Garnering corporate partnerships is often a coveted goal for many startup founders. Still, it may not always be perceived as an immediate strategic priority, given the relative differences in scale of business operations, thereby giving a perception that possible intersecting priorities are thin to nil. However, in a conversation among Southeast Asian startup founders at Echelon, along with e27 and SAP, key insights about emerging use cases where corporate-startup partnerships in the region have served to be a compelling avenue to drive more significant business value were shared.