What Framlabs does

Framlabs is a privately held innovation consultancy operating from Dublin, Ireland and Helsinki, Finland, with a team of 1-10 employees. The company positions itself as a "venture development" firm that helps enterprises innovate through four integrated service lines: Consulting (collaborative exploration and monetisation of new opportunities), Software (tools to capture and make innovation efforts tangible), Tools & Methods (proprietary frameworks and innovation "kit-bag" templates), and Learning (training, mentoring and capability-building programmes). The go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-based, targeting enterprise clients across aerospace, technology, financial services, banking, energy, fintech and agtech, with publicly named customers including NASA, Google, Fidelity, SMBC, IrishLife, ESB, Fexco and Alltech.

Revenue is generated through professional services engagements and, on paper, subscription/recurring streams from the Software and Tools & Methods products, although pricing is not disclosed and the model relies on direct, consultative conversations rather than self-serve distribution. The underlying technology is described as a software layer to make innovation efforts "visible" for better experimentation, reporting and learning, but no proprietary technical components, APIs, or platform architecture are detailed in available sources.

The company's strategic activity has centred on a 2019 partnership with Nordic Startup School to redesign a startup accelerator (yielding a 12-month programme with a 3-month intensive plus nine months of afterschool support), and a 2020 pivot to fully virtual delivery in response to COVID-19, which improved client satisfaction scores. No external funding rounds, acquisitions or product launch milestones beyond the four core service lines have been disclosed, indicating a bootstrapped, founder-led operating profile under Co-Founder Morgan McKeagney.

Name

Framlabs

Legal name

Framlabs

Website

https://framlabs.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Framlabs is a privately held innovation consultancy based in Dublin and Helsinki that helps enterprise clients run more effective innovation through consulting, software, tools and learning programmes. Its portfolio includes work for NASA, Google, Fidelity, SMBC, IrishLife, ESB, Fexco and Alltech.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Innovation Consulting

NAICS

Other Management Consulting Services (541618)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital & Technology Transformation Consulting (BPAHACAH)

Keywords

• Innovation consulting
• Startup acceleration
• Business design
• Innovation management
• Corporate training

Headquarters

HQ city

Dublin

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Working together with clients to explore, experiment, and monetise new opportunities through collaborative engagement.
2. Software Products: Software solutions designed to capture, make tangible, and energise innovation efforts.
3. Tools & Methods: Innovation kit-bag providing tools and frameworks that teams need to get the job done better and faster.
4. Learning Programs: Building client skills and capability through training, mentoring and structured programmes.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Framlabs is an innovation consultancy that helps organisations innovate through four integrated service lines: Consulting (collaborative exploration, experimentation, and monetisation of new opportunities), Software (solutions to capture and make tangible innovation efforts), Tools & Methods (frameworks and kits for executing innovation work), and Learning (training, mentoring, and structured capability-building programmes). The company partners with enterprise clients across technology, aerospace, financial services, energy, and agriculture to find and solve meaningful human problems and prove the value of innovation initiatives.

Product overview

Framlabs offers a unified service portfolio consisting of four core offerings: Consulting (collaborative engagement for opportunity exploration and experimentation), Software (tools to capture and energise innovation efforts), Tools & Methods (frameworks and methodologies for innovation execution), and Learning (training and mentoring programmes for capability building). The company positions these as an integrated approach to help organisations innovate with greater certainty, value, speed, and visibility.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Consulting Collaboration service focused on exploring, experimenting, and monetising new opportunities through guided innovation engagement. Working together with clients to explore, experiment, and monetise new opportunities. Target audience: enterprise organizations seeking to transform their innovation efforts.
• Software Software solutions designed to capture, make tangible, and energise innovation efforts for better visibility and experimentation. Target audience: enterprise innovation teams.
• Tools & Methods Innovation kit-bag containing tools and frameworks to help teams execute innovation more effectively and efficiently. Target audience: enterprise innovation teams.
• Learning Capability-building programmes focused on developing team skills through training, mentoring, and structured learning programmes. Target audience: enterprise teams building innovation skills.

Quantifiable outcome

• Average approval rating of 9.1/10 across three bootcamps for Nordic Startup School accelerator program (with virtual bootcamps scoring 9.4 and 9.6 vs in-person at 8.5)

Named customers8 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Nordic Startup SchoolcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2019Framlabs partnered with Nordic Startup School to redesign and transform their startup accelerator model. The partnership involved creating a new 12-month accelerator program featuring a 3-month intensive school followed by nine months of afterschool support, with hand-picked mentors. Framlabs planned and facilitated bootcamp events and developed structured frameworks for rigorous problem assessment and customer focus. The program achieved an average approval rating of 9.1/10.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• IDEO: Pioneering design and innovation consultancy that helps enterprises frame problems, prototype solutions, and build innovation capability — directly comparable to Framlabs' consulting, tools and learning offerings.
• Strategyzer: Provider of business model innovation tools, canvases, and training programs used by enterprises globally — directly comparable to Framlabs' Tools & Methods and Learning streams.
• Innosight: Strategy and innovation consultancy (now part of Huron) specializing in transformation, growth strategy and innovation capability building — comparable in offering mix and enterprise buyer profile.
• Fahrenheit 212: Innovation consultancy helping corporates ideate, prototype, and launch new growth ventures — directly comparable in offering and enterprise buyer to Framlabs.
• Livework: European service design and innovation consultancy helping organizations design better customer and employee experiences — comparable boutique-scale peer with similar consulting and capability-building focus.
• Board of Innovation: Boutique innovation consultancy and SaaS vendor (Innovation Hub platform) selling consulting, frameworks, and software to enterprise innovation teams — a near-direct match for Framlabs' services + software model.
• Frog Design: Global design and innovation firm helping enterprises with strategy, design, and technology transformation — overlapping with Framlabs across consulting, capability building, and tangible artifact production.

Broad incumbents

• BCG Henderson Institute: BCG's think tank and innovation strategy arm helping corporations with innovation strategy, emerging tech, and transformation — competes for the same enterprise innovation budgets as Framlabs.
• Doblin (Deloitte): Deloitte's human-centered design and innovation practice serving large enterprises globally; overlaps with Framlabs' consulting offerings but as part of a much broader professional services portfolio.

Emerging players

• Piano (formerly Lean Startup Co.): Provider of corporate innovation training, methodology, and software (including the Lean Startup methodology) — comparable to Framlabs' learning programs and tools/methods streams.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/framlabs

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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