What RE:ACTOR does

RE:ACTOR (legal entity ТОВ «Акселератор Нових Продуктів» / LLC "Accelerator of New Products," EDRPOU 43398563) operates an open innovation platform headquartered in Kyiv, Ukraine. Founded in 2016/2017 by Evhen Sarantsov and Oleksandr Zharikov, the company serves two primary customer sets: Ukrainian corporations seeking to build systematic innovation capability, and Ukrainian technology teams looking to participate in global open innovation challenges. Its core offerings include the Reactor.ua matching platform (corporate-to-startup challenge coordination), the Reactor Monitor semantic aggregator (which tracks hundreds of global sources for open innovation calls relevant to Ukrainian teams), and Corporate Innovation Consulting built on design thinking and lean startup methodologies.

The technology stack is anchored by Reactor Monitor, a semantic monitoring and aggregation platform developed with partner SemanticForce that filters global open innovation calls for the Ukrainian market. Supporting products include Educational Programs (design thinking studios, mentoring intensives), an Innovation Board of external advisors, and the Innovation Index research product published via Mind.ua. The platform is promoted as "Ukraine's first open innovation platform" and is embedded within Mind.ua, the country's major independent business portal, with a strategic educational partnership with Kyiv-Mohyla Business School (KMBS) via the Black Box program.

Revenue is generated through two streams: professional-services fees from corporate innovation consulting engagements (innovation agenda development, open innovation implementation, internal corporate innovation programs) and, nominally, recurring/subscription-style access to the Reactor Monitor platform, though no pricing is publicly disclosed and no customer logos or revenue figures are available. Go-to-market is relationship-driven, leveraging the founders' Ukrainian business network, KMBS alumni, and Mind.ua distribution. No external funding rounds have been disclosed, and the firm appears founder-owned and organically funded.

Name

RE:ACTOR

Legal name

ТОВ «АКСЕЛЕРАТОР НОВИХ ПРОДУКТІВ»

Website

https://reactor.ua

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

RE:ACTOR operates a Ukrainian open innovation platform that connects corporations with technology teams, offering corporate innovation consulting, the Reactor Monitor semantic aggregator of global open calls, and educational programs built on design thinking methodologies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Innovation Consulting

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Marketing Organization, Operating Model & Capability Building (MPAAAFAG)

Keywords

• Open innovation consulting
• Innovation management services
• Design thinking advisory
• Innovation challenge platform
• Corporate innovation strategy

Headquarters

HQ city

Kyiv

HQ country

Ukraine

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Corporate Innovation Consulting: RE:ACTOR provides systematic innovation services to businesses and corporations, including innovation agenda development, open innovation implementation, internal corporate innovation programs, and educational programs. Revenue is generated through consulting fees for structured innovation engagement with corporate clients.
2. Reactor Monitor Platform Services: The platform provides Ukrainian technology teams with access to global open innovation calls, offering mentorship support for application preparation, executive summary development, demo preparation, and personal pitching training. This drives engagement and value for both technology teams and corporations seeking innovation.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

RE:ACTOR operates an open innovation platform that helps Ukrainian corporations systematically work with innovation through design thinking, lean startup, and strategic transformation methodologies. Its core offering combines corporate innovation consulting (innovation agenda development, internal innovation programs, technology scouting) with Reactor Monitor, a semantic aggregation platform that matches Ukrainian technology teams with global open innovation challenges and provides mentorship for application preparation.

Product overview

RE:ACTOR operates as a unified open innovation platform serving Ukrainian technology teams and corporations. The core offering consists of the reactor.ua Platform (for challenge management and team-company matching), Reactor Monitor (a semantic aggregator tracking global open innovation calls), and complementary Corporate Innovation Consulting services. Supporting offerings include Educational Programs (design thinking studios, mentoring intensives), the Innovation Board (expert advisory), and the Innovation Index (research/ranking). The platform is operated by TOV 'AKSELERATOR NOVYKHR PRODUKTIV' (EDRPOU 43398563) and is supported by Mind.ua.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Reactor Monitor: A semantic platform-aggregator of the best open innovation challenges from around the world, tracking hundreds of sources for requests from Ukrainian teams.

Products and services

• Reactor.ua Open Innovation Platform Core open innovation platform connecting Ukrainian corporations seeking innovation with specialized technology teams; facilitates challenge management, team scouting, and innovation partnership coordination.
• Reactor Monitor Semantic aggregator platform that monitors hundreds of global open innovation sources to identify challenges suitable for Ukrainian technology teams, with executive summary preparation and pitching support.
• Corporate Innovation Consulting Systematic innovation consulting services for enterprises, including innovation agenda development, open innovation scouting, internal corporate innovation programs, and change management using design thinking and lean startup methodologies.
• Educational Programs Mentoring intensives for leadership, design thinking studios, and educational projects on innovation topics for company employees, delivered by industry experts.
• Innovation Index Annual ranking of Ukrainian companies' innovation performance and capability development.

Quantifiable outcome

• 450+ open innovation challenges tracked from around the world for Ukrainian teams
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• MEDICA (World Forum for Medicine)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 July 2024MEDICA, the world's leading medical conference, partners with RE:ACTOR through Reactor Monitor to identify the best digital health solutions. Ukrainian technology teams are invited to participate in this global challenge, with RE:ACTOR providing support for applications.
• Healthcare Innovation World CupminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 July 2024The 16th Healthcare Innovation World Cup partners with RE:ACTOR through Reactor Monitor to call for applications from Ukrainian healthcare innovation teams. RE:ACTOR supports teams with mentorship and application preparation for this international challenge.
• European Logistics Innovation ChallengeminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 July 2024A European logistics challenge offering 9,000 euros for the best logistics solution, promoted through Reactor Monitor to Ukrainian technology teams with application support from RE:ACTOR.
• Mind.uacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMind.ua is Ukraine's major independent business portal that supports RE:ACTOR as the platform for open innovations. The partnership provides promotional reach for corporate innovation activities, co-publishes content on innovation topics, and features the platform's teams and challenges section. RE:ACTOR operates under the Mind.ua ecosystem, with shared branding and cross-promotion across both platforms.
• SemanticForcecoreTechnology or IntegrationSemanticForce is a monitoring company that partners with RE:ACTOR for the Reactor Monitor platform. Their semantic monitoring technology enables the platform to track hundreds of sources worldwide and aggregate open innovation challenges for Ukrainian technology teams.
• KMBS (Kyiv-Mohyla Business School)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with KMBS for the Black Box corporate educational program, enabling access to business school alumni network of corporate leaders and executives. The partnership also includes the broader KMBS alumni community as a potential client base and talent pool for innovation initiatives.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Qmarkets: Qmarkets provides enterprise innovation management software, including open innovation, idea management, and challenge platforms. It directly competes with RE:ACTOR in delivering structured corporate innovation tooling.
• InnoCentive: InnoCentive (now part of Wazoku) operates an open innovation marketplace for solving corporate R&D and innovation challenges. It shares RE:ACTOR's model of aggregating global challenges and matching them with external problem-solvers.
• HYPE Innovation: HYPE Innovation delivers enterprise innovation management software and consulting, including idea management and open innovation. It overlaps directly with RE:ACTOR's combination of a structured innovation platform plus corporate consulting services.
• Brightidea: Brightidea offers an innovation management platform covering idea crowdsourcing, challenge campaigns, and innovation portfolio analytics. Its challenge-centric enterprise model is comparable to RE:ACTOR's Reactor Monitor offering to corporations.
• Planbox: Planbox offers an AI-powered innovation management platform for idea challenges, crowdsourcing, and portfolio management. It is comparable to RE:ACTOR's Reactor Monitor challenge-aggregation functionality and corporate innovation consulting practice.
• IdeaScale: IdeaScale provides innovation management software that helps organizations collect, evaluate, and implement ideas from employees and external communities. It mirrors RE:ACTOR's corporate innovation agenda and internal innovation program offerings at a global SaaS scale.
• Yet2.com: Yet2.com facilitates open innovation and technology scouting between corporations and solution providers worldwide. Its challenge aggregation and corporate technology scouting model parallels RE:ACTOR's Reactor Monitor and corporate innovation scouting service.
• NineSigma: NineSigma runs an open innovation service connecting large corporations with external technology providers and startups. Its challenge-driven, matchmaking business model is structurally similar to RE:ACTOR's Reactor Monitor and corporate scouting service.
• Wazoku: Wazoku operates a global open innovation and crowdsourcing platform connecting enterprises with solvers worldwide. It is directly comparable to RE:ACTOR's Reactor Monitor challenge-aggregation and corporate innovation model, with the key difference being Wazoku's much larger international scale.

Broad incumbents

• BCG (Boston Consulting Group): BCG operates a global innovation and transformation consulting practice serving large enterprises, addressing capability building, growth strategy, and corporate venturing. It competes with RE:ACTOR in the broader corporate innovation consulting market but as part of a much wider portfolio.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/reactorua
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/reactor-marketplace

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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