InnovationScouts.tech is pleased to announce our partnership with WiderPool. Under the terms of this partnership agreement, InnovationScouts.tech will act as WiderPool’s representative in the UK and Ireland.

WiderPool is a global innovation broker that connects technology startups with corporations aiming to access and/or develop new business models and products capable of improving their current value proposition. At WiderPool, Open Innovation plays a key role by unlocking value to both corporations and technology startups.

WiderPool was created and spun out of Singularity University in 2015. It is supported by a UK-based regulated fund that actively invests in the opportunities brought forward by WiderPool. WiderPool has offices in London, New York and Madrid and a varied international presence, among its partners and clients.

Through the Open Innovation Programs offered by WiderPool, corporations discover both the challenges and pain points within their sector/s and are provided with a consulting workshop which serves to identify the types of technology solutions that might meet their needs. WiderPool then connects to the most relevant innovation hubs worldwide to scout and invite startups to be part of the program. WiderPool´s Due Diligence experts analyse the capabilities of these startups and the process concludes with a top-ranked list of 3 winners selected from the original list of candidates, from which the corporation will offer commercial agreements to the selected startup/s.

WiderPool´s Advisory Board, an elite group of C-level directors, consultants and subject matter experts from various sectors and technologies, investors and entrepreneurs, is a key asset in developing the matchmaking between corporation and startup. InnovationScouts.tech looks forward to complimenting this expertise.

“InnovationScouts.tech works on behalf of large businesses and enterprises to proactively discover innovative technology partners to take opportunity of evolving, disrupting markets and economies.” said Paul Moss, Director & Co-founder, InnovationScouts.Tech, “Having been introduced to Juan-Carlos Fouz at WiderPool, we discovered that we had a common ambition to help enterprises to innovate more effectively, and to help technology startups to prosper. WiderPool were also looking to grow business in the UK & Ireland region, so a partnership made perfect sense, and we are absolutely delighted to be working together.”

“We are delighted to count on professionals with so much experience. There is no doubt that Paul Moss and Scott Stonham from InnovationScouts.tech will contribute with great value to the growing ecosystem of WiderPool”, said Juan Carlos Fouz, CEO at WiderPool”