…like new technology, sustainability, speed of change, new competitors, new problems and big opportunities.
…like being constantly faced with new challenges for future product generations, which existing supply chain only partially covers.
We think there is a critical step when solving the problems that need to be solved, whether they be technology, service, process, brand or human.
This is what we do.
Understand the impact of a particular technology on your business
What technology is emerging and who’s worth knowing
What could be learnt from how the best solutions do what they do
Which solutions can match your scale or assessment criteria
Which solutions are your competitors partnering with
What ideas are in the market to help us solve our own problems?
Our approach creates a unique way for corporates to understand how their problem is already being solved, beyond industry analysis and the already well known solutions.
Understand the different approaches to solving your problem. There are always multiple ways the same problem is being solved – you should know about them.
Once you understand the different approaches make an informed decision on the best way to solve the problem (including whether to build, buy, partner, invest or co-create)
If partnering is the right option, find the business that solves the problem in the smartest way that can also get through your procurement process.
Our Discovery product is not a typical scan, rather we go deep into a specific problem, building clusters around the different approaches that the startup, scaleup and SME market is building.
Within each cluster we find the best global examples of solutions, helping our clients understand exactly how the problem is being solved now and where the benefits are.
Some clients stop at the Discovery stage and use the output to help decide on strategy, or inform the Build team, or take to a client, while others proceed to the Partner stage.
Those clients looking for a partnership, vendor, supplier, investment or other ongoing engagement proceed through Discovery to the Partner stage.
Solutions that are selected to proceed with can go through our automated due diligence process, where we check key data on each solution prior to our clients meeting them.
Our secret sauce is the approach we take to uncovering different ways to solve the same problem and who is already doing so. We use a combination of a huge global network of investors, people & organisations and our proprietary data tool that accesses 30+ global startup, scaleup & SME datasets.
We access our people network of 25,000+ leading VCs, corporate VCs, accelerators, associations & individuals
Our tool aggregates 30+ global solution datasets into one place, enabling discovery, comparison & correlation
Including operations, technology, finance, marketing, R&D, data, supply chain, HR and sustainability executives
We work with internal and external innovation teams, complimenting their existing work and solving problems
Corporate internal M&A, CVC and investment teams as well as external VCs, accelerators and others
We work with Big 4 groups, smaller consultants, systems integrators and others on helping solve their clients' problems
Our work includes finding smart solutions for new business pitching, working on specific client briefs & other use cases
We assist formal procurement processes by finding solutions that should apply to specific EOIs, RFPs, tenders etc.
Problem: Remove plastics from Consumer goods (Asia)
Solution: A potato starch-based product that is durable, waterproof, soluble in water and compostable.
Hear bout the problems we’re solving and the sorts of solutions we’re finding
