Purpose
State whether the discussion concerns investment, company creation, a pilot, or specialist support.
STIPDOT / Partnerships
A working partnership, built around the company.
Explore the ways STIPDOT approaches collaboration with founders, researchers, operators, and commercial partners.
01 / Founders
Build from a shared understanding.
A useful partnership starts by agreeing on the problem, the evidence, and the decisions ahead. Investment and Studio are different paths: one supports an existing founding team, while the other explores whether an insight can become a new company.
02 / Design partners
Test the product where the work happens.
A design partnership should define a real workflow, a responsible owner, access boundaries, and a measurable result. A successful pilot produces evidence about adoption and value, including the conditions under which the product does not work.
03 / Researchers and operators
Bring a capability close to a customer.
Technical insight and practical expertise are most useful together. A collaboration can start with a problem interview, a prototype review, or a tightly scoped validation project, with ownership and expectations agreed before work begins.
04 / Public information
Clear about what this page represents.
This page describes our partnership approach. It is not a portfolio list, a record of completed investments, or an endorsement of any company. For a proposed collaboration, use the founder brief to describe the opportunity and the contribution you are seeking.
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Define the relationship early.
Different collaborations call for different commitments. A clear scope protects the work and the people doing it.
Contribution
Make time, capital, access, technical work, and ownership expectations explicit.
Review
Agree how to assess progress and how either side can bring an exploration to a close.