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2024 Summit Activities

5 November | Time TBC


Main Stage


Track Talk: Overlooked and Underused Channels for Innovation and Growth

With Dave Blakely


Many organizations depend on existing New Product Introduction processes, coupled with mergers and acquisitions, to drive innovation and growth. If this sounds like you, Dave Blakely will help you understand the power of internal venture building, venture investments, and strategic partnerships as engines of growth in your organization.

5 November | 20:30


MASH Restaurant


The Mach49 Afterparty

With Dave Blakely, Clare McKitrick, Mark Melvin, Axel Unger, Balint Kelen


Come meet the Mach49 team at a private party hosted in MASH Restaurant. 


This exclusive invite-only gathering will start at 20:30pm and run until closing. Keen for an invite? Request an invite below.

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6 November | Time TBC


Main Ballroom


Roundtable 1

With Dave Blakely


New Pathways to Growth for Next Generation Leaders


Roundtable 2

With Clare McKitrick


Seeing Returns: Getting Tactical with AI in Venture Building


*Roundtables will take place concurrently.

5 November | 13:00


Main Stage


Track Talk: Overlooked and Underused Channels for Innovation and Growth

With Dave Blakely


Many organizations depend on existing New Product Introduction processes, coupled with mergers and acquisitions, to drive innovation and growth. If this sounds like you, Dave Blakely will help you understand the power of internal venture building, venture investments, and strategic partnerships as engines of growth in your organization.


Paths to Growth Worksheet

5 November | 20:30


MASH Restaurant


The Mach49 Afterparty

With Dave Blakely, Clare McKitrick, Mark Melvin, Axel Unger, Balint Kelen


Come meet the Mach49 team at a private party hosted in MASH Restaurant. 


This exclusive invite-only gathering will start at 20:30pm and run until closing. Keen for an invite? Request an invite below.

Request Invite

6 November


Main Ballroom


Roundtable 1 with Dave Blakely 9:40AM
How Next-Gen CHROs Are Driving Enterprise Value in the New Economy


Roundtable 2 with Clare McKitrick 9:40AM

From Culture Keeper to Growth Catalyst: Redefining the CPO's Role in Business Transformation


Roundtable 3 with Dave Blakely 1:15PM

Breaking the Innovation Barrier: How Do We Turn Great Ideas into Game-Changing Realities? 


Roundtable 4 with Clare McKitrick 1:15PM

Cultivating an AI-Ready Innovation Culture: How Might We Build Partnerships between Humans and Technology?

Meet Our Team

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Dave Blakely

EVP

Clare McKitrick

SVP, People

Mark Melvin
VP, Client Growth

Balit Kelen

VP of Client Growth, Executive-in-Residence

Axel Unger
VP, Client Growth

Most large organizations are built to maintain, not innovate. They cling to outdated processes, resist change, and hope for the best. But hope isn’t a strategy.


If your company isn’t actively disrupting itself, you’re on borrowed time. Competitors will eat your lunch if you don’t act. 


Download our new ebook, Change Happens, to stop managing and start truly leading.


Stop by the booth at Innovation Roundtable for a printed copy to use as your notebook throughout the Summit.



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Pre-game Pre-read

Pre-game Pre-read

Most large organizations are built to maintain, not innovate. They cling to outdated processes, resist change, and hope for the best. But hope isn’t a strategy.


If your company isn’t actively disrupting itself, you’re on borrowed time. Competitors will eat your lunch if you don’t act. 


Download our new ebook, Change Happens, to stop managing and start truly leading.

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What We Do

Mach49 partners with global companies to build and scale their growth engines through venture building, investing, and strategic transformation. We focus on execution, helping clients disrupt markets and create new ones.

Venture Building

Big ideas? We turn them into fully-fledged businesses within your company, working with your team to unlock untapped growth.



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Venture Investing

We’re not just your investment advisors. We’re your strategic growth allies, focusing on long-term impact and future-shaping returns.



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Venture Strategy

Our actionable roadmaps go beyond advising—grounded in real-world execution, we turn today’s challenges into tomorrow’s growth opportunities.

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Consumer Brand Ventures

Transform your brand into a powerhouse for launching and scaling ventures, turning intangible equity into real, profitable assets.

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Growth Institute

Custom programs that empower your entire workforce to drive innovation and business transformation. We help build growth engines and enhance capabilities across your organization for lasting impact.

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Shift AI

Shift AI is your catalyst for action. When ventures stall or strategies fall flat, Shift AI reignites momentum and drives breakthrough results, helping teams think bigger, move faster, and leap forward.



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Sports Ventures

We’re transforming the sports world, uncovering opportunities that strengthen teams, empower athletes, engage fans, and build community impact.




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Venture Driven Growth Stories


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We work with industry-agnostic global clients. Our methodology works for B2C, B2B, and B2B2C companies.

Acquire the Next Unicorn

Real estate developer buys, partners, and invests to secure disruptive growth.

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Invest in Ventures that Return Multiples

Iconic global tire company starts thriving Corporate Venture Capital Fund with VC veterans.

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Build a Strong Future with a Growth Factory

Tech giant systematically launches new ventures into the market at breakneck speed.

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Develop a Growth Mindset

Japanese electronics conglomerate builds growth capabilities and venturing skills with the Growth Institute.

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Incubate the Next Billion-dollar Business Within

French energy leader uses unique corporate resources to build new ventures.

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Brand Your Growth Initiatives Right

Electronics multinational strongly positions itself as global EV leader.

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Perspectives


Turning ideas into thriving businesses takes new, fresh perspectives. Here, we offer a few. From people who have been building and investing in ventures for decades, corporate innovation teams that are just getting started, and your potential customers. Some perspectives shared are unusual, most are provocative, all will get you thinking about venture-driven growth.

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