PARTNERS 2022

Our corporate partners are leaders in their industries.

AKB Business Champions would not be possible without our partners.
We appreciate the contribution of our partner companies, business schools, student associations and many others!

OUR CASE PARTNERS:

RBC CAPITAL MARKETS

PREMIUM FINANCE CASE PARTNER

RBC Capital Markets is a premier investment bank that provides a focused set of products and services to large-cap corporations, institutional investors and governments around the world. With more than 7,900 professionals in Capital Markets globally, we operate out of 70 offices in 15 countries across Europe, the U.K., North America, and the Asia-Pacific region.We work with clients in over 100 countries around the globe to deliver expertise and execution to raise capital, access markets, mitigate risk and acquire or dispose of assets. According to Bloomberg and Dealogic, we are ranked among the largest global investment banks.RBC Capital Markets is part of The Royal Bank of Canada (“RBC”), a leading provider of financial services. Operating since 1869, RBC is one of the top 15 banks in the world and the fifth largest in North America, as measured by market capitalization.

OLIVER WYMAN

SUSTAINABILITY CASE PARTNER

Oliver Wyman is a leading global management consulting firm with strong relationships in all corners of industry, government, and non-profit organizations with offices in 60+ cities across 29 countries. Clients bring us their greatest challenges. We assemble teams of experts to work on each part of these complex problems, and together we create breakthroughs that achieve amazing impact.
Visit an Oliver Wyman office anywhere in the world and you will feel it: the buzz of people doing work that matters, with a sense of purpose. Our company comprises a diverse mix of talented people from varied backgrounds and areas of expertise who marshal creative thinking and analytical rigor. Our inclusive, collaborative, non-hierarchical culture allows new thinking to surface quickly. The best idea wins, and everybody is encouraged to contribute. This makes Oliver Wyman both an ideal adviser for organizations and an ideal place for exceptional people to realize their potential.

MONITOR DELOITTE

STRATEGY CASE PARTNER

Deloitte provides industry-leading audit and assurance, tax and legal, consulting, financial advisory, and risk advisory services to nearly 90% of the Fortune Global 500® and thousands of private companies. Our professionals deliver measurable and lasting results that help reinforce public trust in capital markets, enable clients to transform and thrive, and lead the way toward a stronger economy, a more equitable society and a sustainable world. Deloitte spans more than 150 countries and territories. Learn how Deloitte’s more than 345,000 people worldwide make an impact that matters​.

EY-PARTHENON

INNOVATION CASE PARTNER

EY-Parthenon is one of the world’s leading strategy consultancies with more than 7,000 professionals in 120 countries. We support our clients in corporate and growth strategy, restructuring and turnaround strategy as well as transaction strategy and execution.
Combining profound industry and strong functional expertise, we support our clients in developing future proof business models, revising their portfolios, and reshaping their economic and social ecosystems.Our ambition is to solve complex problems and bring real change through thorough implementation and execution capabilities.
We achieve this in an entrepreneurial way. We develop transformative strategies that deliver long-term value to companies and their stakeholders, measured by defined quantitative goals. Together with our clients we work on achieving these goals during the implementation phase.We are proud of our team-oriented culture characterized by unique people and our own way of doing things. We are passionate about working as a team with our clients to find customized solutions that unleash their full potential.

OUR NETWORKING PARTNERS:

PICUS CAPITAL​

SPEEDDATING PARTNER

Picus Capital is an international, privately financed venture capital company with headquarters in Munich and offices in New York, Beijing, Berlin and London. Picus predominantly invests in Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A rounds and focuses on technology companies in the real estate, finance and insurance, HR, renewable energy, mobility, e-commerce and healthcare industries. As an entrepreneurial sparring partner, Picus Capital pursues a long-term investment philosophy and supports founders from the ideation phase to the IPO and beyond.

COPARION

SPEEDDATING PARTNER

Coparion is a venture capital fund for young, German technology companies. The capital is provided by ERP Special Fund, KfW Capital and European Investment Bank. We help young technology companies achieve swift and sustained growth. With a fund size of EUR 275 million we have the means to do so. We support entrepreneurial vision with our know-how, but without intervening in daily business operations. Thanks to our long-standing experience in venture capital and in building companies, we discern potentials and open up new perspectives. We have the substance, tenacity and creativity required to mutually manage difficult situations successfully. We are professional and steady: Due to our independence we are flexible, pragmatic, and able to act swiftly. All our decisions focus on increasing the value of our portfolio companies – always taking a long-term perspective bereft of any short-term opportunism. We collaborate with strong partners: We only invest together with private investors.

RWE RENEWABELS

SPEEDDATING PARTNER

RWE Renewables is the Group‘s youngest subsidiary, committed to support the global energy transition by developing renewable energy sources. We are involved in the entire value chain from development to construction and operation of assets like offshore & onshore wind farms, photovoltaic & solar energy plants, hydrogen technology and battery storage systems. Our employees work together to advance new, innovative technologies, delivering a range of exciting projects. With the extensive investment and growth strategy “Growing Green” the company will expand its powerful, green generation capacity to 50 gigawatts internationally by 2030. RWE is investing €50 billion gross for this purpose in this decade. And we have one goal – to be carbon-neutral by 2040. So we are reducing our carbon emissions as quickly and substantially as possible, by systematically cutting back or converting our conventional power plants. From 2012 to the end of 2020, we already reduced our CO2 emissions by over 60%. No other company in Germany has achieved more in recent years, and we fully intend to maintain this momentum.

BECOME A PARTNER

Interested in becoming an exclusive corporate partner of AKB Business Champions?
We would love to hear from you. Please reach out to
partner@akb-businesschampions.com

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