Fast Track to
InnoBuyer brings together big public and private organisations (Challengers) and innovative SMEs (Solvers) to jointly co-create innovative solutions, through a lean new model of innovation procurement.
FAST
Challengers and Solvers work together on innovative solutions to solve specific needs, and co-create a pilot in 10 months.
SPONSORED
The EU project provides a €1.5M fund to support this new model for innovation procurement.
SECURE
The InnoBuyer team facilitates and oversees the co-creation process all the way through.
We support Big Organisations (Challengers)....
Identify needs
Identify and describe unmet innovation needs in the organisation with the collaboration of experts and funding support (Get 10.000 EUR).
Find innovators
Identify solutions and providers for innovation challenge with the support of market consultation experts and funding support (Get 10.000 EUR).
Co-create solutions
Engage with an innovative SME to co-create a pilot tackling the organisation’s challenge, in a 10-month period, with funding support (Get up to 6.500 EUR).
Design Terms of Reference
Conceptualize and create ToR specifications for a simplified form of innovation procurement with experts’ support (Get 15.000 EUR).
We support innovative SMEs (Solvers) …
Connect with buyers
Meet public & private procurers and learn more about their unmet innovation needs.
Offer innovation
Propose innovative solutions to solve challenges proposed by big European organisations.
Co-create solutions
Develop a pilot in collaboration with a challenge proposer with coaching and funding support (65.000 EUR), in a period of 10 months.
Generate new businesses
Establish strong and long-lasting connections that enable generating new business or access to other potential customers.
The InnoBuyer programme
Challenger
(Public/Private Organisation)
Identifies challenge €10k for the Challenger
2 months
Applications closed on the 31st of March 2023 at 17:00 CET
Solver
(Innovative SME)
Proposes the solution €10k for the Challenger
6 months
Applications closed on the 6nd of June 2024 at 17:00 CET
Challenger & Solver
(Co-creation)
Pilot solution €6.5k for the Challenger €58.5k for the Solver
10 months
Ongoing
Challenger & Legal Expert
Procurement support €15k for the Challenger
9 months
Expected for 2024/2025
Procurement
Public tender after InnoBuyer journey