New Webinar: How AI Is Transforming Innovation Portfolio Management
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Innovation Technology Scouting Software
Don’t just chase startups – harness them. Tap into a global network of innovation opportunities and manage an intelligent deal-flow process to accelerate go-to-market and secure competitive advantage.
Why Technology Scouting Software?
Accelerate Growth& Go-to-Market
Bring new products, services, and capabilities to market faster by sourcing proven external solutions instead of building from scratch
Unlock High-ValueDeal Flow
Secure a steady pipeline of relevant startups and technologies to drive partnerships, investments, and acquisitions
EnsureStrategic Fit
Focus only on opportunities that align with corporate priorities and long-term innovation goals, reducing wasted effort
Future-ProofYour Portfolio
Build a scouting portfolio that goes beyond immediate wins to strengthen resilience and growth over the long haul
How Does it Work?
Scout
Align
Decide
Scale
Scout
01 / 04
Scout
Identify the most relevant startups, technologies, and solutions to fuel growth and future opportunities.
- Explore a global database of over 1 million companies and quickly uncover relevant solutions
- Launch targeted challenges to gather solutions directly from your ecosystem and beyond
- Stay up to date with continuous insights and intelligent recommendations for relevant opportunities
Align
02 / 04
Align
Bring stakeholders and partners into sync around the most promising opportunities.
- Build and manage relationships with startups and solution providers to strengthen your deal flow
- Automatically gather qualitative insights to enhance and refine opportunities
- Share selected opportunities with the right audiences through streamlined communications
Decide
03 / 04
Decide
Prioritize the opportunities with the greatest potential and choose the ones worth pursuing.
- Gather expert input to evaluate each option with confidence
- Use intelligent insights to compare opportunities and spot the ones with the biggest impact
- Advance the best solutions through your decision-making process
Scale
04 / 04
Scale
Turn selected opportunities into tangible outcomes that deliver lasting value for the business.
- Test and validate solutions through proofs of concept and pilots
- Expand successful initiatives across teams, markets, or business units
- Prove ROI by measuring results and showcasing impact to stakeholders
AI-Enhanced Startup Database
Harness the power of ~1 million startups with our built-in AI-enhanced Startup Research capability. Transform how you identify and capitalize on cutting-edge opportunities across your ecosystem to accelerate your innovation impact.
1M
Startups
250+
Countries
100B
ARR tracked
3M+
Publications
AI intelligence for
innovation leaders
Iris surfaces the signals, patterns and opportunities hiding in your portfolio — so you can act quickly on what matters most.
See your portfolio as a system
Understand how initiatives connect and reinforce each other.
Decide with context, not guesswork
Evaluate every opportunity against your strategy.
Turn insight into action
Move from analysis to action automatically.
Scouting Features At Your Fingertips
Intelligent Startup Database
Easily find the most relevant startups from our AI-enhanced global database of 1M+ companies
Open Innovation Challenges
Create visual landing pages to promote innovation challenges to allow startups to find you and submit their solutions
Crowdsource Startups Internally
Use configurable submission forms or simple Excel imports to easily update your deal flow with new opportunities
Prioritize yourNeeds
Collect, share and prioritize needs across all business units to ensure you focus on the right topics
Deal Flow Management
Create a collaborative & structured deal-flow process that you can control to a precise degree
Expert Reviews & Scorecards
Manage all technical assessments in one-place, and collect structured feedback from your stakeholders and leadership
Dashboards & Reports
Track your progress and the most important KPIs for your startup scouting program
Scouting Sonar
Pinpoint the best opportunities with our dynamic visualization tool
AI Agent Analysis
Automatically enrich each startup profile with tailored AI insights, from opportunity summaries to risk and fit assessments
Our Impact Superpowers
Rapid Growth
Prove value early, deliver quick wins, and scale your ecosystem with tools built for enterprise growth.
Super Agility
Anticipate change and reconfigure your innovation process in real time with our flexible, modular platform.
High-Tech Utility Belt
Harness best-in-class technology that constantly evolves to meet enterprise innovation challenges and needs.
Unlimited Insights
Make tough decisions with confidence using data-driven analytics and reporting to cut through the noise.
Elite Alliance
Leverage the expertise, frameworks, and best practices of our innovation experts and customer community.
Essential Tech Scouting Software Integrations
Essential Tech Scouting Software Integrations
Project Management
Seamlessly integrate with your existing project management systems to ensure startups and solutions transition effortlessly into projects. This connectivity keeps you updated on project progress, optimizing your innovation pipeline management.
Business Intelligence
Automate data exports to your preferred BI software for deeper analysis, complementing Qmarkets’ robust built-in reporting features. This flexibility allows you to analyze content, activities, and user behavior using the tools you trust most.
Your Impact-Driven Innovation Platform
Our suite of intelligent tools is tailored to help you deliver impact at every stage in your journey, from gathering business needs at the top of the funnel through to tracking ROI of your portfolio.
Trend Management
Trend Management
Manage a collaborative trend hub to identify signals for innovations with outsized growth potential and transformative value.
Technology Scouting
Technology Scouting
Tap into a global network of innovation opportunities and manage an intelligent deal-flow process to accelerate go-to-market and secure competitive advantage.
Idea Management
Idea Management
Turn ideas into business outcomes that solve critical challenges, unlock growth opportunities, and create exceptional ROI.
Continuous Improvement
Continuous Improvement
Build an engine to systematically enhance efficiency and scale best practices that create business value and strengthen organizational resilience.
Innovation Portfolio Management
Innovation Portfolio Management
Convert scattered efforts and siloed activities into a unified portfolio with strategic alignment, end-to-end visibility, and balanced outcomes over time.
Trend Management
Trend Management
Manage a collaborative trend hub to identify signals for innovations with outsized growth potential and transformative value.
Technology Scouting
Technology Scouting
Tap into a global network of innovation opportunities and manage an intelligent deal-flow process to accelerate go-to-market and secure competitive advantage.
Idea Management
Idea Management
Turn ideas into business outcomes that solve critical challenges, unlock growth opportunities, and create exceptional ROI.
Continuous Improvement
Continuous Improvement
Build an engine to systematically enhance efficiency and scale best practices that create business value and strengthen organizational resilience.
Innovation Portfolio Management
Innovation Portfolio Management
Convert scattered efforts and siloed activities into a unified portfolio with strategic alignment, end-to-end visibility, and balanced outcomes over time.
Make Every
Opportunity Count.
Let’s work together to unlock the full potential of your scouting opportunities and deliver tangible impact across your entire innovation pipeline.