Corporate Venture Studio
We worked with Colgate Palmolive to support their transformational growth initiative that included the discovery and validation of several high potential initiatives and the execution of a pilot.
Highline Beta led the discovery and validation of several growth opportunities for us. They worked quickly and focused on tangible results. We now have several high-growth business opportunities that we’re pursuing, with new business models and an expanded focus on delivering great services to our customers as we work to reimagine a healthier future for all people, their pets, and our planet.
Patricia Verduin
Chief Technology Officer,
Colgate Palmolive
Venture Building
Together with American Family Insurance, we validated, built, and launched Relay platform as a spin-out startup.
Relay began as a collaboration between our innovation team and Highline Beta. We realized the potential Relay held to raise efficiencies and effectiveness for our whole industry and spun it off. Now we are excited to witness the rapid market adoption of this elegant — and independent — cloud-based solution. There is no question complex risk transfers, in reinsurance or insurance, can benefit from the boost into modernity that Relay offers.
Dan Reed
Managing Director,
American Family Ventures
Venture Building
We validated, built, and launched Relay platform as a spin-out startup together with American Family Insurance.
The beauty of this startup creation process is that it cut the initial exploration and MVP development work by 1-2 years. I hit the ground running. I had a corporate partner, an investor in Highline Beta, a team (5 people), an office and I didn’t have the constant stress of figuring out how to pay the bills. In a model like this, having two experienced partners on each side gives us the perfect quarterbacks to supercharge our growth.
Greg Boutin
Former CEO,
Relay Platform
VERTICAL VENTURE STUDIOS
We're the building & funding Ethereum startups focused on B2B use cases blending TradFi & Web3 ecosystems.
As an early and ongoing investor in Highline Beta, I'm proud to support the building and funding of ETH ventures that transform industries and generate broad societal impact.
Dmitry Buterin
Managing Director,
Venture Partner, Highline Beta ETH
Pedro Earp
Former Chief Disruptive Growth Officer & Head of ZX Ventures
Mike Dobbins
Former Head of RBC Ventures
