Technology Scouting for Enterprise

Navigate complex technology landscapes before competitors do

R&D teams face technology challenges that span multiple industries and scientific disciplines. The most successful teams systematically map their complete solution landscape before committing resources, discovering breakthrough approaches that competitors miss.

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Scouting

How breakthrough technologies get discovered

Our roadmapping process begins with a comprehensive Technology Overview that maps all potential solutions to your requirements. This first step ensures you see the full innovation landscape before committing resources.

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Start with function, not solution

Teams that achieve breakthrough results define their challenge by function rather than searching for specific technologies. This approach reveals solution paths from unexpected industries that achieve the same outcome through different methods.

Map the complete landscape

Successful teams systematically explore how their required function is achieved across scientific disciplines, industry sectors, and patent databases. This comprehensive approach ensures no viable solution path gets overlooked.

Combine human insight with AI precision

The most reliable results come from combining domain expertise with AI-powered analysis. Teams that validate findings through both human judgment and systematic processing achieve higher accuracy than either approach alone.

Visual mapping

That shows relationships between different solution approaches

Scouting process

Our technology scouting

Scope

Define your innovation challenge and map possible routes

Overview

Identify 30-90 relevant technologies using systematic search

Evaluate

Review and select the most promising opportunities as a team

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What successful technology scouting achieves

Once you've identified promising paths from your Technology Overview, our Technology Intelligence phase helps you make informed decisions about which technologies truly meet your requirements.

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See the complete
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Teams that map their complete solution landscape before committing resources avoid the painful discovery of superior alternatives after they've already invested millions in suboptimal paths.

Make faster, better decisions

When teams can see all viable innovation routes upfront, they eliminate dead-end projects in weeks rather than months, directing resources toward approaches with the highest probability of breakthrough success.

Build on existing knowledge

Every R&D challenge has been partially solved somewhere in science, patents, or industry. Teams that systematically build on existing solutions reach breakthrough innovations faster than those who start from first principles.

Prevent re-inventing the wheel

Build on existing knowledge rather than starting from scratch!

“Findest helps you quickly grasp a new area that you’re not an expert in. Further, when you and a colleague are converging on similar research, you will see it early and work better together.”

Dimitris Lykomitros
Technology Intelligence Scout

Customer testimonials

"Findest is super when you have a technical problem."

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Innovation Director

“Don’t do the work yourself when Findest can easily do it.”

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Innovation manager

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Corporate Librarian at ENGINE Laborelec

Get a fresh perspective on your R&D challenge

Our scouts have seen thousands of R&D challenges across every industry. Share yours and get insights that might change how you approach the problem.

What to expect:
Understanding your specific challenge and context
Discussion of how comprehensive exploration could help
Insights from similar challenges we've solved
R&D teams trust us:

3,000

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Completed projects

400

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Companies served

88

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Recommendation rate

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