We build new businessesin the space betweenknown and next.

    We embed with corporations to build ventures in the areas your industry pretends don't exist. (They do. We've been there.)

    47vetting sprints with Fortune 500 partners
    12industries operated in
    1belief: the best ventures are built in the in-between

    Most corporations already possess the assets, the distribution, and the institutional knowledge to build the ventures that will disrupt them. They just lack the conviction to stop looking at the map.

    Crossing the threshold.

    Three phases, rarely in that order. Each ends in a build/don't-build call.

    1. 01

      Find the conviction

      A vetting sprint to find where the real opportunity lives. Not the loudest idea: the most defensible one.

    2. 02

      Cross the threshold

      Embedded operators inside your structure, working at startup speed with corporate resources.

    3. 03

      Build what's real

      A venture with its own team, model, and momentum. Built to stand alone.

    See how a venture builder reads your industry.

    Name your industry. We'll surface the contrarian belief holding it back, and the venture logic hiding inside it. It's the first move of a vetting sprint - without the room, your data, or the ten weeks.

    Or take one of ours:

    Where conviction becomes company.

    Large organisations aren't short on ideas. They're short on a pathway from conviction to company, one that doesn't require a committee, a 12-month roadmap, and a PowerPoint signed off at three levels.

    The ventures that define the next decade won't come from the core. They'll come from the threshold: the edge of your business that nobody currently owns a budget line for.

    The organisations that move fastest are rarely the ones with the biggest innovation budgets. They're the ones with the highest tolerance for "not yet."

    From the people we've built with.

    €60bn energy provider€8M revenue pipeline in 10 weeksFour new business opportunities identified, two validated with paying customers.
    €350m ingredients manufacturerNew B2B service launched in 6 monthsLeadership beliefs extracted and pressure-tested against market signals.
    €90bn wealth manager3 ventures launched, 2 still scalingA digital-first proposition built and validated with next-gen clients.
    "Limineer understood the brief before we'd finished writing it. Within weeks we had something credible in front of leadership, and momentum we hadn't had in years."
    Global Innovation Director, €350m ingredients manufacturer

    Built with

    • ENGIE
    • UBS
    • Rousselot
    • Barco
    • ComAp
    • INSEAD
    • Prototypes for Humanity
    Limineer Pulse, every two weeks

    We publish the signal, not just the belief.

    One researched venture opportunity in the energy transition, every two weeks. Sourced data, not a roundup.

    Latest issueRead the latest issue
    Illustrative. Each issue carries its own sourced figures.

    Operators, not advisors.

    We don't consult. We build. Everyone on our team has started, scaled, or sold ventures in the real world.

    • Caroline Aumeran
      Impact
      98
      Wanderlust
      95
      BS Detection
      100

      "Generates enough conviction to power the room - and enough precision to direct it."

      The Spark

      Caroline Aumeran

      Energy Vertical Lead
    • Alex Wathen
      Signal Reading
      97
      Force Concentration
      96
      Napkin Math
      89

      "Draws business models on napkins better than on whiteboards. The napkins are filed."

      The Spearhead

      Alex Wathen

      CEO and Co-Founder
    • Joachim Vandaele
      Uncharted Terrain
      98
      Contrarian Conviction
      96
      Map Drawing
      91

      "Turns existential dread into solvable equations. Slowly."

      The Cartographer

      Joachim Vandaele

      Co-Founder
    • Chelcie Poole
      Room Design
      98
      Ecosystem Leverage
      96
      Serendipity
      93

      "Hosts dinners where asking 'what do you do?' is forbidden. The conversations are better for it."

      The Convener

      Chelcie Poole

      Growth, Ecosystems & Venture Design
    • Aaron Windfield
      0 to 0.2
      99
      Hacking
      97
      Charm
      100

      "Can charm his way into the Oval Office."

      The Wildcard

      Aaron Windfield

      Tech Venture Partner
    • Peter Farrell
      Execution
      100
      AI Synthesis
      98
      Fidelity
      96

      "Deploys a fully functional MVP before the planning meeting ends."

      The Architect

      Peter Farrell

      Product Lead Builder
    • James Gordon
      Surface Area
      97
      Odd Combinations
      95
      Mandate Creation
      92

      "Volunteered for the mission before the briefing started."

      The Prospector

      James Gordon

      Venture Builder
    • Joseph Salloum
      Taste
      99
      Verdicts Owned
      95
      Craft
      92

      "Heard you better than you heard yourself."

      The Tastemaker

      Joseph Salloum

      Associate Business Builder
    • Suzanne Charlotte Vos
      Reshaping
      98
      Systems
      96
      Traction
      94

      "If the train has no tracks, she builds them in real-time."

      The Shaper

      Suzanne Charlotte Vos

      Chief of Staff
    • Mike Cecconello
      Ship speed
      98
      Parallel builds
      2000
      Sleep
      61

      "Ships the system, not the prototype. Usually on three fronts at once."

      The Forward Deployer

      Mike Cecconello

      AI Engineering Lead
    • Anay Jain
      Bankable Word
      99
      Critical Path
      97
      Gap Filling
      94

      "Gets handed the ambiguous, high-stakes thing. Hands it back done."

      The Underwriter

      Anay Jain

      Founder's Associate
    • Maarten Cornelis
      Unasked Questions
      7
      Commitment
      94
      Altitude
      90

      "Asks the question nobody has asked yet, then walks it."

      The Pathfinder

      Maarten Cornelis

      Venture Lead
    • Tommaso Ruspino
      Endurance
      98
      0→1 Load
      95
      Flag Carrying
      93

      "Captain for twelve years, marathoner by choice. Starts the hard thing and finishes it."

      The Standard-Bearer

      Tommaso Ruspino

      AI Product Manager
    • Fred Crampe
      Venturecraft
      97
      Scaling
      95
      Rocketry
      88

      "Started at NASA/JPL. Still looking for things worth launching."

      The Launcher

      Fred Crampe

      Head of New Ventures, Spin-Outs

    You don't need certainty to start.

    You need one good conviction and someone willing to go there with you.

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