Dancing with elephants: how to make corporate-startup collaborations mutually beneficial?

For the past 10 years the Corporate Venturing sector has been booming in Western Europe and in the USA. There are more than 1,200 corporate Venture Capital funds worldwide, 25 out of 30 Dow Jones companies have one and 20% of all venture capital investments in the USA in 2015 involved a corporate partner. Corporates collaborate with young companies to tap into external R&D talent, shorten product cycles and venture into new market segments. 
If played right, collaboration with a large corporate can be a great opportunity resulting in a client. Ewa Treitz has worked with corporates and startups for the past 7 years and will share the best practices on the topic.