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Identify Startups, Scaleups & High-Growth Companies for Your Innovation, R&D, and PoCs

We exhaustively scan over 3.7M startups & scaleups globally, scouting the right partners & saving you weeks of desk research.

3.790.140+

Startups & Scaleups

53 000+ added in May & June ’23

20.178+

Trends & Technologies

62+ identified in May & June ’23

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Startup & Technology Scouts

Covering 175+ Hubs

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Access the World's Largest Resource for Startup Discovery

Powered by Big Data and Artificial Intelligence, we scan the entire global startup ecosystem, making sure you discover all hidden gems. This way, you get to reduce time, increase speed, and identify partners to accelerate your innovation projects.

Our Discovery Platform is the world’s largest innovation resource, covering over 3.7 million startups and scaleups. This means you benefit from data-driven, technology-based startup scouting, enabling you to discover and leverage high-value innovation fast & exhaustively.

Because we gain relevant results from 214 million data points from the WWW, Startup Ecosystem, Databases, and Company Aggregators globally, you get to explore the entire global startup ecosystem.

Leverage Customized Startup Sourcing & Partner Discovery

Trust our team’s experience of successfully sourcing startups, scaleups & partners for over 1 000 innovation projects to identify solution providers that precisely match your unique search requirements.

Scouting-as-a-Service gives you access to the best startups, scaleups, and high-growth companies globally. Customize your startup scouting based on the following criteria and go from discovery to Proof of Concept faster:

✓ Technology Driven: from technology cluster all the way to specific technology
✓ Firmographic Data: Age, Location, Size, Team, Business Model, …
✓ Financial Criteria: Revenue, Funding, Grants, Growth, …
✓ Company Stage, Maturity, Popularity, and many other criteria

Be the First to Detect Pivotal Changes & Business Opportunities

Because the startup ecosystem is very dynamic, staying up-to-date is a crucial competitive advantage.

Being informed ahead of time when new relevant startups and technologies develop, or companies you already know shift their focus puts you in the pole position when it comes to taking advantage of new business opportunities.

Thanks to our Innovation Discovery tool, we detect new startups and technologies as soon as they emerge so your decision-making process is built on the most recent innovation intelligence available.

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Exhaustively identify startups & scaleups that matter to you – with just one click. The StartUs Insights Discovery Platform covers 3 790 000+ startups and scaleups globally, delivering the results you need through a powerful and easy-to-use interface.

✓ Identify relevant solutions fast & exhaustively
✓ Scope topics & technologies within minutes
✓ Filter results to narrow your search scope effectively
✓ Find similar companies based on any number of companies you input
✓ Bulk export all discovered solutions to add them to your knowledge base

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What our partners say

BioTech Innovation Scouting

“StartUs Insights provides us with broad global information tailored to our specific needs. The data is delivered in a user-friendly format, it’s easy to query and to extract the specific information that we seek. We are very happy to work with StartUs Insights and will expand this partnership for additional projects and fields of interest.”
STK Bio-Ag Technologies – CTO, Dr. Alon Glick
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Innovation Scouting & Trend Intelligence

“By breaking down the megatrends into clear areas of development within our industry, StartUs Insights is able to give us valuable insights for refining our strategic direction. Paired with their commitment to deadlines, friendly, and attentive attitude our partnership is money well spent.”
Danieli Corus – Chief Technology Officer, Michael Skorianz
What our partners say

Trend Research for Industrial Engineering

“StartUs Insights accelerates our awareness and understanding of the key industry trends. Their tailor-made approach made sure we got exactly what we needed.”
Group IPS – International Business Unit Manager Primary & Metals, Damien Hemmeryckx
What our partners say

Innovation Scouting for a Logistics Leader

“On a regular basis, StartUs Insights provides us with the latest actionable insights into emerging startups & technologies that impact our business. These insights deliver a comprehensive overview for our management as well as create direct value for our product teams and clients.”
KNAPP AG – Vice President Innovation (R&D), Peter Puchwein
What our partners say

Innovation Scouting for Nutrition & Health

“We value StartUs Insights’ unique and modular approach that delivers precise answers to specific questions on-demand and introduces us to new companies and technologies.”
DSM – Director Innovation/Tech-Scouting & Venturing, Maik Kindermann
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Collaboration with a Railway Industry Leader

“We appreciate working with StartUs Insights because of their team’s flexibility and commitment to serve our needs.”
CAF – Head of Technology Strategy Area, R&D Department, Xabier Perez
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Innovation Scouting for a Mining & Minerals MNC

“StartUs Insights’ Scouting approach opens up different business opportunities for us as we discover new companies and solutions.”
Imerys – Business Development & Managing Director, Harald Angerer
What our partners say

Innovation Scouting for a Consulting Company

“Working with StartUs Insights gives us the ability to quickly identify, research, and track promising startups & industry trends early-on.”
Valorion – Founder, Nils Tarnow
What our partners say

Innovation Scouting for the Pharma Industry

“StartUs Insights provides us with actionable Innovation Intelligence at a glance. Their deliverables are easy to navigate and give us a great understanding of relevant startups. StartUs enables us to identify relevant startups and emerging companies – fast & exhaustively.”
Startup Creasphere – Managing Director Digital Startups, Dr. Christian Korz
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Innovation Scouting for the FMCG Industry

“StartUs Insights exhaustive insights give us a comprehensive understanding of FMCG Innovation Trends and helps us discover top startups.”
Nestlé – Business Development & eCommerce Manager at Nestlé, Jürgen Ellmeier
What our partners say

Innovation Scouting: Future of the Industrial Workplace

“The depth of information that StartUs Insights delivers is exactly what we need to identify relevant startups, technologies, and innovation trends. It saves us a lot of time and provides data we can’t find elsewhere.”
ITURRI Group – Innovation Manager, Carlos Cruz
What our partners say

Trend Intelligence for an Engineering Leader

“StartUs Insights equips us with actionable data on startups & emerging trends. The exhaustive results delivered are more than we expected & enable us to see the bigger picture.”
Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen – Project Manager, Christina Ipfelkofer
What our partners say

Innovation Scouting for the Chemical Sector

“StartUs Insights is our most efficient, data-driven scouting partner and one of the best sources for in-depth overviews on startups, technologies, and industry trends.”
DIC Corporation – New Business Development Dept.
What our partners say

Innovation Scouting: Engineering Industry

“StartUs Insights delivers in-depth results by conducting outstanding technology research, which supports our innovation department and saves our engineers a lot of time.”
Eaton Industries – Innovation Management & Startups, Natascha Hajek
What our partners say

Innovation Scouting: Packaging Industry

“90% of the startups identified by StartUs Insights are new for us. Using this in-depth research, we can make decisions fueled by actionable insights.”
Printpack – Research Engineer, Paula Bushendorf
What our partners say

Discovery Platform for Digitalization

“Since we regularly collaborate with startups, StartUs Insights is an elementary tool in our daily business. It saves us an extensive amount of time and resources, which we can distribute to other areas!”
ekipa – CEO and Co-Founder, Justin Gemeri
What our partners say

Discovery Platform for Electronics

“StartUs Insights feature a comprehensive and exhaustive database for the investigation of relevant startups and technologies. The sophisticated user interface guarantees an efficient and intuitive exploration of contained information.”
Kyocera – Business Promotion Manager, Matthias Neundorf
What our partners say

Discovery Platform for Healthcare & BioTech

“The StartUs Insights Platform is a great resource to the team at HealthXL. The platform helps us find new and relevant startups in Digital Health.”
HealthXL – Head of Market Research, Tessy Huss
What our partners say

Discovery Platform for Consulting

“StartUs Insights is a valuable partner for our innovation projects as we are able to monitor innovation trends and technologies on a continuous basis.”
Workero – COO, Thierry Vermeiren
What our partners say

Startup Program for Bayer Foundation

“Through collaborating with StartUs Insights, we generate more relevant applications and further raise Bayer’s profile in the global startup community.”
Bayer Foundation – Program Manager Social Impact – Public Affairs, Science & Sustainability, Stefan Wilhelm
What our partners say

Discovery Platform for Investors & Accelerators

“StartUs Insights’ Discovery Platform is a good source for quickly filtering data that varies from geolocation and employee number to founding year and many more. Using the Discovery Platform we are able to quickly find many new companies in multiple areas of our interest.”
Techstars – Managing Director, Martin Olczyk
What our partners say

Startup Program for Deep Tech Scaleups

“StartUs Insights’ highly targeted scouting and outreach always deliver a high number of relevant applications in a short period of time. These results combined with their team’s professionalism and flexibility are the reason we’ve been working with them for years.”
EIT Digital Accelerator – Program Director, Giuseppe Oppedisano
What our partners say

Discovery Platform for Logistics

“The StartUs Insights Discovery Platform is a great tool to scout global startups & scaleups. It allows us to find the solutions that matter to us.”
Lufthansa Cargo – Head of Digital Transformation, Boris Hueske
What our partners say

Discovery Platform for Venture Capital

“We leverage the in-depth information that StartUs Insights provides to quickly identify relevant players in our fields of interest.”
Brose Ventures – Senior Investment Manager, Niels Dietzsch
What our partners say

Startup Program for a Construction Leader

“StartUs Insights’ experience, expertise, and flexibility results in a high number of relevant applications for our Startup Call. Additionally, the team continuously keeps us updated and illustrates the progress made during our partnership. We look forward to collaborating again soon!”
Doka – Product Manager Digital Services, Stefan Huber
What our partners say

Startup Program for a Leading Banking Group

“StartUs Insights enables us to discover new partners for PoCs, scale our outreach, and strengthen OTP’s global position as a leading innovation player.”
OTP Group – Innovation Consultant, Dóra Avar
What our partners say

Startup Program for a Bayer AG’s G4A

“Through working with StartUs Insights, we identify & convert more relevant partners and further strengthen our global startup community.”
Bayer G4A – Marketing Communications Manager, Jenny Wüstner
What our partners say

Startup Program: Materials Industry

“Through our collaboration with StartUs Insights, we can easily identify potential partners and raise the awareness for Metsä Spring in the global startup community.”
Metsä Spring – CEO, Niklas von Weymarn
What our partners say

Discovery Platform for Oil & Energy

“StartUs Insights allows us to save a considerable amount of time in the search of potential partners for our activities. Its ergonomic platform and its state-of-the-art algorithm make the listing of companies of interest easy. Good experience guaranteed!”
TRAPIL – Manager of the Industrial Maintenance Process Team, Nadir Badji
What our partners say

Startup Program for a Global Agri- & FoodTech Accelerator

“StartUs Insights’ reach enables us to collect more relevant applications for the THRIVE Accelerator Program and further increase our visibility in the global startup community.”
SVG Ventures|THRIVE – COO, Helen Hartnett
What our partners say

Startup Program: Automotive Lighting Startups

“Collaborating with StartUs Insights is a great way to get to know new startups and ideas for our future. It gives us fresh input & a good overview of startup-driven innovation.”
ZKW Group – Innovation Manager, Yvonne Danzinger
What our partners say

Startup Programs: Energy Industry

“Through collaborating with StartUs Insights, we discovered new startups for pilot projects and are able to find & test new ideas that improve and generate new business opportunities.”
Iberdrola – Startup Program Manager, Oscar Cantalejo
What our partners say

Startup Program: Engineering Industry

“Working with StartUs Insights has proved a very successful way to launch and promote our startup program with the right audience. Through our partnership, we have a far-reaching impact on the startup community in the EMEA region.”
ALTAIR Engineering – Marketing Manager, Fiona Richardson
What our partners say

Discovery Platform for Business Consulting

“The StartUs Insights Discovery Platform has a great system to recognize many different and complex keywords and I believe that’s what makes them a differentiated discovery platform. Quite helpful to our Open Innovation Programs.”
Beta-i – Innovation Consultant, Eduardo Couto
What our partners say

Seed Stage Incubator Startup Program

“StartUs Insights’ experience, expertise, and flexibility really stood out in our cooperation. We also appreciate that the team continuously kept us updated and illustrated the progress made during our partnership.”
Batchery – Executive Director, Peter Burghardt
What our partners say

European Manufacturing Startup Program

“StartUs Insights’ reach enables us to attract a high number of relevant startups in a short amount of time as well as strengthen EIT Manufacturing’s brand in the global startup community.”
EIT Manufacturing – Business Creation Manager EIT Manufacturing CLC South, Gianluca Grifi
What our partners say

Discovery Platform for Accelerator Programs

“Thanks to StartUs Insights’ Discovery Platform, we were able to identify more startups and companies and widen the scope of our scouting outreach. The team has a very individual approach and a great support system!”
Helve – Project Manager, Laila Rotmane
What our partners say

Startup Program Service for Corporate Partners

“StartUs Insights data-driven approach exceeded our expectations. Our partnerships result in a high number of applications and we look forward to collaborating again soon!”
BeMyApp – Head of Communication EMEA, Lauri Aarnio
What our partners say

Startup Program for an Automotive Accelerator

“StartUs Insights empowers us to identify and convert relevant startups for Business Factory Auto. Moreover, StartUs Insights’ reach grows our visibility globally.”
Business Factory Auto – Project Executive Assistant, Miguel López
What our partners say

Discovery Platform for Technology Solutions

“As part of our efforts to find niche software companies in the natural resources sector, the StartUs Insights Discovery Platform provides easy access to a universe of interesting businesses that we would have struggled to find without the platform.”
acQuire – Strategic Acquisitions Lead, Dmitry Ansheles
What our partners say

FinTech Startup Program

“StartUs Insights’ quick turnaround time, experience, and flexibility really stood out in our cooperation. We look forward to continuing the partnership for our next innovation cohort!”
>>venture>> – Marketing & Communications, Priscilla Sarnau
What our partners say

Startup Program for Global Accelerator Programs

“Our collaboration with StartUs Insights efficiently generates relevant applications for our accelerator programs and further raises Brinc’s profile in the global startup community.”
Brinc Accelerators – Project Manager, Glycel Nacinopa
What our partners say

Startup Program for a Multi-Corporate Business Program

“Through collaborating with StartUs Insights, we received more relevant applications for EnergySpin’s Multi-Corporate Business Program and raised our visibility in the global startup community.”
EnergySpin – Operations & Partners, Marko Koski
What our partners say

Startup Program for a National Public Entity

“Our collaboration with StartUs Insights empowers us to identify relevant startups for our Rising Up in Spain Program as well as further increase the visibility of Spain in the global entrepreneurial community.”
ICEX – Communications Manager, Mónica Algaba
What our partners say

Startup Program: Deep Tech Startups

“StartUs Insights helped our program reach a broad audience and contributed to increasing applications for the EIT Venture Program.”
EIT Digital – International Outreach Lead, Thomas Kösters
What our partners say

Startup Program: Pharma Packaging Industry

“StartUs Insights’ supports us in reaching more startups and even surprised us with emerging companies that we haven’t heard of before.”
Informa Markets – Brand Director, Silvia Forroova
What our partners say

Startup Program for a Business Development Agency

“StartUs Insights greatly supports us to identify relevant partners for our company as well as to grow our visibility globally.”
Invest Region Leipzig – Manager International Market Development, Helen Stöhr
What our partners say

Startup Program for Travel & Tourism

“StartUs Insights efficiently generates relevant applications for our program and raises its profile in the global startup community.”
NovaSBE Haddad Entrepreneurship Institute – Program Manager, Joana Geraldes Barba
What our partners say

Startup Program for a Global Sports Accelerator

“StartUs Insights successfully enables us to scale the outreach of our global Sports Accelerator Program.”
Global Sports Accelerator

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Startup Scouting

Discover Relevant Startups & Scaleups Fast and Exhaustively

Identify Startups, Scaleups & High-Growth Companies for Your Innovation, R&D, and PoCs

Go For Next-Gen Startup Scouting

Access the World's Largest Resource for Startup Discovery

Leverage Customized Startup Sourcing & Partner Discovery

Be the First to Detect Pivotal Changes & Business Opportunities

Like to do startup scouting yourself?

BioTech Innovation Scouting

Innovation Scouting & Trend Intelligence

Trend Research for Industrial Engineering

Innovation Scouting for a Logistics Leader

Innovation Scouting for Nutrition & Health

Collaboration with a Railway Industry Leader

Innovation Scouting for a Mining & Minerals MNC

Innovation Scouting for a Consulting Company

Innovation Scouting for the Pharma Industry

Innovation Scouting for the FMCG Industry

Innovation Scouting: Future of the Industrial Workplace

Trend Intelligence for an Engineering Leader

Innovation Scouting for the Chemical Sector

Innovation Scouting: Engineering Industry

Innovation Scouting: Packaging Industry

Discovery Platform for Digitalization

Discovery Platform for Electronics

Discovery Platform for Healthcare & BioTech

Discovery Platform for Consulting

Startup Program for Bayer Foundation

Discovery Platform for Investors & Accelerators

Startup Program for Deep Tech Scaleups

Discovery Platform for Logistics

Discovery Platform for Venture Capital

Startup Program for a Construction Leader

Startup Program for a Leading Banking Group

Startup Program for a Bayer AG’s G4A

Startup Program: Materials Industry

Discovery Platform for Oil & Energy

Startup Program for a Global Agri- & FoodTech Accelerator

Startup Program: Automotive Lighting Startups

Startup Programs: Energy Industry

Startup Program: Engineering Industry

Discovery Platform for Business Consulting

Seed Stage Incubator Startup Program

European Manufacturing Startup Program

Discovery Platform for Accelerator Programs

Startup Program Service for Corporate Partners

Startup Program for an Automotive Accelerator

Discovery Platform for Technology Solutions

FinTech Startup Program

Startup Program for Global Accelerator Programs

Startup Program for a Multi-Corporate Business Program

Startup Program for a National Public Entity

Startup Program: Deep Tech Startups

Startup Program: Pharma Packaging Industry

Startup Program for a Business Development Agency

Startup Program for Travel & Tourism

Startup Program for a Global Sports Accelerator

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