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Preparing Our Startup Founders for Go-to-Market Success
Our Go-to-Market team has a proven playbook that provides portfolio founders with early advantage and helps them land initial customers and investors.
Corporate Innovation is Dead. Long Live Corporate Innovation!
In his guest post for InnoLead's Pointers series, Ryan explores the five common reasons why corporate innovation teams fail to drive transformation.
Driving DefenseTech Innovation with Corporations and Startups
Retired U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Gerald Goodfellow and former U.S. Congressman Chris Stewart spoke at Alloy 2024 about DefenseTech innovation trends.
How to Build a Successful Corporate Venture Studio
Our CEO, Elliott Parker, explains how a corporate venture studio can unlock new levels of growth and generate new learnings for large enterprises.
Why Innovation Stalls (and How to Reboot Your Strategy)
We've identified four main reasons why transformative innovation initiatives fail (or at least fail to produce the desired ROI) at corporations today.
Day in the Life: Build Director Molly Cross
Molly sheds light on her healthcare, finance, and consulting background and what motivates her to help our partners build new, impactful companies.
Unleashing the Aerospace Industry's Innovation Potential
Aerospace companies are pouring resources into R&D and internal innovation programs, but external venture building can also help them unlock growth.
Portfolio Conversations: Athian CPO Kendra Tolley
Kendra details why she joined Athian and how the carbon-insetting platform helps food brands achieve Scope 3 goals while helping farmers financially.
Building Unicorns Outside of a Traditional Startup Hub
In a fireside chat at Alloy 2024, Harmony Venture Labs CEO Shegun Otulana explained how he built a highly successful business in a non-startup hub.
What Is Venture Building?
Learn what the modern venture-building process entails, and see several examples of new startups created by scaled organizations using the approach.
Revisto Raises $4M to Revolutionize Pharma Marketing Compliance with AI
High Alpha Innovation company Revisto raised $4 million in Seed funding to accelerate development of its AI-powered pharmaceutical marketing platform.
Day in the Life: Design Director Casey Kelly Pérez
Casey explains what her role as Design Director entails and why she enjoys collaborating with portfolio companies on building their visual identities.
Unlocking Healthcare Transformation Through Ongoing Innovation
High Alpha Innovation General Manager Matt Brady led an Alloy 2024 conversation around the need for disruptive innovation in the healthcare industry.
Driving Innovation with Strategic Public-Private Partnerships
One of our Alloy 2024 panels discussed how public-private partnerships can unlock economic development opportunities for cities and states nationwide.
Corporate Venture Building: What It Is and Why It Matters
What is corporate venture building? Learn how the approach helps large enterprises explore new business models and launch venture-backable startups.
How Savvy Startup Founders Are Getting VCs' Attention in 2024
Metaimpact's Nammy Vedire, High Alpha's Mike Fitzgerald, and Cercano Management's Daley Ervin spoke about the venture-funding landscape at Alloy 2024.
3 Bold Ideas to Accelerate Regenerative Agriculture Adoption
Regenerative agriculture adoption and its impact on AgriFood value chain members is the focus of our latest venture-build program with DIAL Ventures.
Founder Q&A: Insights from Make Hay CEO Scott Nelson
We spoke with Scott about joining the ag-centric startup created with DIAL Ventures and his plans to get farmers and CPG brands to use the platform.
DNX Ventures Launches DNX Studio with High Alpha Innovation
Introducing DNX Studio, a new venture studio co-created with DNX Ventures, a Japan-based VC firm, to enable the company to build its own startups.
Striving for Sustainability: Inside the Energy Industry's Transformation
High Alpha Innovation Managing Director Ryan Larcom spoke with three energy industry leaders at Alloy 2024 about ongoing innovation across the sector.
Leveraging AI in Healthcare and Other Regulated Industries
The Engineered Innovation Group CEO Jake Miller moderated an Alloy 2024 panel on the use cases of AI in healthcare and other highly regulated sectors.
Founder Q&A: Insights from Athian CEO Paul Myer
Paul details his decision to become a co-founder at the novel startup and how the carbon-insetting marketplace can transform the agriculture industry.
Day in the Life: Sr. Build Analyst Maxwell von Doepp
Maxwell details what his day-to-day role entails as a Build program analyst and notes what led him to want to join the High Alpha Innovation team.
5 Takeaways from David Senra on Building World-Changing Companies
In his Alloy 2024 keynote, Founders Podcast host David Senra offered his take on 50 insights and ideas from Walmart CEO Sam Walton's autobiography.
Building a Venture Studio Internally vs. Externally: A Comparison
Many organizations are turning to venture builders to create venture studios: a vehicle for them to systematically and efficiently launch startups.
Partner Q&A: Eshelman Innovation Venture Studio's Bob Dieterle
Bob describes Eshelman's work to create cutting-edge digital health solutions, including startups co-created with our team through its venture studio.
Transformation in AgTech: Reshaping the Agriculture Industry
AgriNovus Indiana CEO Mitch Frazier moderated an engaging panel discussion at Alloy 2024 with three AgTech startup leaders on the state of AgriFood.
Artificial Intelligence and the Case for Human Ingenuity
In his Alloy 2024 keynote, High Alpha Innovation CEO Elliott Parker noted why corporations must thoughtfully blend the use of AI with human ingenuity.
What Is a Venture Studio?
Discover the benefits of venture studios for entrepreneurs, startups, and investors and why many organizations are embracing the venture studio model.
Are Content Creators Leading the Charge In the Future of Retail?
"Creator collectives" are mutually beneficial for content creators and retailers, and a platform that connects the two can enhance their relationship.
Corporate Innovation: How to Build Your Strategy
What is corporate innovation? And how does it help large enterprises evolve, grow, and future-proof their business? Our team breaks down the approach.
Making Transformation Tangible: Insights from Alloy 2024
Get a glimpse of what was discussed by the many innovators, investors, and entrepreneurs who took the stage at the 2024 Alloy Venture-Building Summit.
Accelerated Assumption Testing's Impact on Venture Building
Ironically, corporations looking to build startups must act like startups to do so: conduct fast, cheap experiments to test and validate assumptions.
How Tech Startups Can Positively Impact the Retail Value Chain
Find out how Fieldbook Studio is addressing critical technology gaps and opportunities by creating new, novel solutions across the retail value chain.
What Is Disruptive Innovation? A Breakdown
Disruptive innovation enables 'insurgent' startups to upend existing markets and 'incumbent' enterprises to transform their businesses and industries.
Founder Q&A: Insights from Revisto CEO Ferry Tamtoro
Ferry explains why he joined the startup, co-created with a Top-5 Pharma, and how the platform streamlines Medical, Legal, & Regulatory (MLR) reviews.
Nailing Your Startup Timing: Critical to Your Company’s Success
What does it mean to get launch timing "right"? And how can startup founders ensure they bring their new companies to market at the optimal moment?
Future-Proofing Your Business with Corporate Venture Building
'Black-swan' events like the global pandemic offer large-scale organizations a silver lining: the chance to create startups that solve big problems.
Strategic Advisory Council Spotlight: Dr. Patrick McGill
Community Health Network EVP, CTO Patrick McGill, MD, shares why he's excited to offer helpful business insights with our HealthTech startup founders.
Founder Q&A: Insights from Chuck CEO Todd Thomas
Chuck CEO Todd Thomas explains how Woodchuck.AI will revolutionize the energy industry and help construction firms meet their sustainability goals.
The Flywheel Effect from Building Startups with SSBCI Funding
Learn how Arkansas built Fieldbook Studio, the first U.S. Treasury-approved venture studio, with SSBCI funding — and how other states can do the same.
Creating Climate-Smart Technology Across the AgriFood Value Chain
Purdue University's Lourival Monaco details how DIAL Ventures is working to help incentivize farmers to adopt regenerative agriculture practices.
Customer Discovery's Critical Role in Startup Creation
Learn how speaking directly with the target audience for your prospective tech startup can help you validate (or invalidate) your business concept.
Visual Identity as an Advantage for Early-Stage Startups
Crafting a compelling and memorable visual identity for partners' startups is just one form of advantage we offer them and portfolio company founders.
Founder Q&A: Insights from Goldie Health CEO Chris Martin
The Goldie Health founder explains how the tech helps post-overdose response teams, EMS, and case managers respond to those in acute opioid crisis.
Why Community Investment Is Worthwhile for Corporations and VCs
Academic and business leaders shared their insights on the value of ongoing community investment, at a recent Aspen Institute event hosted at our HQ.
Technology's Role in Running More Effective Board Meetings
Zeck CEO and Co-founder Robert Wolfe details why he wanted to completely reimagine board meetings and what the AI-powered platform offers executives.
Why Venture Capital Firms Should Lean Into Startup Building
It's not just corporations, universities, state governments, and non-profits creating new companies. Now, VCs are also getting into venture building.
Why We Introduced Our Alloy Venture-Building Roundtable
Discover what our Venture-Building Roundtable offers corporate and university leaders, and what to expect at the next edition taking place at Alloy.
Venture Building: Ideal for Scaled Organizations
Find out why launching new startups that are separate from your organization's core business is best done with an outside venture-building partner.
LP Spotlight: Insights from Purdue Gold & Black Agri-Food Fund Investors
Limited partners who invested in the fund share why they're excited to help launch new AgTech companies that positively impact the AgriFood industry.
Market Sizing: An Essential Exercise for Startups
Identifying the TAM, SAM, and SOM for a startup using the common market-sizing framework helps founders ensure near- and long-term business success.
How the AgriFood Industry Is Approaching Innovation Today
Discover key takeaways from our roundtable chat at DIAL Ventures' Future of Agrifood summit with executives from agriculture-centric organizations.
The Illusion of Innovation (and Escaping the Efficiency Trap)
Embracing deliberate inefficiency and running fast, cheap, and weird experiments enable corporations to unlock sustainable growth and transformation.
Venture Creation: The 4th Leg of the Corporate Strategy Stool
Historically, "build, buy, or partner" has been the go-to innovation framework for corporations. But now, there's another viable innovation avenue.
Using the Venture Studio Model at Your University: A Guide
Learn why administrators and entrepreneurship center directors at universities nationwide are looking into building venture studios at their schools.
The Open Innovation Opportunity for Large Corporations
An open innovation ecosystem that includes an external venture-building partner is invaluable for large enterprises looking to launch new companies.
DIAL Ventures Launches First-of-Its-Kind AgTech Platform
Make Hay, a first-of-its-kind MarTech platform, enables brands to share farmers' authentic stories and educate consumers about their food's origin.
AI in Pharma: The Growing Number of Pharmaceutical Use Cases
Artificial intelligence offers a powerful catalyst for pharma companies, as it enables innovation beyond drug discovery and into broader operations.
How AI Innovations Impact Business Creation and Growth Today
Acknowledging AI's growing impact on business success for startups and established enterprises is one thing. Knowing how to leverage AI is another.
Transforming Your University Into an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
Learn how venture studio leaders at Notre Dame, UNC, and Purdue are commercializing startup ideas and solving big problems through company creation.
How Emerging Climate Technology Ventures Will Impact Us All
Sustainability experts discuss how ClimateTech investments in industries ranging from agriculture and energy to transportation will continue to grow.
Why Corporate Innovation Programs Fail Today
Corporations can avoid engaging in an Illusion of Innovation and make meaningful progress on initiatives with buy-in, budget, and the right partners.
Why Building Highly Successful Businesses That Endure Matters
Speaking at Alloy 2023, High Alpha Innovation CEO Elliott Parker explained what it takes to build resilient, long-lasting, transformative companies.
Notre Dame and High Alpha Innovation Unveil Venture Studio Impact Fund
The 1842 Fund will facilitate the creation of new startups through the 1842 Studio that tie into the University of Notre Dame's mission and vision.
ClimateTech: Empowering Startups to Spark Energy Innovation
Our recent Energy Summit was a conduit to build new companies that disrupt traditional energy supply chains through new climate technology ventures.
Why Now Is the Best Time to Launch A Venture Studio
The economic headwinds we've faced in the last few years are, ironically, creating ripe conditions for scaled organizations to launch venture studios.
Finding the Right Early-Stage Startup Founder: A Guide
Once we identify problems to solve with partners through startup creation, we look for the ideal founding team best suited to build and scale NewCos.
Unlocking Advantage with Corporate-Startup Partnerships
Corporations are increasingly looking to enable transformative growth through startup partnerships — and it's a trend that shows no signs of slowing.
Determining Your Corporation's Venture-Building Readiness
Before we build companies with partners, we help them determine if they have the necessary buy-in, resources, and infrastructure to create startups.
How We Help Organizations Build Advantaged Startups at Scale
We have developed a proven, structured process to quickly and creatively design advantaged startups.
How Universities Can Unlock Innovation and Launch New Startups
Discover the "fuel," "oxygen," and "heat that are needed to help universities transform into entrepreneurial ecosystems that build startups at scale.
Low-Hanging Innovation: Can You Run Out of Startup Ideas?
Empowering creators, innovators, and problem-solvers to make new connections enables them to unlock transformative venture-building opportunities.
Your Selassian Moment: Early Indicators of Institutional Challenge
Everyone wants to innovate but nobody wants to change. What can history tell us? Learn how corporations can unlock transformation to build companies.
Accounting Matters When Innovating from the Balance Sheet
Getting finance, tax, legal, and accounting involved early in your venture-building journey can help you avoid surprises that could derail your work.
Venture Studio U: Embracing Startup Creation on Campus
On top of commercializing ideas generated on campus, universities are creating venture studios with external partners to explore other startup ideas.
Funding Transformative Innovation from the Balance Sheet
Balance sheet capital, with a focus on the magnitude of correctness, not frequency, and appropriate governance enables venture building at scale.
The Disruptive Voice Podcast: Remodeling Venture Capital
High Alpha Innovation CEO Elliott Parker joined The Disruptive Voice podcast for a wide-ranging chat on the future of innovation and venture capital.
Innovating in Times of Uncertainty: A Path to Growth
In downturns and times of disruption, reducing spend is tempting. Instead, though, corporate leaders should invest in innovation during these periods.
Rich vs. King: The Corporate Founder's Innovation Dilemma
External venture building can deliver ROI closer to that of CVC investments and give corporations more influence over a startup's strategic direction.
Fragility, Resilience, and Whatever Else Is Left
Corporations must conduct low-cost innovation experiments at scale and learn quickly without imperiling the whole, if they hope to survive long term.
Building Companies That Matter: Why We Created High Alpha Innovation
We make a promise to the organizations we partner with that we can help them achieve tangible innovation through systematic, rapid startup creation.
Why We Sprint: Insights Into Our Venture-Building Process
Sprint Week is our forcing function for company creation. See what goes into this process, during which we craft business models for startup concepts.
Building for Resilience: How to Create Long-Lasting Companies
Startups are the economy's equivalent of 'controlled burns,' and corporations can leverage startups' strengths and capabilities to build resilience.
