How you can collaborate with us
Venture Clienting
Enables ventures to validate their solutions in a real industrial environment
Mirka works with startups as an industrial customer, providing opportunities to test, pilot, and evaluate solutions in real-world settings where business needs and customer value can be validated. This approach helps ventures gain valuable feedback, references, and proof of value, while Mirka gains early access to innovative technologies and solutions.
The objective is to demonstrate measurable business value and support successful solution adoption.
Offerings
Industrial test environments
Pilot opportunities
Early customer validation
User feedback and evaluation
Proof-of-value projects
Access to industrial expertise
Access to real-world use cases
Venture Building
Helps ventures turn promising ideas into viable business opportunities
Through the business development journey, ventures validate market opportunities, refine their value proposition, and prepare for commercialization. Support is tailored to the maturity of the venture and may include proof-of-concepts, business model development, and acceleration activities.
The objective is to reduce uncertainty, create evidence of market demand, and build a strong foundation for sustainable growth.
Offerings
Business model development
Customer and market validation
Feasibility studies
Proof-of-concepts (PoCs)
Business coaching and expert sparring
Acceleration support
Access to funding opportunities
Joint Development
Designed for ventures looking to co-create new solutions together with Mirka or the SHAPE Ecosystem
Through collaboration, partners combine expertise, technologies, and market insights to develop, test, and validate innovations with shared value creation in mind. It can include co-innovation projects, pilot initiatives, and ecosystem-driven development activities. This approach helps to accelerate innovation while reducing risk for the parties involved.
The objective is to accelerate the development of solutions together and create long-term business and sustainability value.
Offerings
Co-innovation projects
Joint technology development
Research and industry networks
Expert sparring and technical know-how
Pilot and demonstration projects
Market access opportunities
Strategic partnerships
Does this spark your interest?
We’re always curious to discover innovative solutions. Sometimes the best ideas don’t fit neatly into predefined boxes.
If you’re working on something you believe in, we’re open to hearing about it. Let’s see where it could lead.