Scout serves as a comprehensive platform for accessing the world's innovation data, functioning as an AI-powered search engine designed to provide unparalleled visibility across the global knowledge supply chain. It addresses the challenge of keeping pace with the rapid emergence of new technologies and startups daily. The platform empowers organizations to conduct competitive intelligence in key technology areas, identify potential co-development partners at leading companies and institutions, and develop insightful landscape maps and sector analyses to inform R&D and innovation strategies. For tech scouting, Scout enables users to discover obscure or hard-to-find technologies, monitor the activities of industry leaders, and identify promising startups before they become widely known. In the realm of tech transfer, it assists institutions in creating comprehensive lists of potential licensees for their technologies, thereby increasing the volume, reach, and productivity of marketing efforts without escalating workload. The platform allows users to identify and source necessary technologies by searching over 400 million records, including scientific grants, research publications, patents, and more. It also facilitates the discovery of suitable innovation partners by enabling rapid scanning of portfolios belonging to millions of companies, institutions, and startups through its AI-powered solutions. Furthermore, Scout enhances competitive intelligence by fostering a deeper understanding of key players and emergent threats across any technology space, and by supporting in-depth analysis of innovation strategies for any company or institution.

Features & Benefits

• Comprehensive Search
  • Identify and source the technologies your organization needs by searching over 400 million records, including scientific grants, research publications, patents, and more. Scan the world’s innovation resources from a single interface to find unique data.
• Landscape Insights
  • Analyze which technology areas are trending toward maturity, identify collaborating organizations, and pinpoint the most active researchers, companies, and institutions in a given field.
• Trend Analysis
  • Understand technology maturity trends and compare the differential contributions of industry and academia over time.
• Organization Profiles
  • View the complete technology and innovation portfolios of universities, research institutions, corporations, and startups.
• Extensive Data Coverage
  • Access a vast repository of innovation data.
  • 400M+ Searchable Innovation Records
  • 90+ Countries' Patent Offices
  • 145M+ Scientific Publications
  • 4M+ Research Grants
  • 2M+ Startups
  • 58K+ Licensable Technologies