--- title: "Home" url: https://www.yet2.com/ date: 2022-03-19 modified: 2026-10-23 lang: en author: "Dan Burke" description: "Open Innovation Consulting and Technology Scouting Services Igniting Innovation Open Innovation & Technology Scouting Consultants Get in touch Near-Term Topic-Specific Scouting yet2’s Near-Term Topic-Specific Scouting service offers a focused, efficient..." word_count: 599 --- # Home # Open Innovation Consulting and Technology Scouting Services Igniting Innovation Open Innovation & Technology Scouting Consultants [ Get in touch ](https://www.yet2.com/contact/) ![](https://www.yet2.com/wp-content/uploads/Yet2-Icons_1-resized2.png) ## Near-Term Topic-Specific Scouting *yet2’s *Near-Term Topic-Specific Scouting service offers a focused, efficient approach to technology scouting tailored to your needs and timelines. By going deep on technologies, startups, or innovations through anonymous outreach, we provide you with actionable insights necessary to make more-informed decisions with confidence and speed. [ Learn More ](/services/technology-scouting/near-term-topic-specific-scouting/) ![](https://www.yet2.com/wp-content/uploads/Yet2-Icons_3-resized2.png) ## Long-Term
 Technology Scouting Innovation isn't just about reacting to the present—it's about preparing for the future. *yet2’s* Long-term Technology Scouting & Strategy service is designed to help you stay ahead of the curve, identifying opportunities and threats from emerging technologies and trends that will shape your industry in the future. [ Learn More ](/services/technology-scouting/long-term-technology-scouting-strategy/) ![](https://www.yet2.com/wp-content/uploads/Yet2-Icons_2-resized2.png) ## Open Innovation
 Consulting *yet2’s*  Open Innovation Consulting services provides the expertise and strategic guidance needed to successfully integrate External Innovation into your business. We partner closely with your teams through direct Deal Faciliation support and our robust Open Innovation Training course to share best practices and make your teams smarter. [ Learn More ](/services/open-innovation-consulting) ## Proven Success ![haleon](https://www.yet2.com/wp-content/uploads/haleon-300x195.jpg) ![12897307](https://www.yet2.com/wp-content/uploads/12897307.png) ![download](https://www.yet2.com/wp-content/uploads/download-300x108.png) ![csl_logo_rgb_highres_72](https://www.yet2.com/wp-content/uploads/csl_logo_rgb_highres_72-300x175.png) ![Opella_Workmark_Bold-Green_RGB-1](https://www.yet2.com/wp-content/uploads/Opella_Workmark_Bold-Green_RGB-1-300x125.png) ![image002 (1)](https://www.yet2.com/wp-content/uploads/image002-1-300x40.png) ![pepsiconewlogo](https://www.yet2.com/wp-content/uploads/pepsiconewlogo.png) ## Active Projects [ Explore All Projects ](/active-projects) ## Our Work [ See More Case Studies ](/case-studies) ## Industries ## Who We Are *yet2* are experts at harnessing Open Innovation to drive growth within your innovation strategy. From our roots as an open innovation marketplace (the original crowdsourcing platform) *yet2 *have evolved to become expert Open Innovation consultants with proven services and methodologies for enabling clients to execute Open Innovation successfully. [ Our Approach ](/about/) [ Meet The Team ](/about/team/) Years of Open Innovation & Technology Scouting 0 + Technology solution providers in yet2's proprietary database 0 M+ Introductions successfully delivered to our clients 0 k+ Global marketplace subscribers and online network reach 0 k+ Annual Deals   0 + Success Rate 0 % yet2 by the numbers: 25+ years of Open Innovation & Technology Scouting. 5M+ technology solution providers in yet2's proprietary database. 10k+ introductions successfully delivered to our clients. 150k+ global marketplace subscribers and online network reach. 20+ annual deals. 92% success rate. ## Insights [ View All Insights ](/insights/) yet2 has published a whitepaper, Converting Year-End Budget into Next Year’s Competitive Advantage, for R&D and innovation teams facing a year-end deadline with money still unspent. It covers how use-it-or-lose-it budgets cost R&D more than the balance itself, why starting technology scouting in January leaves teams behind competitors, and how yet2’s EZ Button service addresses both. Click here for more information and to download the whitepaper. yet2 is a Diamond Sponsor of the Innovation Roundtable® Summit, held 3-5 November 2026 in Copenhagen. We will have a stand in the lobby, where breakfasts, breaks, lunches and receptions take place, and we will host a roundtable discussion on AI and open innovation. The Summit is now in its 12th edition and is open only to corporate innovation practitioners. Around 700 corporate executives from 300 global companies attend, across eight themes that include AI and data, startup collaboration and ecosystems, and managing and accelerating R&D. Nobody is there to pitch, which makes for better conversations on both sides. Our roundtable...   Discovering the right expert sounds simple until the subject gets genuinely technical. Suddenly, keyword searches stop working, platforms surface the same familiar names, and scouting teams are left trying to evaluate expertise outside their domain. In theory, AI and large expert platforms should make discovery easier. In practice, technical innovation rarely fits neatly into searchable categories. The most valuable experts are often difficult to find because their work spans industries, technologies, or highly specialized domains. That’s forcing organizations to rethink how expert discovery actually works. The future of expert discovery requires more than scale alone. It requires precision, trusted relationships,...