Scaling Venture Clienting with REHAU New Ventures Director of Corporate Venturing Ronja Stoffregen

Corporate innovation programs often generate activity but struggle to produce measurable business impact. Ronja Stoffregen, Director of Corporate Venturing at REHAU New Ventures, shares how venture clienting can bridge that gap by turning startup partnerships into operational outcomes. Leading REHAU’s corporate venturing efforts across mobility, manufacturing, medtech, and the built environment, Ronja focuses on embedding emerging technologies—especially industrial AI, automation, and sustainability—directly into production environments and supply chains. In this conversation, Ronja breaks down what makes venture clienting fundamentally different from traditional corporate venture capital and how enterprises can structure programs that deliver both near-term operational wins and long-term strategic advantage. She shares the frameworks her team uses to move from pilot to production, why she measures pain points solved, how she launched six startup pilots in six months, and what it takes to build a venture client unit with limited budget and headcount.