needs into next-gen defence capabilities.

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Running all Day

Invite only

DTM.Defence

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Invite-Only Events at DTM26

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Six intersecting markets.
Your next customer, partner or portfolio company lives at the intersection of industries you didn't expect.

batteries

novel fuels

energy storage

Energy

Helping OEMs, utilities, and energy-intensive industries lower €/MWh, stabilize supply, and meet decarbonization mandates.

Go to Market

batteries

novel fuels

energy storage

Energy

Helping OEMs, utilities, and energy-intensive industries lower €/MWh, stabilize supply, and meet decarbonization mandates.

Go to Market

batteries

novel fuels

energy storage

Energy

Helping OEMs, utilities, and energy-intensive industries lower €/MWh, stabilize supply, and meet decarbonization mandates.

Go to Market

drone and aerial defence

deep and precision strike

electronic warfare

ISR

Defence

Enabling armed forces, primes, and dual-use SMBs to counter new threats, cut O&M costs, and accelerate capability deployment.

Go to Market

drone and aerial defence

deep and precision strike

electronic warfare

ISR

Defence

Enabling armed forces, primes, and dual-use SMBs to counter new threats, cut O&M costs, and accelerate capability deployment.

Go to Market

drone and aerial defence

deep and precision strike

electronic warfare

ISR

Defence

Enabling armed forces, primes, and dual-use SMBs to counter new threats, cut O&M costs, and accelerate capability deployment.

Go to Market

Industrial robots

warehouse automation

infrastructure asset intelligence

Manufacturing & Robotics

Giving OEMs, integrators, and manufacturers tools to offset labor shortages, boost throughput, and reduce downtime.

Go to Market

Industrial robots

warehouse automation

infrastructure asset intelligence

Manufacturing & Robotics

Giving OEMs, integrators, and manufacturers tools to offset labor shortages, boost throughput, and reduce downtime.

Go to Market

Industrial robots

warehouse automation

infrastructure asset intelligence

Manufacturing & Robotics

Giving OEMs, integrators, and manufacturers tools to offset labor shortages, boost throughput, and reduce downtime.

Go to Market

launch systems

satellite components

in-orbit services

downstream applications

Space

Supporting primes, operators, and data-driven industries in reducing launch costs, extending satellite lifetimes, and turning EO data into commercial value.

Go to Market

launch systems

satellite components

in-orbit services

downstream applications

Space

Supporting primes, operators, and data-driven industries in reducing launch costs, extending satellite lifetimes, and turning EO data into commercial value.

Go to Market

launch systems

satellite components

in-orbit services

downstream applications

Space

Supporting primes, operators, and data-driven industries in reducing launch costs, extending satellite lifetimes, and turning EO data into commercial value.

Go to Market

data center efficiency

quantum security

photonic sensing