Press Releases

InnoCentive Awards Prizes for Third Annual Crowdsourcing Video Challenge

WALTHAM, MA — 03/03/10 — InnoCentive, Inc., the world leader in open innovation, today announced the winners of its third annual marketing video Challenge. Andrew Patterson of Edmond, Oklahoma, David J. Michael of Rockford, Illinois and Jason Harper of Rocklin, California won $7,500 USD, $1,500 USD and $1,000 USD respectively for placing first, second and [...]

InnoCentive and Harvard Catalyst, The Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center, Embrace Prize-based Innovation to Further Health-related Academic Research and Medical Advances

First Crowdsourced Challenge Focuses on Type 1 Diabetes
WALTHAM, Mass. - February 4, 2010 - InnoCentive, Inc., the world leader in open innovation, today announced it is working with Harvard Catalyst, The Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center, to launch a series of Web-based innovation Challenges. This new one-year research program is aimed at investigating [...]

InnoCentive, GlobalGiving and the Rockefeller Foundation Partner to Find Open Innovation Solutions to World’s Water Challenges

Organizations Crowdsource Problems, Solutions and Funding for First Time; InnoCentive Posts 1,000th Challenge in New GlobalGiveback Innovation Challenge Set
WALTHAM, MA–(Marketwire - January 27, 2010) - InnoCentive, Inc., the world leader in open innovation, today announced that it is partnering with GlobalGiving and the Rockefeller Foundation to help several GlobalGiving partner organizations find solutions to [...]

InnoCentive Expands Open Innovation Operations to Europe

Opens First European Office in Munich, Germany
WALTHAM, Mass. - January 19, 2010 - InnoCentive, Inc., the world leader in open innovation, today announced the opening of a new office in Munich, Germany.  With a staff of professionals actively focused on supporting European clients and driving new business opportunities, InnoCentive looks to soon make additional [...]

InnoCentive and NASA Offer Global Community Opportunity to Advance U.S. Space Program

New NASA Open Innovation Challenge Pavilion Leverages Crowdsourcing to Improve Health and Performance of Astronauts

WALTHAM, Mass. - January 13, 2009 - InnoCentive, Inc., the open innovation provider, and NASA Johnson Space Center’s (JSC) Space Life Sciences Directorate (SLSD) today announced a new NASA Open Innovation Pavilion providing the public with the opportunity to solve [...]

InnoCentive Names Academics Thomas W. Malone and Paul R. Carlile to Strategic Advisory Board

Professors’ Expertise in Organizational Behavior and Collective Intelligence Brings Valuable Insight Into the Future Impact of Open Innovation
WALTHAM, MA–(Marketwire - December 21, 2009) - InnoCentive, Inc., the world leader in open innovation, today announced the appointment of two new members to its Strategic Advisory Board: Professor Thomas W. Malone, Patrick J. McGovern professor of management [...]

InnoCentive Posts First Challenge in the InnoCentive for Startups Program to Crowdsource New Business Opportunities

Precyse Technologies Inc.  Launches Three Stage Open Innovation Challenge to Identify Partners, Develop Solutions and Sell into Fortune 500 Companies
WALTHAM, Mass. - December 14, 2009 - InnoCentive, Inc., the world leader in open innovation, today announced its first Challenge with the InnoCentive for Startups program announced earlier this year. Precyse Technologies is [...]

InnoCentive Challenge-based innovation yields 74% Return on Investment

Independent Study Recognizes the Economic Value of Incentive-based Problem Solving

WALTHAM, Mass. - October 28, 2009 - InnoCentive, Inc., the world leader in open innovation, today announced that global consumer goods company SCA has achieved a Return on Investment (ROI) of 74 percent with payback in less than three months as a result of posting [...]

InnoCentive Empowers Major U.S. Cities to Innovate through Crowdsourcing and Innovation Prizes

City of Boston First to Tap into Power of Open Innovation Network
WALTHAM, Mass. - October 14, 2009 - InnoCentive, Inc., the world leader in crowdsourcing and prize-based innovation, today announced a new initiative, to empower the nation’s largest cities to affect change through open innovation. With access to the creative and collaborative power of InnoCentive’s [...]

InnoCentive Expands Support for Startup Businesses with New Offering

InnoCentive for Startups Makes Breakthrough Innovation Accessible and Affordable for Emerging Growth Companies
WALTHAM, Mass. - October 13, 2009 - InnoCentive, Inc., the world leader in open innovation, today announced the availability of a new tailored open innovation solution for companies in the startup phase of development:  InnoCentive for Startups.  Startup companies are often constrained [...]