Partnerships
Build innovation infrastructure, not one-off activity.
iSTEB partners with companies, universities, governments, foundations and ecosystem builders when the opportunity needs multiple institutions, geographies or capabilities to move together.
Shared mission. Clear roles. Real operating cadence.
The partnership is designed around what each party can uniquely contribute and the decisions that keep the collaboration moving.
Partnership models
Choose a structure that matches the mission.
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Program partner
Co-design and deliver a focused innovation program for a sector, region or strategic theme.
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Knowledge partner
Bring frontier research, data, domain expertise or evaluation capability into the work.
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Ecosystem partner
Create a repeatable pipeline of challenges, talent, pilots, capital and scale pathways.
Partnership principles
Make the collaboration easier to operate than to admire.
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One accountable owner
Every partnership needs a named operator on each side with the authority to move work.
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Shared success measures
Agree what changes if the partnership works — before activity begins.
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A path beyond the pilot
Design procurement, governance, capital or institutional adoption into the model early.