What Invent Value does

Invent Value is a Bellevue, Washington-based collaborative innovation SaaS platform operated by Fresh Consulting, the parent company that provides underlying infrastructure and operational support. The platform consists of two core products. Challenges is a structured three-stage ideation workflow (Ideate, Collaborate, Evaluate) where Ideas from other participants are hidden during the ideation phase to prevent groupthink, then made visible for collaboration and discussion, and finally evaluated through voting. Vault is a central repository that captures ideas generated through challenges or submitted independently, with masonry view browsing, upvoting, and quick idea capture. Additional capabilities include rich media sharing, anonymous participation, time-based challenge scheduling, configurable rewards, groups and workspaces for participant segmentation, and preset or custom innovation methods drawn from a published content library covering frameworks such as Porter's Five Forces, SWOT, PESTLE, and 45 documented workshop methods.

The company targets primarily enterprise organizations seeking to systematically tap employee mindshare for innovation, with documented use cases ranging from generating ideas to address RFP challenges to building ongoing innovation culture. Only one named customer is disclosed publicly: Quality Insights, a healthcare education provider. The Innovation-as-a-Service program, jointly marketed with Fresh Consulting, extends the self-serve platform with access to designers, engineers, and strategy consultants for organizations seeking to take validated ideas through to commercialization.

Monetization follows an enterprise SaaS subscription model with quote-based pricing and annual billing cadence, governed by Order Form-based fees that reference Service Capacity limits and overage charges. Distribution relies on direct enterprise field sales driven by Contact Us calls to action rather than self-serve signup, and the company supports Google and Office 365 single sign-on for enterprise identity integration. No public revenue, funding rounds, headcount beyond the 11-50 band, customer count, app, API, or patents are disclosed, and Fresh Consulting operates the platform as an integrated product line without any indication of independent venture capital backing or external ownership.

Name

Invent Value

Legal name

Invent Value

Website

https://inventvalue.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Invent Value is a Bellevue-based collaborative innovation SaaS platform, operated by Fresh Consulting, that provides enterprises with a structured ideation tool (Challenges), a central idea repository (Vault), and an optional Innovation-as-a-Service program pairing the software with consulting expertise.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Innovation Management Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Innovation & Design Thinking Programs (EDAMAHAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Creativity & Innovation Mindset (EDABAMAH), Creative Concepting & Campaign Development (BPAFAEAD)

Keywords

• Innovation management software
• Idea management platform
• Collaborative ideation tools
• Enterprise innovation challenges
• Innovation consulting services

Headquarters

HQ city

Bellevue

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscription Services: Annual or multi-year subscription model for SaaS services. Customer pays fees described in an Order Form for Services. The Terms reference 'Service Capacity' limits and additional fees for overage usage, suggesting a capacity-based pricing structure.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Invent Value operates a collaborative innovation SaaS platform that enables organizations to run structured three-step Challenges (Ideate, Collaborate, Evaluate) for generating and evaluating ideas, paired with Vault, a centralized idea repository for capturing and organizing submissions. It also offers Innovation-as-a-Service, an ongoing partnership program delivered with parent company Fresh Consulting that pairs the platform with designers, engineers, and strategy consultants to convert ideas into market-ready products and services.

Product overview

Invent Value is a collaborative innovation SaaS platform comprising two core products and an associated service offering. The platform centers on Challenges, a structured three-stage ideation workflow (Ideate, Collaborate, Evaluate) that enables organizations to crowdsource and evaluate ideas from employees and external contributors. Complementing Challenges is Vault, a centralized idea management repository that captures submissions from challenges or direct submissions, featuring visual browsing, upvoting, and collaboration tools. Additionally, Fresh Consulting offers Innovation-as-a-Service, a managed service program that pairs Invent Value's technology with consulting expertise (designers, engineers, strategists) to move validated ideas into commercial products and services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Challenges A collaborative ideation module built around a three-step process of Ideate, Collaborate, and Evaluate. Ideation hides ideas from other participants to prevent groupthink, Collaboration reveals ideas for discussion, praise, and contribution, and Evaluation surfaces voting and action items. Supports rich media sharing, anonymous participation, time-based scheduling, rewards, and preset or custom innovation methods. Sold to enterprise organizations seeking to source and evaluate ideas from employees and external contributors.
• Vault A central idea repository for capturing and organizing ideas generated through Challenges or submitted independently by team members. Provides masonry view browsing, upvoting, collaboration features, and quick idea capture. Sold to enterprise organizations as the persistent layer for managing their idea pipeline outside of time-bound challenges.
• Innovation-as-a-Service An ongoing innovation partnership program that pairs the Invent Value platform with Fresh Consulting's designers, engineers, and strategy consultants to transform validated ideas into market-ready products and services. Sold to organizations seeking not only a technology platform but also the professional services support needed to move ideas from concept to commercialization.

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Fresh ConsultingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInvent Value is powered by Fresh Consulting. The parent company provides the platform infrastructure and extends its capabilities through an 'Innovation-as-a-Service' program that combines Invent Value with Fresh Consulting's skilled designers, engineers, and strategy consultants. This partnership enables organizations to not only generate ideas through the platform but also transform them into market-ready products and services through ongoing professional services support.

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• HYPE Innovation: HYPE Innovation is a mature innovation management platform used by global enterprises to collect, evaluate, and implement ideas from employees and customers—directly competing in the same enterprise innovation software category.
• Planbox: Planbox offers an AI-augmented innovation management platform that captures, evaluates, and prioritizes employee ideas—a direct competitor in enterprise collaborative innovation software.
• IdeaScale: IdeaScale provides enterprise innovation management software for crowdsourcing ideas, voting, and implementing community-driven innovation programs, serving a similar buyer persona with overlapping challenge-based ideation features.
• Brightidea: Brightidea is a long-standing innovation management SaaS platform offering idea crowdsourcing, challenge management, and evaluation workflows to enterprises—directly comparable to Invent Value's Challenges product and Vault repository.
• Wazoku: Wazoku is an enterprise innovation software platform combining idea management with crowdsourced problem-solving challenges, addressing the same enterprise need for structured ideation and evaluation that Invent Value targets.

Emerging players

• Miro: Miro is a collaborative whiteboard platform widely used by enterprises for visual ideation, brainstorming, and innovation workshops—an emerging adjacency that increasingly competes for the same innovation facilitation budget.
• Mural: Mural provides a digital workspace for visual collaboration and structured workshops, used by enterprises for design thinking and innovation sessions—an adjacent platform that overlaps with Invent Value's workshop facilitation use cases.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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