We perform a customized global startup search, delivering to you the early-stage companies with the most potential to impact your business. Engage startups, learn from them, supercharge your innovation efforts and come out ahead of disruption.
Discover and engage with world-class technology companies. We uncover strategic partners and acquisition targets that will be your growth engine for the next 2-5 years.
Thousands of startups are already innovating in or around your industry. We enable you to make smarter vendor, partnership, and acquisition decisions by finding solutions that already exist.
Understand the technologies and trends that will drive the growth of your industry and have a clear view of what bets your competition is making.
Our PhD-level researchers combine primary and secondary sources of information to identify under-the-radar emerging technologies and companies. We leverage our unique networks of direct connections with venture capital, accelerators and experts in Silicon Valley and beyond to discover the hidden gems of emerging solutions and unique expertise.
Search is only the first step. From the tailor-made database we build for you, we can help you select the most qualified candidates for outreach, engage those candidates on your behalf, and then work with all parties to launch pilot programs.
We are fully digital-ready, meaning all of our work with you can be done online on a remote basis. We will be your partner as you dive deep into the world’s innovation ecosystem.
We create real value for your company. From scouting reports through to startup showcases and signed agreements of engagement, we are your partner on the innovation journey. The key deliverables of our startup scouting service include:
Meetings between your key decision-makers and a highly refined shortlist of startups that best solve your business challenges.
Signed engagement agreements from startups approved by you, outlining your new relationship.
Our consultants’ findings include a segmentation of similar solutions, trend analyses, and actionable insights.
Searchable online database of hundreds of global startups that match your search criteria.
Scouting reports with analyses of industry best practices and innovative solutions around your business challenges.
Briefings and workshops on innovation directly from leading practitioners including lean startup, design thinking and design sprints.
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Read moreWho was the client?:
DHL (Germany)
Problem:
DHL was facing the challenge of finding startups pioneering novel AI solutions in the supply chain space.
Solution:
SVIC conducted the necessary research, delivering to DHL a database of early-stage companies that corresponded to the logistics major’s requirements. We went further, working with DHL to engage several of the startups from the database. Ultimately, DHL launched pilot projects with a number of the early-stage companies SVIC discovered.
Who was the client?:
Symetra (United States)
Problem:
A company providing a range of products across insurance and retirement plans to diverse clientele, Symetra needed a platform that would allow it to provide secure, efficient text communication to customers.
Solution:
SVIC scouted globally, finding innovative startups capable of meeting Symetra’s specific need that also possessed relevant experience and resources to work with Symetra’s market and customer base. Symetra went on to launch successful pilots with a number of the startups found.
Who was the client?:
Food processing and packaging multinational
Problem:
Our client needed to find innovative solutions to challenges around data automation as part of the digital transformation of its manufacturing operations.
Solution:
SVIC activated its networks, including across venture capital and startup incubators, to source solutions tailored to our client’s challenges. The result was a unique database of early-stage companies with the potential to make an immediate positive impact on the client’s digital transformation.
Who was the client?:
International Vitamin Coporation (United States)
Problem:
International Vitamin Corporation was looking for new technologies and solutions that would be applicable to a number of operational areas, including manufacturing, logistics and retail.
Solution:
SVIC undertook a comprehensive analysis of each of the sectors in question, providing to International Vitamin Corporation a report on established and emerging solutions in each area. International Vitamin Corporation was then able to assess each option for its potential for partnerships and further implementation.
