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Scout

The World’s Innovation Data, All In One Place

Scout is the search engine for innovation. Thousands of new technologies are invented and hundreds of new startups are launched every day. Get visibility across the global knowledge supply chain with Wellspring’s AI-powered Scout platform.
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How Wellspring Works for You

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Corporate Innovation
Conduct competitive intelligence in key technology areas. Identify potential co-development partners at leading companies and institutions. Develop landscape maps and sector analyses to guide R&D and innovation strategies.
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Tech Scouting
Find the right technologies to power your innovation efforts, no matter how obscure or hard-to-find. See what the leaders are saying and doing in your industry. Identify promising startups before they become headlines.
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Tech Transfer
Create comprehensive lists of potential licensees for your institution’s technologies. Increase the volume, reach, and productivity of your marketing efforts without increasing your office’s workload.

The Value of Scout

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Technology Search
Identify and source the technologies your organization needs. Search 400M+ records including scientific grants, research publications, patents, and much more.
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Partners & Startups
Find the right partners for your innovation efforts. Scan the portfolios of millions of companies, institutions, and startups in seconds using Scout’s AI-powered solutions.
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Competitive Intelligence
Develop your understanding of key players and emergent threats in any technology space. Conduct in-depth analysis of the innovation strategy for any company or institution.

Tools And Data For All Your Innovation Needs

Comprehensive Search

Identify and source the technologies your organization needs. Search 400M+ records including scientific grants, research publications, patents, and much more. Scan the world’s innovation resources from a single interface. Find data you can’t get anywhere else.

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Landscape Insights

Analyze which technology areas are trending toward maturity, which organizations are collaborating together, and which researchers, companies, and institutions are most active in a given field.

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Trend Analysis

Understand which technology areas are trending toward maturity, and compare the differential contributions of industry and academia over time.

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Organization Profiles

View the complete technology and innovation portfolios of universities, research institutions, corporations, startups, and more.

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The Most Comprehensive Innovation Search Platform

400M+ Searchable Innovation Records
90+ Countries' Patent Offices
145M+ Scientific Publications
4M+ Research Grants
2M+ Startups
58K+ Licensable Technologies

"[Wellspring] provides the largest amount of pre-integrated data from proprietary data sources for clients to use as well as advanced analytics that create deep insights."

The Forrester WaveTMInnovation Management Platforms, Q1 2020

Get Visibility Across the Global Knowledge Supply Chain