
ScoutinScience offers an AI-powered platform designed to assist Technology Transfer Offices (TTOs), governmental agencies, and investors in discovering innovative research and staying ahead of technological trends. The platform utilizes in-house developed AI and machine learning algorithms to analyze global publications, identifying research with high business potential. Key features include tailored filters for refining searches by domain, technology readiness level, and business potential score, as well as visualization tools for understanding research impact and facilitating collaboration with researchers. The company aims to double technology transfer by 2050, addressing challenges like rapid technological advancement and the overwhelming volume of research output by enabling proactive innovation scouting. They have worked with 22 organizations across 8 countries, analyzing over 225,400 papers.

ScoutinScience offers an AI-powered platform designed to assist Technology Transfer Offices (TTOs), governmental agencies, and investors in discovering innovative research and staying ahead of technological trends. The platform utilizes in-house developed AI and machine learning algorithms to analyze global publications, identifying research with high business potential. Key features include tailored filters for refining searches by domain, technology readiness level, and business potential score, as well as visualization tools for understanding research impact and facilitating collaboration with researchers. The company aims to double technology transfer by 2050, addressing challenges like rapid technological advancement and the overwhelming volume of research output by enabling proactive innovation scouting. They have worked with 22 organizations across 8 countries, analyzing over 225,400 papers.
What they do: AI and big-data platform that scouts scientific (pre-)publications to identify research with commercial and societal impact potential
Founded: 2020 (Enschede, The Netherlands)
Customers / targets: Technology transfer offices, research/knowledge institutions, and governmental agencies
Funding signal: Raised close to €1M (seed / growth funding, 2025); 819 Capital Partners listed as lead investor
Improving technology transfer and research commercialization by making it feasible to find and prioritize high-potential academic outputs amid large volumes of publications.
2020
Research analytics / Technology transfer
≈€1,000,000
Company announced follow-on support from 819 Capital and participation from several angel investors; separate communications also reference a seed investment from Lumana.
“Lead investor: 819 Capital Partners; additional funding reported from angel investors and Lumana”