🚀 From Pilot to Playbook: Let’s Scale Construction Tech Together!

We’re excited that our colleague Simon Ryschka, Managing Director at REHAU New Ventures America, will represent us at the Plug and Play Summit in Silicon Valley today! As a corporate partner of BuildTech VC, we’re joining the session:

📌 From Pilot to Playbook – Scaling Technology in the Physical Space
This session is for anyone thinking about how to successfully bring technology from pilot to real-world deployment. Together with startups like GAMMA AR and BaleBlox, we’ll share how #partnerships with corporates like REHAU New Ventures can help scale initial successes.

Simon is passionate about building Construction Tech ventures by leveraging business model innovation, people, and technology — and driving strategic goals through agile teams.

👉 Let’s connect!
Approach Simon at the event to discuss new approaches in construction, business model innovation, and scaling Construction Tech.

#REHAUNewVentures #PlugandPlay #BuildTechVC #Innovation #ConstructionTech #Startups #VentureBuilding

📣 Spoiler: Courage alone is not enough.

In the latest interview with wir – Das Magazin für Unternehmerfamilien, our CEO Nils Wagner talks about the development of REHAU New Ventures - and about the key insight from recent years:

Corporate Venture Building alone is not enough.
We have built up our own start-ups, developed scalable models and brought exciting business ideas into the organization. But we have also learned that start-ups in a corporate environment require special conditions - time, capital, entrepreneurial go-getters and structures that offer real scope for new ideas.

That is why we have adjusted our course.
Today, we rely on #VentureClienting:
We identify suitable start-ups with market-ready solutions - and integrate them into the #REHAU Group's divisions in a targeted manner.

Faster. More focused. More effective.
This approach enables us to implement innovation closer to our core business - without detours, but with maximum benefit.

📖 You can find the full interview with Nils Wagner in the wir-magazine.
💬 Where does your organization stand when it comes to innovation - and what needs to change?

#RealTalk #VentureClienting #CorporateInnovation #REHAUNewVentures #Transformation #LearningCulture #wirmagazin

"How can we improve our processes and product offering so that our customers truly feel the difference?"

That’s a question Michael asks himself every day.
Michael (Mykhaylo) Vergunenko manages REHAU´s Business Service Center in #Poznań - where central services are provided for many #REHAU Group companies. His role? Not just to manage processes. But to rethink them. From the perspective of the people who use them.

With a keen sense for processes, a great service attitude and an eye for the essentials, Michael and his team drive #change. Not loudly, but effectively. Not theoretically, but very concretely.

Michael doesn't just look inwards. Together with our REHAU New Ventures Venture Clienting team around Ronja Stoffregen, he would like to get targeted innovation to Shared Services - by working with start-ups and new technologies. Here’s why AI makes all the difference: not just because it shows what's happening in your processes, but because it helps you understand why, predict what’s next, and optimize intelligently. Change, in this context, means staying curious, listening, trying things out – and sticking with it.

Thank you, Michael - for your courage to question things. For your ambition to make things better. And for your contribution to real change.

And who knows - maybe we'll soon be able to present the first pilot that brings this change to life. Stay tuned.

#FacesOfChange #SharedServices #CustomerCentricity #ChangeLeadership #REHAUNewVentures #REHAUGlobalBusinessServices

“You need someone who understands both worlds.” - Anja Rath, Managing Partner at PT1

🎧 Innovation in the construction world is not a sure-fire success. In the latest episode of imPulse, our CEO, Nils Wagner, talks to Anja Rath, Managing Director of PT1 about the hurdles and opportunities of venture capital in real asset tech.

❓ Why is it so difficult to establish new technologies in a traditionally conservative industry? Anja explains why economic benefit is crucial if technology is to take hold - and how founders manage to bridge the gap between tech and industry experience.

🤖 They also shed light on how artificial intelligence is changing deal flow management and decision-making for investors.

📈 Anja Rath shares insights from over 20 years of venture capital experience, talks about the importance of industry knowledge and explains how investors successfully develop their portfolios.

👉 Listen to our latest episode “Futurebuilders & Real Asset Tech” on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and YouTube now! Links in the comment.

🌱 Together with the REHAU Group, we are shaping the built world of tomorrow - through #sustainable innovations, #partnerships and targeted investments.

💬 How do you deal with technology adoption in your company? What challenges and opportunities do you see? Share your thoughts in the comments!

#ImpulsePodcast #VentureCapital #RealAssetTech #Innovation #REHAUNewVentures #PT1Ventures

📄➡️🏗️ When paperwork becomes reality – Leipzig gets a container park

CoStore is bringing flexible storage solutions to Leipzig: 96 containers, bookable online, with 16 already reserved — the first customer has already moved in before the park is even fully operational. The digital business model relies on high automation, low operating costs, and easy booking processes — attractive to investors looking for scalable solutions.

The strong demand for flexible storage shows that CoStore’s model is well-suited to current market needs and can easily be scaled to other locations.
For private and business customers alike, CoStore offers flexible, online-bookable storage space that’s available anytime. The platform enables straightforward booking within minutes at fair prices, with no need for on-site staff.

Jannes Koepcke and Marcel Philipp Lang, the founders of CoStore, have brought their idea to life with great commitment. They exemplify the kind of entrepreneurship we support at REHAU New Ventures: doers who develop and implement digital solutions.

We are proud to have supported CoStore as a portfolio venture from idea to implementation. As an investor, we see our role as providing strategic support to innovative business models like CoStore and actively fostering their growth.

🔗 More information about the Leipzig container park:
https://lnkd.in/dxYRRhtF
📸 Instagram:
https://lnkd.in/dvMkPuZZ

#WhenPaperworkBecomesReality #REHAUNewVentures #Startup #Innovation #Investors #Logistics #ContainerPark #Leipzig #CoStore

🔍 Venture Clienting is just as easy as Google Search!

Not.

One more learning when it comes to Venture Clienting…

You can't just type in a problem and expect the perfect startup solution in return.

You need to deeply understand the real pain in order to conduct a tailored, in-depth search for a solution. And that´s exactly why #Venture #Clienting is not an easy discipline. It requires (partially) different skills as Venture Building and luckily results can be made visible much faster, but again - it is not easy.

Whether it's manufacturing, supply chain, customer support or finance – the
#challenges can be super heterogenous and complex, technical, and deeply contextual. To find solutions that matter, you need to speak the language of the problem.

✅ That means:
- Digging into processes and pain points
- Understanding constraints, systems, and regulations
- Building trust with internal experts
- Translating all of that into startup collaboration with real traction

🚫 This isn’t startup shopping.
It’s a strategic discipline.
It takes curiosity, empathy, and operational insight.
Only then do pilots become products.
Only then does innovation scale beyond the slide deck.

Huge shout-out to our #Venture #Clienting Innovation Architects at New Ventures — diving deep into real problems, getting their hands dirty, and doing whatever it takes to uncover meaningful solutions. Manuel Völkl Anja Hornikel