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We’re constantly looking for innovative external partners, startups and scaleups who can collaborate with us to address the strategic priorities of Unilever’s brands and functions.
Visit our Partnerships page for more information on our strategic priorities.
Yes we do. Unilever Ventures invests in opportunities that are of strategic relevance to Unilever, including digital marketing, digital media, and eCommerce, and will consider investing in relevant companies who work with The Unilever Foundry.
Please visit Unilever Ventures to find out more.
We proactively seek out exciting companies that we consider strong potential partners. If we approach you, we’ll ask you to answer a few questions about your company, team and fit with the challenge at hand to understand how a partnership could work.
If you contact us regarding your product or technology, we’ll review your message and respond to the proposals that best fit our business priorities. Unfortunately we won’t be able to respond to all the messages we receive.
The Unilever Foundry seeks to partner companies with the most relevant brands and functions. In some cases, this may mean working with multiple brands. Where the pilot is successful and the technology scalable, our ambition is that those companies may then be able to scale the partnership with multiple Unilever brands across markets.
If you’re successful in pitching your startup to The Foundry there will be a budget connected to the pilot with the brand or function team. The amount is intended to help cover the cost of developing the pilot, which we hope will result in a successful longer-term partnership with Unilever.
Absolutely. Anyone from anywhere can become one of our partners. The Foundry offers opportunities to connect business startups to global markets, in partnership with our global brands and global support functions.
Our ambition is that successful pilots will enable broader collaboration with Unilever, potentially spanning multiple markets and brands. However, unfortunately there is no guarantee of further engagement with Unilever after a pilot.