Startup Scouting for Corporate Innovation

Startup scouting tailored to your innovation needs

Identify disruptive startups, new business models and ecosystem partners aligned with your strategy. Novable combines DeepMatching™ AI with senior expert validation to deliver decision-ready shortlists in two business days.

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Trusted by innovation leaders at
P&G
Airbus
Shell
Nestlé
BIC
EDF
PwC
Leroy Merlin
SNCF
Suntory
Maersk
Deutsche Telekom
TotalEnergies
Deloitte
Orange
Engie
Rolls-Royce
Richemont
WEF
bp
10M+

Innovative solutions indexed

5,000+

Validated companies delivered

185

Countries covered

300+

Topics covered

what is startup scouting?

More than sourcing — it's strategic alignment

Startup scouting is about identifying partners that map to your innovation roadmap. Through dedicated campaigns, corporates can:

Address urgent market challenges

Discover startups solving the problems your business needs solved now — not next year.

Complement existing products

Identify technologies that extend your portfolio and unlock new capabilities.

Accelerate digital transformation

Source partners that compress timelines on the initiatives already on your roadmap.

Validate innovation hypotheses

De-risk business concepts before you invest, with evidence from the live ecosystem.

How Novable works

AI matches. Experts validate. You decide.

Three layers working together to deliver shortlists you can actually act on.

01

AI-powered Startup Scouting

Our DeepMatching™ engine maps your brief against millions of active startups and surfaces an initial pool of high-fit candidates in days — tailored to your industry, technology, stage and geography.

02

Chat with Scott

Scott, the first Startup Scouting AI Expert, lets you instantly dive into any company, explore competitors and pull strategic insights in seconds.

03

Novable Experts at your side

A senior innovation expert personally validates every shortlist and delivers decision-ready reports and benchmarks within two business days.

04

Enterprise-Readiness Level (ERL)

ERL is a 0 to 5 score rating how ready a startup is to work with a large enterprise, looking past whether the tech works to whether the company can actually deliver.

What makes Novable different

Built for enterprise innovation, not generic search

We don't hand you a list of names. We deliver validated, comparable profiles your team can present to leadership.

AI + human validation

Comprehensive coverage from AI, reliability from senior experts. Neither alone is enough for enterprise decisions.

Enterprise-ready startups

Half a century of corporate-meets-startup experience. We surface partners that can actually deliver at your scale.

Results in 2 business days

Qualified innovation lists delivered fast, so your team moves from briefing to outreach in the same week.

97% client satisfaction

From global enterprises to category leaders — innovation teams rely on Novable to scout, validate and engage.

"One of the best things about working with Novable is the team behind it. It's fun, seamless, and the collaboration just flows. This kind of partnership goes far beyond what you'd get from a simple SaaS tool."

Michael Kokozidis
Open Innovation & Technology Scouting, BIC World

"We were conducting market research around MedTech companies in several domains. Thanks to regular touch points and iterative precision, Novable delivered many new and unknown companies (82), which further increased the value for our customer."

Jean-Philippe Boisvert
Research Programs & Partnerships, Etex Building Performance

"To stay in the state-of-the-art you need to know what is happening outside of the bubble. Using Novable to benchmark the potential companies you could be interested in is extremely useful."

Cécile Cordier
Head of Innovation, Engie Global Management Solutions

"The pharmaceutical industry requires constant innovation. We need to find the right thing to develop and do it on time. Novable helps us to be more efficient in these tasks."

Jeff Tonnar
Innovation Manager, Laboratoire Aguettant

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Pinpoint your innovation needs in 30 minutes

A personalised session with a Novable expert to map your scouting priorities and outline the first steps toward your next strategic partnership.

  • Walk through your innovation challenges and goals
  • See how DeepMatching™ applies to your specific case
  • Get a tailored roadmap & next-step recommendations