SPROCKIT’s Global Open Innovation Platform
Fast-Tracked Innovation Discovery for Corporations and Startups Seeking Partnerships
Since 2013, SPROCKIT has been the trusted Global Open Innovation (OPENi) Platform where leading Media, Entertainment and Technology companies and the world’s top proven emerging tech startups meet to bring innovative products, services and revenue models to market through partnerships, investments and acquisitions.
What We Do
SPROCKIT begins with our corporate participants’ challenges and opportunities to globally source, vet and curate a cohort of proven startups offering market-tested products, services and solutions.Elite, emerging startups are invited to join the SPROCKIT program based on the ability to efficiently and effectively solve industry pain points and market readiness, providing immediate value to corporate participants.Curate, Collaborate + Capitalize.
A bespoke business development partner, SPROCKIT brings corporations + startups together at quarterly Sync meetings.
Syncs are half or full-day events featuring intimate 1:1 innovation discovery meetings.
Once held in-person at our corporate partners’ campuses, these meetings were successfully moved virtual, and have now returned to a combination of both in-person and virtual events.
It’s where we curate + connect startups and corporations, and they collaborate!
In the news….
SPROCKIT + Cannes Next Announced the Launch of Inaugural Innovation Investment Summit:
“Next Tech on the Beach”
Part of the Marché du Film - Festival de Cannes
May 16, 2024
Plage des Palmes
Cannes, France
Industry leaders were in Cannes to experience the ultimate convergence of minds and opportunities with Next Tech on the Beach, where the most influential deal-makers, investors, M&A executives, start-ups, and innovators gather for an exclusive summit. This invitation-only event was meticulously crafted to unveil a curated selection of innovation drivers and investment opportunities, specifically curated to inspire and facilitate groundbreaking partnerships.
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SPROCKIT has worked with industry leaders from 60+ Media, Entertainment and Technology companies.
What people are saying.
“Google appreciates the innovative approach SPROCKIT companies bring to the table. At each meeting, including SPROCKIT Sync SV at Google in Mountain View, we discover companies with solutions that can immediately address pressing needs in the media and technology space.”
“SPROCKIT is a place where we find innovation.”
— SamsungNEXT
“I see SPROCKIT as an ecosystem play whereby the startup community can really drive that innovation and then we can leverage it.”
— FOX
SPROCKIT by the Numbers
$2+ Billion
Raised by Startups
30
Annual Startups
33
Startup Exits
250+
Alumni Members
100s
of Deals Done
20+
Countries Represented
Powerhouse investors have invested in or acquired many SPROCKIT companies.
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We’re Recruiting Startups!
Are you interested in connecting and collaborating with Fortune 500 corporate executive decision makers? Can you efficiently and effectively solve industry pain points and provide immediate value to corporate partner’s bottom line?
If so, we’re currently recruiting new companies to join SPROCKIT’s startup program and participate in our next in-person OPENi Sync event this fall 2024.
To learn more, please email startups@sprockit.com.