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Open Innovation

Startup Scouting

Finds and qualifies startups that address a strategic priority. It scores the companies worth pursuing, with proof, uncertainty, and one question for the next conversation, and records everyone else once with a role, a reason, and a trigger when the company is still open. The result is a sourced decision page that helps a partnerships lead choose who to approach for a partnership, pilot, or separate evaluation. It does not run recurring monitoring, investment diligence, technical certification, or outreach.

Typical Run:
13m 8s
8 q&as
167 sources
1 agent
Designed For
  • Innovation Strategy Teams Building reusable startup universes, watchlists, and prioritization frameworks across emerging technology themes.

  • Corporate Innovation Leads Scouting startups against defined briefs, geographies, and evidence standards for partnership decisions.

  • Strategic Partnership Teams Comparing qualified startups for pilots, commercial collaborations, and structured evaluation conversations.

  • Business Unit Executives Seeking evidence-backed startup options aligned with market priorities, geography, and operating needs.

  • Corporate Development Teams Needing source-linked diligence candidates with transparent scoring, confidence notes, and recommendation triggers.

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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  • PDF

  • Public Link

Included in This App

Your Inputs
COMPANY
SCOUTING_BRIEF
GEOGRAPHY

Startup Discovery and Evidence Ledger

Discover and triage startups with company search and online search. Use Answers only to close a material proof gap on Act companies. The buyer page has a rich decision set for Act and a compact coverage table for Watch and Exclude. Every researched company appears once.

COMPANYSCOUTING_BRIEFGEOGRAPHY
1 agent

315

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13M 8S
ANALYSTS
315 HOURS
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No Training on Private data

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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.

SOC2 & GDPR compliant

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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