Combient Foundry is a venture client alliance that helps industrial companies work with startups on concrete business needs, using a shared model to evaluate needs, source startups, run due diligence, and launch projects. Its public materials say it focuses on areas such as supply chain, logistics, production and quality, renewable materials, energy sources and circularity, autonomous vehicles, systems and robotics, and customer interaction and engagement. The alliance was launched in 2018 with KONE and Stora Enso, and later expanded to include Atlas Copco, Scania, Husqvarna Group, Autoliv, and Epiroc. Public contact information on the company’s site names Eero Vartiainen as Strategy & Business Development Lead. No fundraising round is disclosed in the sources provided.