Professional Innovation Tour & Ecosystem Deep Dive
Ambivation’s Innovation Tours immerse you in dynamic innovation landscapes: connecting you with built-in ecosystems, startups, research labs, and key partners. We take care of curation, logistics, and sparring, so your team gains clear insights and strategic takeaways—without the fuss.
How Innovation Tours Expand Your Strategic Vision
Real Immersion
Step into ecosystems that shape tomorrow’s innovation.
Curated Connections
Meet ecosystem enablers, startup founders, and innovation experts—aligned with your goals.
Strategic Insight
Reflect on-site and align your vision with ecosystem learnings.
Tour Formats That Deliver Strategic Value
Our Innovation Tours are designed to deliver clarity, context, and connection—precisely where you need it most.
Thematic Exploration
Focus on AI, sustainability, Industry 4.0, or other strategic priorities.
Custom Delegations
Tailored journeys shaped by your strategic needs, region, and stakeholder group.
How Our Professional Innovation Tours Work
Align on Objectives
We coordinate with your team to define focus areas and themes.
Innovator Curation
We research and select 2-8 innovators across companies, startups, agencies, and labs that demonstrate relevant methodologies, then coordinate visits to innovation offices and co-working spaces.
Execute & Debrief
On-site experiences are paired with structured reflection and space for team discussion.
Transform your innovation approach today
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How to Get Strategic Value From Innovation Ecosystem Visits
Our approach ensures that every tour visit translates into insight, clarity, and action.
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Targeted Engagement
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Reflective Debriefing
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Post-Tour Alignment
Materials and follow-ups that help embed learnings into your roadmap.
Choose Your Innovation Tour Package
Open Innovation Tour
Comprehensive innovation methodology tour across diverse ecosystems2,500
âś“ Pre-scheduled theme-based tour (e.g., Berlin)
✓ 3–5 curated visits + expert sparring
âś“ Group capped at 8 participants
Innovation Methodology Expedition
Multi-day comprehensive innovation ecosystem exploration18,000
Everything included in Discovery Journey, plus:
4-8 diverse innovation organisation visits
Advanced methodology training workshops
Executive methodology briefing
Satisfied Customers
Arūnas Leonavičius
Group Finance Director Tamro Baltics | UAB Tamro
“Thanks a lot for arranging the Startup Tour in Berlin. The organization was excellent, and the meetings with startup managers provided us with some important insights.”
Sebastian Ring
Managing Director BENU Česká republika a.s.
“Many thanks again for the super organized tour. All participants liked it very much and we certainly see possibilities of cooperation with the startups you selected. Thanks a lot!”
Dr. Jacek Zawisza
CEO and Co-Founder Kamioni
I was impressed by the quality of the participants who Ambivation invited to our first meeting. We had the opportunity to talk directly to the top management of a billion-dollar company and were able to define the direction for a joint pilot project. Excellent!
Sven Siering
Head of Digital Innovation Unit, Deutsche Leasing AG
“The Startup Tour with Ambivation was a great success and everything was very well organized on site. Our CEO Kai Ostermann found the day very successful and exciting, too. The 16 startups that Ambivation scoutet for us were all suitable and we found it very difficult to make a final selection. Whether collaborations with the startups will develop will be seen next year. I would definitely do a startup matchmaking tour of this kind again.”
Frequently Asked Questions
What's the difference between Innovation Tour and Startup Tour?
Innovation Tour covers the broader innovation ecosystem including companies, agencies, innovation labs, and startups with focus on methodology learning. Startup Tour focuses specifically on startup culture and collaboration opportunities.
How long should my Innovation Tour be?
We need about 2 hours per startup, spinoff or innovation lab. For an Innovation Tour, you should see at least 2 of these innovators and allow 4 hours. In some cases, we can also invite startups and innovators collectively to our co-working space so that no travel time is lost between workplaces.
How to prepare my colleague and myself?
For our needs assessment it is important to know what your innovation strategy is and where you want to go. Do you have product ideas? Do you have problems? We want to organize a valuable tour for you and get to know you better.
Where does the Innovation Tour take place?
We implement the Innovation Tour most often in Berlin and Munich and have a strong network there. Thanks to our network and our startup and cooperation database, we also offer tours in other cities around the world or visit you in the region with innovators and startups.
What if we want to focus on specific industries or methods?
We can customize tours for cross-industry overview or sector-specific focus. Whether you want broad methodology exposure or targeted industry innovation practices, we tailor the experience to your objectives.
Can larger teams participate in Innovation Tours?
Yes, we accommodate larger groups through multiple tour groups or custom frameworks designed for bigger teams while maintaining quality learning experiences and meaningful innovator interactions.