Accelerate your Innovation Strategy

Protect your Business from Disruption!

Accelerate your Innovation Strategy & Protect your Business from Disruption!

OVERVIEW

Connect with THRIVE to accelerate your innovation strategy, grow your business, and achieve your strategic innovation objectives.

12-month program

Research & Analysis

Showcases & Workshops

Venture/Accelerator

Open Innovation Process

7 Steps

1

ONBOARDING

2

DEFINE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

3

EXPLORE & SCOUT

4

REVIEW & SELECT

5

TRIALS MANAGEMENT

6

STARTUP EVALUATION

7

IMPLEMENT INNOVATION

Tailored

Innovation capabilities, priorities, and objectives are assessed at the beginning of the annual cycle, resulting in a customized calendar and activities.

Flexible

Program starts when it is convenient for you.

12-month ongoing support

THRIVE will support you throughout your journey by quarterly review calls and in-person meetings.

Cross-Industry Insights

Program allows collaboration between corporate partners, which provides insights on best practices and key trends in adjacent industries.

Features

Features Corporate

Startup Scouting

THRIVE has a smart database of over 12,000 AgTech companies and a global platform to tap into innovators worldwide.

Innovation Pipeline Management

THRIVE can manage the pipeline of startups looking to engage with you. We can filter the inbound and help focus your time on the highest potential opportunities, aligned to your strategic priorities.

Startup Detailed Evaluation

Our experience working with startups allows us to undertake a “startup health check” on startups engaged with your company.

Research & Reporting

We deliver reports and specific research to our clients as a resource throughout the open innovation process or as a final output.

Corporate Networking

We facilitate connections between our corporate partners, promoting cross-collaboration and cross learnings through a series of workshops, events, and dinners.

Trials Project Management

We can drive both parties to meet deliverables and milestones and bring trials to a successful conclusion with a go/no-go decision.

Innovation Readiness Assessment

We identify strengths and gaps in your innovation strategy and structure, taking best practices from the best in the industry and creating a custom roadmap.

Decision support management

Our team can drive and manage a process for making go/no-go decisions on startup engagement at all stages of the evaluation process.

Corporate Success Stories

From New York to New Delhi, thousands of people have success stories with THRIVE

“THRIVE helps bridge the gap between the know-how of Silicon Valley and the application with growers in Salinas Valley and around the world.”

Bruce Taylor

TAYLOR FARMS

Chairman & CEO

2025 THRIVE Top 50 Reporters

This annual report showcases exceptional companies who are pushing the boundaries of innovation and technology.

AGTech

Redefining the future of agriculture with bold leadership, breakthrough innovation, and a deep commitment to sustainability.

Foodtech

Profiling the fastest growing scaleups reinventing our food system though innovation.

Corporate Partners

Our Corporate Partners are leading corporations and some of the biggest names in the industry
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Launch your corporate innovation strategy with THRIVE

Carin Gerhardt
Carin Gerhardt
Director of Corporate Programs

2026 THRIVE
Top 50 AgTech report

Spotlighting the companies and emerging innovators shaping the next era of agriculture

THRIVE Global Impact Summit

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OCTOBER 14TH & 15TH, 2026
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