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PIONEERS - MILESTONES

Started in 2009 as“Startup Live” out of theneed to develop “thelinking platform to pushentrepreneurship”

Startup Live takes of anlaunches in several states:Portugal, Kosovo, Germanyetc.

First Startup festival, brandedas “Startup Week”: Oneweek event in Vienna: 70+Speaker; 1200+ Participant

Startup week rebranded asPIONEERS FESTIVAL in 2012.First event in the Hofburg;2500+ participants; 850+applications.

Launch of Pioneers Discover inorder to become the leadingstartup – driven innovationand consulting firm in Europe.Over 150 projects all aroundeurope.

In collaboration withSpeedinvest, Pioneers formedits first startup venture capitalfond: Pioneers Ventures,mainly investing in high-techstartups.

EVENTSDISCOVER VENTURES

Pioneers facilitates profound business relationships between tech innovators.

We foster entrepreneurship and the startup-mindset, nurturing innovation by building a unique ecosystem of tech-leaders.

Founded in 2011, we have continuously expanded our product range over the past years and are recognized as a one-stop-shop for both startups, corporates and investors.

Pre-seed investor empowering

outstanding startups with our global network of corporates, industry

experts and entrepreneurs.

In partnership with Speedinvest.

The advisory for startup-driven

innovation.

Supporting successful collaboration between international startups

and corporations for the past 4 years.

International high-quality events for

startups, technology & innovation.

Bringing together a curated network of

startups, corporations and investors.

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PIONEERSWe are an innovator’s community

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PIONEERS DISCOVER

We help corporations implement innovation through the potential of startups and their technology.

A team of corporate innovation and startup

specialists.

70+collaboration projects

on an international scale.

A network of 13,000+ high-potential early-

stage startups.

Covering 7 major industries, grouping

them into ecosystems.5

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VALUE ADDPIONEERS DISCOVER

CULTURE CHANGE & ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSET

INNOVATION PROCESS & STRATEGY

TOP FIT STARTUPS, TRENDS & TECHNOLOGIES

TANGIBLE RESULTS GAINED THROUGH PROTOTYPING

Our services are designed to bring in & apply startup methodologies, tools and an innovation spirit into existing teams & infrastructures.

A structured innovation process allows for continuous development & integration of new technologies & startups into the company.

Through a detailed assessment of your needs and opportunities, we deliver you the best fitting startups &insights for long-term innovation success.

Our personalized services are designed to turn ideas into real products by ensuring a successful implementation of the innovation project.

PIONEERS NETWORK & DEEP TECH COMMUNITY

We position your brand in the startup & innovation ecosystem through our well established network of startups, experts, investors, corporates & media partners.

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DISCOVER: SUCCESS STORY

HACKATHONTHE CHALLENGEThe company wanted to solve specific real-life challenges in the areaof Big Data Analytics together with pre-selected startups, thusleading to jointly-developed innovations and IoT products.

OUR APPROACHPioneers Discover supported ANDRITZ through all stages of thehackathon preparation, organization and implementation. To ensuresuccessful outcomes of the hackathon, we screened through ourresources for the best startups, and after a four-stage selectionprocess, invited the top eight software startups that could best solvethe challenges prepared by ANDRITZ.

THE OUTCOMEü 8 leading software startups with 40 top developersü 8 prototypes developed within 48 hoursü Successful implementation and startup-corporate collaborationü Positioning ANDRITZ as an innovative company in the

ecosystem

ANDRITZ

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SHARING ECONOMY

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SHARING BUSINESS MODEL COMPASSSHARING ECONOMY

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EUROPEAN SHARING ECONOMY STATSSHARING ECONOMY

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KEY GROWTH INDICATORS SHARING ECONOMY

We project sharing economy revenues will grow at

roughly 35% per year, around ten times faster than the

wider economy as a whole – which we expect to expand

at roughly 3% per year over the same period.

The growth of the sharing economy will be broadly

spread: by 2025, we anticipate that four out of the five

sharing economy sectors we assessed could facilitate

over €100bn of transactions on an annual basis, with

only on-demand professional services still short of this

milestone. PWC Study

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