CoLab · 2023
Design review cycles run twice as fast
Schaeffler piloted CoLab in 2023 with 50 users and expanded to 300 across the Americas, reporting design cycles twice as fast with quick team adoption.
Source: www.colabsoftware.com
Venture client unit · Automotive
Schaeffler
Corporate Venturing
Herzogenaurach, Germany
About Schaeffler
Schaeffler is a global automotive and industrial supplier headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Germany, with a Silicon Valley office opened in 2017.
Source: schaeffler.com
How Schaeffler works with startups
Schaeffler's Corporate Venturing team runs on three tracks. A Technology Accelerator puts startups through a six to nine month venture client proof of concept alongside Schaeffler's own departments and innovation experts. A New Business Development track brings in new market participants as products evolve. Targeted minority Capital Investments, run partly with Plug and Play, add long-term mentoring and consultation.
Source: schaeffler.com
Reported program details
- 6 to 9 month PoC
Reported figures and terms may describe an earlier period. Confirm current availability with the team.
Areas of interest
- Hydrogen and energy conversion
- Electric and automated mobility
- Bearing technologies
- Robotics and IoT
- Materials and surface technology
Open calls
Apply via the Corporate Venturing start-ups contact form
Check current availability ↗Selected startup collaborations
Wandelbots
Cut robot programming development time two weeks
Schaeffler worked with Wandelbots, MHP and NVIDIA Omniverse and reduced development time by about two weeks while eliminating late stage rework.
Source: www.wandelbots.com
SYNAOS
AGV fleet hits 98% utilization
Schaeffler's AGV fleet at Hochstadt reached 98% utilization handling hundreds of orders daily, with the SYNAOS platform scaling toward 80+ production facilities worldwide.
Source: synaos.com
AICA
Robot assembly cuts downtime 75%
Aica's Smart Assembly module cut Schaeffler's gearbox assembly downtime by 75% and expenses by 40%, reaching a 98% success rate scaled to production in China.
Source: www.aica.tech
These are selected publicly described collaborations, not a complete procurement record or a measure of spending.
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