What Innoget does

Innoget is a privately held Spanish company founded in 2006 and headquartered in Mataró that operates a cloud-based open innovation marketplace connecting technology seekers with technology providers across more than 180 countries. The platform's primary product, Innoget.com, allows corporations, universities, research institutions, startups, and individual experts to publish technology calls (requests for solutions) and technology offers (available technologies), with directories of professional and organizational profiles and tools for direct communication and following. At the time of the data, the platform listed 422+ technology calls and 2,530+ technology offers, with 100,000+ registered users across its events surface.

The company commercializes a four-product suite: the core Innoget.com marketplace, InnogetCloud (modular software for organizations to operate their own branded innovation networks), the Innovation Events Platform (a discovery and listing service for innovation conferences), and Open Innovation Challenge Programs (structured innovation competitions). Named enterprise users include The Procter & Gamble Company, PepsiCo, Beiersdorf AG, Electrolux, FrieslandCampina, Nomad Foods, Givaudan, the European Space Agency, Fraunhofer Society, and IAEA. Beiersdorf has posted 12 Technology Calls on the platform since 2015, illustrating multi-year institutional usage.

Innoget operates a freemium business model: basic accounts are free with unlimited publications and no credit card required, while premium services (organization verification, enhanced visibility, InnogetCloud deployments, and challenge program facilitation) constitute the paid surfaces. Go-to-market combines self-serve sign-ups (a PLG motion) with direct enterprise sales for InnogetCloud and challenge programs, supplemented by content marketing through the Innovation Insider blog, social channels, and event partnerships. The company holds GDPR compliance certification and was recognized as a Gartner Cool Vendor for R&D Manufacturers in 2015. Leadership comprises co-founders Jordi Rafols (CEO) and David Rafols, with Juli Ramon serving as operations officer.

Name

Innoget

Legal name

Innoget

Website

https://innoget.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Innoget is a cloud-based open innovation marketplace founded in 2006 that connects technology-seeking corporations, universities, research institutions, startups, and experts across more than 180 countries through a freemium platform with modular enterprise software.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Open Innovation Platform

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Other Computer Related Services (541519)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Enterprise Application UX, Portals & Low-Code Extensions (BPAEAGAM)

Keywords

• Open innovation platform
• Technology scouting
• Technology transfer network
• Innovation crowdsourcing
• External innovation partners

Headquarters

HQ city

Mataró

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Platform Freemium Model: Free basic account with optional premium services. Basic registration is free with no credit card required. Premium features available for organizations seeking enhanced visibility and networking capabilities.
2. Organization Account Verification: Organization email verification process for business, R&D organizations, research groups, government/non-profit organizations, technology transfer networks, and science/technology parks

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Innoget operates a global open innovation network platform that connects organizations seeking external innovation (technology calls) with technology providers, startups, researchers, and experts (technology offers) across 180+ countries. The platform enables technology scouting, technology transfer, and structured open innovation collaboration through its core marketplace, modular software (InnogetCloud), Innovation Events platform, and Challenge Programs.

Product overview

Innoget commercializes a holistic suite of business solutions for open innovation, technology scouting, and technology transfer. The portfolio consists of four main offerings: the award-winning Innoget.com core platform (the primary open innovation network connecting innovators with experts), the modular open innovation software InnogetCloud (for organizations to manage their own innovation ecosystems), the Innovation Events platform (for discovering and managing innovation conferences), and Open Innovation Challenge Programs (structured innovation competitions). These products work together to serve organizations seeking external innovation partners across 180+ countries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• InnogetCloud: The modular open innovation software platform offered by Innoget for managing innovation networks and challenges
• Innovation Events
• Global Open Innovation Alliance

Products and services

• Innoget.com Open Innovation Platform The flagship cloud-based open innovation marketplace platform that connects organizations (corporations, research institutions, R&D groups) seeking innovation solutions with technology providers, experts, startups, and scientists worldwide. Enables posting technology calls, browsing technology offers, professional and organization profiles, and managing open innovation collaboration across 180+ countries.
• InnogetCloud A modular open innovation software solution offered to organizations to manage their own innovation networks and programs, featuring groups, collaboration tools, and customizable workflows for innovation management.
• Innovation Events Platform A platform for discovering and promoting innovation events, conferences, and open innovation gatherings worldwide, partnering with trusted event organizers to provide curated event listings.
• Open Innovation Challenge Programs Structured open innovation challenge programs that facilitate collaborative competitions and problem-solving between organizations seeking innovation and solution providers.

Quantifiable outcome

• 14+ years building the global open innovation network
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Beiersdorf AGcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBeiersdorf has worked with Innoget since 2015, posting 12 different Technology Calls on the platform for technology scouting activities. They utilize the platform to find new partners across many industries with low-risk access and protected IP environment.
• FrieslandCampinacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDutch multinational dairy cooperative uses Innoget to draw attention to innovation challenges, attracting external parties to share innovative solutions. They note reaching different parties than through their own Open Innovation portal.
• ElectroluxcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerElectrolux has been using Innoget services for accessing a valuable and mixed network of potential partners. The platform provides robust functionality, good customer support, and reasonable price.
• PepsiCocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPepsiCo uses Innoget to both post technical challenges and respond to technology calls for potential out-licensing their IP in non-competitive industries.
• European Space Agency (ESA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerESA is listed among trusted organizations using Innoget for innovation networking.
• Fraunhofer SocietyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFraunhofer is listed among trusted organizations using Innoget for innovation networking.
• IAEAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIAEA is listed among trusted organizations using Innoget for innovation networking.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• IdeaScale: IdeaScale provides innovation management software for crowdsourcing and idea management, and is directly comparable to Innoget's technology call/offer marketplace for enterprise and government clients.
• HYPE Innovation: HYPE Innovation is a direct peer in the enterprise innovation management software category, offering idea management and open innovation tooling to large multinationals that overlap with Innoget's buyer base.
• Wazoku: Wazoku (which acquired InnoCentive) operates a directly comparable open innovation challenge and idea management platform serving large enterprises, competing head-to-head with Innoget in the technology scouting and crowdsourced innovation category.
• Brightidea: Brightidea is a direct peer offering enterprise innovation management software including crowdsourced challenges and idea submission workflows, targeting the same large-corporate open innovation buyer as Innoget.
• yet2.com: yet2.com is a direct peer as an open innovation technology marketplace that connects global technology seekers (mostly Fortune 500) with technology providers, very similar in model to Innoget.com.
• Planview (Spigit / Crowdicity): Planview's innovation management portfolio (formerly Spigit and Crowdicity) competes directly with Innoget in idea and innovation portfolio management for large enterprises.
• Planbox (now Brilliant Innovation): Planbox / Brilliant Innovation offers idea and innovation management software directly competitive with Innoget in serving corporate open innovation programs.

Emerging players

• 10times / AllConferences: 10times is comparable as a discovery platform for innovation and technology events globally, competing with Innoget's Innovation Events platform for listing and event-discovery audience.
• Kaggle (Google): Kaggle operates a community-driven model for data science challenges that is thematically adjacent to Innoget's challenge programs; while not focused on corporate technology scouting, it represents an alternative destination for crowdsourced problem-solving at large enterprises.

Broad incumbents

• SAP Innovation Management: SAP's broader innovation management capabilities (within its product lifecycle and PLM portfolio) act as an incumbent alternative for large enterprises that prefer to standardize innovation tooling inside their existing ERP/PLM stack rather than adopt a specialist platform like Innoget.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/innoget
• Facebookfacebook.com/innogetOI
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/323090

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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