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4 examples of startup cooperation

from the Ambivation cooperation database. You can report further cooperations here.

VW and Uber partnership: The end of private car ownership?

#Partnership #AutonomousDriving #Wolfsburg #SanFrancisco

Weight-loss therapies: Novo Nordisk partners with Indian health-tech startup for weight management

#Partnership #HealthTech #Bagsværd #Bengaluru

Tractive launches partnership with Spanish insurtech Musky

#Partnership #InsurTech #Insurance #Pasching

EnerCube and Vonovia partner up: Investment and contract for over 1,000 cubes

#Partnership #Energy #Bochum #Köstendorf

4 startup challenges

IMM2025/26: Industry meets Makers

EIT Community NEB: Catalyse NEB Open Call 2026

ABB Startup Challenge 2026

17th Innovation World Cup® – Global IoT and DeepTech Innovation Competition

4 news from the startup and innovation ecosystem

Startup boom: Over 3,000 startup foundations in Germany in 2025 – despite the recession (MARES)

Wireless energy transmission: Tests by U.S. startup Overview Energy prove successful (Heise)

Experiment: Researcher lives with a humanoid robot for one year (Brutkasten)

New Women Entrepreneurship Monitor 2024/25 shows: Female founders in Germany are catching up significantly (Startbase)

4 open innovation events

Bavarian Impact Festival
28 January 2026, Nuremberg, 1 day

STEP Dubai
11–12 February 2026, Dubai, 2 days

ISE Europe (INNOVATiON PARK with AMBIVATION Startup Matchmaking)
3-6 February 2026, Barcelona, 4 days

Venture Client Roundtable @KSB
25 February 2026, Frankenthal, 1 day