Corporate startup accelerators
Corporate accelerators built around your strategy.
We design and run custom startup accelerators in the domains that matter to your strategy. Programs for Charter Hall, Village Roadshow, Allens and Mills Oakley, built to end in pilots and partnerships.
◆ Organisations we have run startup programs with ◆
Track record
Our track record with startups
100
Startups incubated, accelerated and partnered
US$2.5B
Collective valuation
12
Corporate and government programs
AU · NZ · SG
And beyond
Outcomes
What a good accelerator delivers
Pilots and partnerships
Every graduating Charter Hall startup struck a partnership agreement or pilot.
Work across business units
Four Village Roadshow graduates went on working with Village across its divisions.
Market recognition
Auctus, the Allens Legal Accelerator, and other programs drew coverage in the AFR, Australasian Lawyer and Artificial Lawyer.
Capability inside
For Charter Hall we incubated an internal team alongside the startups.
Who it's for
Who an accelerator is for
- ✓Organisations that want to learn about and shape a domain, as Charter Hall did in PropTech and Village Roadshow did in mixed reality.
- ✓Sponsors that want to be the partner of choice for startups in their sector.
- ✓Leaders who want their own people to learn by working alongside startups.
- ✓Organisations open to pilots across several business units.
What is a corporate startup accelerator?
A structured program in which a large organisation supports a group of startups in a domain it cares about, with education, mentoring and the chance to work together.
Accelerator or matchmaking?
Need a solution to a defined problem? Matchmaking is faster. Want to understand a domain and develop your people? An accelerator offers more.
Why corporate accelerators fail, and how to avoid it
No strategic purpose, no owner ready to pilot, the wrong startup stage, and procurement that kills momentum. We fix each before launch.
How it works
How we design and run an accelerator
01
Strategic themes
Themes come from your strategy, each with a business owner. For Allens: contract creation and management, and risk and compliance.
02
Recruit and select
We take the program to market and select startups that fit different parts of your business.
03
Mentors and partners
Microsoft, Telstra Labs and HTC Vive sponsored Village Roadshow's program. Mills Oakley's mentors included Ash Maurya.
04
Demo day and pilots
The program ends in a demo day, and we help turn interest into pilots.
Watch
See the programs in action
In the room
Inside our events
Testimonials
What our partners say
“We’re delighted to have partnered with Collective Campus to create Australia’s first accelerator program for property technology start-ups. They brought together the right network, focus, energy, structure and support mechanisms to make this program a remarkable success not only for Charter Hall but importantly for the participating start-ups.”
“Our first cohort of startups blew us away with the potentially transformative solutions they're building to some of the most pressing issues faced by our firm and our clients.”
Case studies
Programs we have run
Accelerator
Charter Hall
A custom PropTech accelerator. We selected startups aligned with Charter Hall's industrial, retail and office divisions, and incubated one internal project team alongside them. Every graduating startup struck partnership agreements or pilots with Charter Hall, and the program was one of the contributing factors that lifted Charter Hall onto the AFR's Most Innovative ASX200 Companies list.
Accelerator
Village Roadshow
A mixed reality accelerator for the film, gaming and theme park business, with minor sponsors including Microsoft, Telstra Labs and HTC Vive. Four of the graduating startups went on working with Village across its divisions, and three more worked with organisations and investors they met through the program and its demo day.
Accelerator
Allens
Auctus, the Allens Legal Accelerator, helped legaltech startups scale through expert advice, an education program and facilitated access to the Allens network. It focused on two challenges: contract creation and management, and risk assessment, management and compliance.
Accelerator
Mills Oakley
A legal startup accelerator to explore and commercialise legal services innovation. We managed design and delivery, including marketing, startup recruitment, workshop facilitation and mentoring. It drew applications from legal services startups across Australia and coverage in The Financial Review and Lawyers Weekly.
Accelerator
METARISE Launchpad
An accelerator in Australia and New Zealand for web3 teams, built around custom workshops, mentoring and network access, and ending in a Demo Day where the startups pitched for investment and partnership.
Press
Our startup programs in the press
AFR
Charter Hall partners with Collective Campus on proptech start-up program
AFR
Village Roadshow, Collective Campus hunt mixed reality start-ups for accelerator
AFR
Microsoft to sponsor startups which use Hololens in Collective Campus accelerator
AFR
Law firm Mills Oakley funds $500,000 'Shark Tank'-style start-up accelerator
Australasian Lawyer
Seven startups make up first batch of Allens' legaltech accelerator
The Impact Lawyers
Discover the legal accelerator created by Allens-Linklaters and Collective Campus
ALPMA
Mills Oakley's 'Shark Tank' Style Innovation Accelerator Wins
Artificial Lawyer
Oz Firm Mills Oakley Launches Legal Tech Accelerator, Plans Start-Up JVs
Outline
Download the startup programs outline
How our accelerator and matchmaking programs work, in one document.
Startup programs outline
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Do you run off-the-shelf accelerators?
No. Every accelerator we have run was custom built around the sponsor's strategy, business models and themes.
What stage are accelerator startups?
Often earlier than in matchmaking, because the program helps them grow. Selection still tests for alignment and readiness to work with a large organisation.
Can our employees take part?
Yes. For Charter Hall we incubated an internal project team alongside the startups.
How is an accelerator priced?
It is tailored after an initial conversation.
Bring us the challenge
Tell us the problem and who owns it. We will suggest an accelerator, matchmaking or something else.