InnoCentive and the Humanitarian Innovation Fund Collaborate to Reduce the Health and Disease Risks Associated with Inadequate Waste Treatment

TAGS: Not for Profit, Open Innovation, Social Innovation

Waltham, Mass. – May 9, 2012 – InnoCentive, Inc., the pioneer in open innovation and crowdsourcing, and the Humanitarian Innovation Fund (HIF), today announced a Challenge to find easy-to-use, economical, and innovative waste management solutions that will reduce the health risks related to inadequate containment or decontamination of human waste during emergency or disaster response situations.

InnoCentive and the New York & New Jersey Minority Supplier Development Council Collaborate to Drive Innovation among Minority Business Owners

TAGS: Government, Innovation, Not for Profit

Waltham, Mass. – May 8, 2012 – InnoCentive, Inc., the pioneer in open innovation, crowdsourcing, and prize competitions, and the New York & New Jersey Minority Supplier Development Council (The Council), today announced a Challenge seeking to identify innovative products and services that drive sustainability, create supply chain efficiencies, and benefit urban and rural communities and business owners.

ACCION Partners with InnoCentive to Increase Microloans to Small Businesses

Waltham, Mass. – April 17, 2012 – ACCION Texas, Inc. (ATI), the largest non-profit micro-lender in the United States, and InnoCentive, the pioneer in open innovation, crowdsourcing, and prize competitions, today announced a Challenge seeking a new tool to more accurately evaluate micro-loan applicants who may lack traditional credit history.

EMC, EDF and InnoCentive Launch New Eco-Challenge for Crowdsourced Solutions to Key E-Waste Issue

Waltham, Mass. – April 4, 2012 – EMC Corporation, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and InnoCentive, Inc., the pioneer in open innovation, crowdsourcing, and prize competitions, today announced a new Eco-Challenge seeking solutions for tracking shipments of used electronic components and subsystems and ensuring that they are disposed of responsibly.

InnoCentive Announces Enhanced Collaboration Tools for Problem Solvers

TAGS: Crowdsourcing

Waltham, Mass. – April 2, 2012 – InnoCentive, Inc., the pioneer in open innovation, crowdsourcing, and prize competitions, today announced the release of several new tools that empower the diverse and global community of over 250,000 problem Solvers to form specialized teams to tackle some of the world’s toughest Challenges.

InnoCentive and The Economist Announce the Winner of a Challenge to Promote Transparency in Governments

TAGS: Crowdsourcing, Open Innovation

Waltham, Mass. - March 28, 2012 - InnoCentive, Inc., the pioneer in open innovation, crowdsourcing, and prize competitions, along with The Economist, today announced the winner of The Economist-InnoCentive Transparency Challenge. Ben Skowera, an Associate at SEI Investments presented his solution at the Ideas Economy: Innovation event on March 28th in Berkeley, California.

InnoCentive and the Sandler-Kenner Foundation Join Forces to Fight Pancreatic Cancer

TAGS: Not for Profit

Waltham, Mass. – March 6, 2012 – InnoCentive, Inc., the pioneer in open innovation and crowdsourcing, and the Sandler-Kenner Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer today announced the launch of a Challenge seeking new approaches for diagnosing pancreatic cancer in its early stages, when the likelihood of patient survival is highest.

CEA, EDF and InnoCentive Announce Winners for Open Innovation Eco-Challenge to Tackle Leaded Glass from TVs, Monitors

TAGS: Crowdsourcing, Not for Profit

Waltham, Mass. February 28, 2012 - The Consumer Electronics Association® (CEA), Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and InnoCentive, the pioneer in crowdsourcing and open innovation, today announced the winners of an Eco-Challenge to develop compelling economic and environmentally preferable solutions for recycling old cathode ray tube (CRT) televisions and monitors.

InnoCentive, GlobalGiving, and Rockefeller Foundation Advance Open Innovation Solutions to World’s Water Challenges

TAGS: Crowdsourcing, Not for Profit, Open Innovation

Waltham, Mass. – February 7, 2012 – InnoCentive, Inc., the pioneer in open innovation and crowdsourcing, today announced the final phase of the “Global Giveback Challenge Series,” a collaboration launched two years ago between InnoCentive, GlobalGiving, and the Rockefeller Foundation to find solutions to dire water-related problems in developing countries.

InnoCentive Acquires OmniCompete Limited

Waltham, Mass. – February 6, 2012 – InnoCentive, Inc., the pioneer in open innovation and crowdsourcing, today announced its acquisition of UK-based OmniCompete Limited. Best known for its annual Global Security Challenge, OmniCompete has executed nearly two dozen high-profile Challenges throughout its history in the areas of security, energy, healthcare, and cloud computing.