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Startup Evaluation

Cross-Industry Startup Sourcing

Identify cross-industry innovations to uncover relevant startups aligned with emerging developments and market opportunities.

Typical Run:44m 39s96 q&as288 sources3 agents
Designed For
  • Strategic Business Consultants advising clients on emerging innovation and investment opportunities.

  • Corporate Innovation Teams scouting for cross-industry trends and actionable startup solutions.

  • Market Expansion Managers evaluating startups for partnerships or expansion into adjacent industries.

  • Venture Capital Analysts identifying high-potential startups and transferable innovations across markets.

Built for Accuracy
  • Checks against hallucinations, confabulation, and maintains process quality

  • Cites every claim and provides a list of used sources

  • Autonomous execution based on your inputs and agent instructions

  • Asks follow-up questions autonomously

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Included in This App

Your Inputs
MARKETCONTEXT

Identify breakthrough innovations from other industries that can inspire transformation in your market. The flow scans adjacent and analogous sectors, selects recent high-impact developments, and evaluates their potential to be adapted for strategic advantage. Inputs: market (e.g., Maritime Logistics).

MARKET
2 agents

Identify and profile startups operating in a specified market to support corporate innovation, investment, and partnership decisions. The final output highlights startups with innovative models or enterprise-level clients, providing an actionable view of the market’s most relevant emerging players. Inputs: market (e.g., Technology) and context (e.g., focus on startups in seed stage).

CONTEXT
1 agent

$19

Per run

378

hours saved
FIFTHROW
~$19 · 44M 39S
ANALYSTS
~$11,400 · 378 HOURS
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Private data is saved in a separate per-account database and not added to any public reports. You own the results of your analysis.

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We have gone through multiple procurement processes that included legal, financial and technical assessments for US Fortune 500 companies.

Trusted By
NrgBridgestoneSwiss-ReSamsungForbesCiscoT-MobileE.ON

FifthRow played a key role in exploring the potential of venture ideas by automating the research activities and efficiently scaling our operations. We were able to assess the marketability and desirability of ideas.

Giacomo Manzoni

a2A, Corporate Venture Building team

Our new hire told us that in his previous job at our competitor they used FifthRow extensively and it was one of the most powerful tools in the innovation toolbox.

VP of Innovation

Sustainable Engineering Consultancy

We are re-doing all our innovation processes based on FifthRow.

Head of Innovation

French Energy company

Being enabled by this platform is making me 2-3x more productive.

Innovation Associate

F500 Insurance company

We have proven 5 viable B2C businesses in the past 10 months with FifthRow.

Director of Innovation

F500 Automotive company

FifthRow has upped the ante by turning venture studio into an AI-powered process. This will forever change the game.

ESTHER ELLER

FRMR TECHSTARS STUDIO

Having worked in Corporate Innovation, Strategy, & Investments over the years, FifthRow platform is a godsend for early investigative work. I have used the platform myself and it’s fantastic!

KARTIKAY CHAUDHRY – SENIOR MANAGER FOR NEW VENTURES

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