Makr / For Enterprise
Makr for Enterprise · Powertrain Ventures
Build the Open Innovation engine your board has been asking for — and own it.
We embed senior operators alongside your team to design and execute your full innovation thesis: from portfolio strategy to venture incubation to CVC. Long-term engagements, 6 to 12 months, scoped to your governance cadence and built so your team owns the muscle when we leave.
END-TO-END OI PARTNER · NDA-FRIENDLY · BOARD-DEFENSIBLE EVIDENCE
Built for the leaders mandated to turn innovation budget into measurable enterprise value.
OPEN INNOVATION
Multi-year mandate, board that wants proof
OI & Corporate Innovation leaders carrying a multi-year mandate and a board that wants proof, not theater.
CORPORATE VENTURE BUILDING
Operator bench to ship real ventures with real buyers
CVB units that need an operator bench to ship real ventures with real buyers.
CVC & STRATEGIC INVESTMENT
Designing thesis, deal flow & co-investment
CVC and strategic investment teams designing thesis, deal flow, and co-investment structures.
C-SUITE SPONSORS
Capital and political cover to do this properly
C-suite sponsors with the capital and political cover to do this properly — and the desire for their team to come out of it stronger.
Strategy. Ventures. Capital.
A single partner across the full Open Innovation stack — so you stop stitching consultants, agencies, and advisors together.
01
Portfolio strategy & innovation thesis
Where to play, where not to, and why your board should believe it.
02
Venture incubation with real buyers & signed LOIs
Evidence-led, not hypothesis-led.
03
Acceleration and pilot-to-scale playbooks
Getting ventures from first pilot into the business unit P&L.
04
CVC design, deal flow & co-investment
Backed by our investor network: Dalus Capital, AngelHub, IGNIA, Lotux.vc.
What’s included
Full Operator Stack
Embedded senior operators from day one — people who’ve shipped, scaled, and exited.
Quarterly steering aligned to your governance cadence, so milestones land where your board needs them.
Milestone deliverables
Across the engagement — never a black box, never a year-end surprise.
Board-ready evidence packs
Investment memos formatted for the room you actually have to present in.
Scoped proposal in 5 business days
From your scoping call to a full workstream breakdown, operator roster, and firm pricing.
When we leave, the OI muscle stays.
Every operator we embed is also transferring playbooks, frameworks, and judgment into your team. Discovery sprints, venture theses, LOI pipelines, pilot governance, investment memos — your people learn by building alongside ours. By the end of the engagement, your team isn’t dependent on us. They’re running it.
Hands-on upskilling through real ventures, not training decks
Documented playbooks tailored to your industry and governance
A clear handoff plan from day one — we measure success by what you can run without us
What sets us apart
Operators who’ve shipped, scaled, and exited — not career consultants.
We co-own outcomes, not just decks. Your team gets the credit; we make sure the evidence holds up.
Plug-and-play across any stage of your OI maturity — whether you’re greenfield or rebooting a stalled program.
Scoped proposal within 5 business days of a scoping call.
A functioning Open Innovation engine inside your organization — with the strategy, ventures, pilots, partnerships, and the team capability to convert innovation budget into measurable enterprise value.
Built alongside you. Owned by you.
Ready to scope it?
Book a 30-minute call. We’ll come back with a tailored proposal within 5 business days.