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 Fortune 500 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!
Partner Spotlight
SPROCKIT + Cannes Next Host Inaugural Innovation Investment Summit | May 2024
Next Tech on the Beach
Plage des Palmes
Cannes, France
In partnership with Cannes Next and Marché du Film, SPROCKIT brought together top industry leaders for Next Tech on the Beach — an exclusive, invitation-only summit at the intersection of innovation, investment, and opportunity.
Held during the iconic 2024 Cannes Film Festival, this curated experience united the most influential investors, M&A executives, emerging tech startups, and global innovators for meaningful conversations and game-changing connections. Designed to spotlight breakthrough technologies and foster strategic partnerships, the event delivered a dynamic platform to accelerate innovation across media, entertainment, and beyond.
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SPROCKIT has worked with industry leaders from 60+ Media, Entertainment and Technology companies.
What People Are Saying
“I see SPROCKIT as an ecosystem play whereby the startup community can really drive that innovation and then we can leverage it.”
— FOX
“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 the place where we find innovation.”
— Samsung
SPROCKIT by the Numbers
$3.8B+
Raised by Startups
30
Annual Startups
55
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 Sync meeting in October.
To learn more, please email startups@sprockit.com.