Open Innovation - Who helps?
Trust and fairness form the basis for open innovation processes. Insofar it is very important for the concrete project planning to have trustworthy partners to hand. For the first project, it is definitely an advantage to include external expertise in the planning. They help in the project planning, the selection of methods and tools, and bring their own experiences.
The following expert organisations, platform providers and intermediaries support innovation processes and projects from the outset:
OI consultation and intermediaries
- Directory of certified innovation experts: https://www.incite.at/de/expertinnen-mit-zertifikat/certified-innovation-experts/
- UBIT company directory for enterprise consultation: https://firmen.wko.at/Web/SearchPartner.aspx?CID=cfdf258b-0a0a-4102-9683-2e584993bcb5
- Supported enterprise consultation Vienna: https://www.wko.at/service/w/unternehmensfuehrung-finanzierung-foerderung/Gefoerderte_Unternehmensberatung.html
- Technology and innovation partners: https://www.wko.at/site/tip/TIP-Startseite.html
- Austrian Wirtschaftsservice: https://www.aws.at
- Austrian Research Promotion Agency: https://www.ffg.at/
- ITG Salzburg, focus on skills in open innovation (OIKS): https://www.itg-salzburg.at/
Crowdsourcing platforms and providers
German-speaking platform services
- Design suggestions/assessments: https://99designs.de
- Open Innovation Salzburg, https://www.openinnovation-salzburg.at/
- Hyve Crowd: https://www.hyvecrowd.com
- ISN - innovation service network: www.innovation.at
- Winnovation: https://www.winnovation.at/de
- The inventor: www.die-erfinder.com (German and English)
- OpenInnovation Südtirol: www.openinnovation-suedtirol.it
English-speaking platform services
- InnoCentive: www2.innocentive.com
- IdeaConnection: www.ideaconnection.com
- Yet2com: www.yet2.com
- NineSigma: www.ninesigma.com
- Connect2ideas: www.connect2ideas.com
- Innovaro: www.innovaro.com
- Innoget: www.innoget.com
- Your Encore: www.yourencore.com
Crowd-investing platforms
According to WKO, the following Austrian platforms are currently active in the crowd-investing sector (status as of 10/08/2019):
- www.1000x1000.at − specialises in innovation projects, SMEs and regions
- www.area2Invest.com − specialises in start-ups, SMEs, real estate and special projects
- www.beton-gold.at − specialises in real estate
- www.area2Invest.com − specialises in start-ups, SMEs, real estate and tourism projects
- www.crowd4climate.org − specialises in climate protection projects in developing countries
- www.crowd4energy.com − specialises in energy projects
- www.crowdfunding.at − specialises in reward projects
- www.dagobertinvest.at − specialises in established enterprises
- www.dasertragreich.at − crowd-investing for Austrian SMEs
- www.evercrowd.com − specialises in crowd-investing and crowd-funding
- www.finnest.com − specialises in successful medium-sized enterprises
- www.firstcap.eu − crowd-investing for financing start-ups and SMEs
- www.fundraizer.at − specialises in reward crowd-funding
- gemeinsam.noeregional.at − specialises in donor projects
- www.gemeinwohlprojekte.at/crowdfunding-fuer-gemeinwohl/ − specialises in public interest projects
- www.greenrocket.com − specialises in start-ups in the field of sustainability
- www.homerocket.com − specialises in real estate projects
- www.ibelieveinyou.at − specialises in donor projects in sport
- www.lionrocket.com − specialises in established enterprises
- mit.einander.at − specialises in donor projects
- www.regionalfunding.at − specialises in regional project in Lower Austria
- www.rendity.com − specialises in real estate projects
- www.respekt.net − specialises in donation projects
- www.reval.co.at − specialises in real estate
A respective list can be found here: https://www.wko.at/service/unternehmensfuehrung-finanzierung-foerderungen/Crowdfunding_fuer_oesterreichische_Unternehmen.html
Makerspaces and Labs
- Map of innovation labs especially for SMEs: http://www.labs4smes.eu
- Platform industry meets makers, https://www.industrymeetsmakers.com
- Do LaB - Create Experience Inspire, Saalfelden, http://thedolab.com
- Fabrication laboratory, http://fablab.spielraumfueralle.at
- Innovation laboratory Werkstättenhof, http://www.innovationslabor.at
- Grand Garage, Linz, https://grandgarage.eu/
- Happylab, Vienna-Salzburg-Berlin, https://happylab.at/de_vie/home
- Handwerkstadt Mödling, https://www.handwerkstadt.org
- Makerspace Carinthia, Kärnten, https://www.makerspace-carinthia.com
- Metalab, Vienna, https://metalab.at
- Maker Austria, Vienna, https://www.makeraustria.at
- Werkstätte Wattens, Tirol, https://www.werkstaette-wattens.at
Networks
- OpenInnovation.eu: www.openinnovation.eu/index.php
- OI-Initiative of the Austrian Federal Government: http://openinnovation.gv.at
- PFI - Platform for Innovation: http://www.pfi.or.at/
- European Network of Living Labs: https://enoll.org/network/living-labs
- Erasmus network for training in OI methods: https://oi-net.eu
- Hyve: https://www.hyve.net/de/