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Pinpoint the most promising startups with insights from 29,500+ trends and technologies including AI, renewable energy, sustainability, and next-gen software to secure your competitive advantage.
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Urgent Need for a Strategic Partner for Digital Healthcare Application Development A Fortune 500 company set out to develop a digital healthcare application that could leverage image analysis technology to measure human height and weight accurately. Initially, the company partnered with an external entity to co-develop this solution, but the

Exploring Key Players, Innovation Challenges, and Investment Prospects for a Profitable Market Entry The technology strategy team at a leading energy firm was tasked with evaluating the potential of entering the Redox Flow Battery (RFB) market, i.e., to know whether the entry will be sustainable, frictionless, and profitable in the

Our Methodology: How We Scout
Our systematic approach ensures comprehensive coverage and actionable insights for your technology scouting initiatives.
Strategic Alignment
We begin by understanding your innovation goals, technology gaps, and strategic priorities to create a targeted scouting framework.
- Patent landscape analysis
- Academic research monitoring
- Startup ecosystem tracking
Comprehensive Mapping
Our experts map the global startup ecosystem using proprietary databases and advanced analytics to identify relevant opportunities.
- Custom relevance scoring
- Technology readiness assessment
- Commercial viability analysis
Deep Due Diligence
We conduct thorough technical and commercial assessments, analyzing IP portfolios, team capabilities, and market potential.
- Expert analysis reports
- Competitive benchmarking
- Risk-benefit assessment
Strategic Recommendations
Receive detailed reports with actionable insights, partnership recommendations, and risk assessments for each opportunity.
- Executive summaries
- Implementation roadmaps
- Ongoing monitoring
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Our core strengths. Vouched by 1000+ clients
Expertise: Get Experts On-Board
Bridge the gap with expert feedback, ensuring your decisions are backed by industry insights.
Strategy: Goal-specific, Impact-driven.
Embark on a purpose-driven winning course of action. Drive real impact with problem-specific plans.
Agility: Quick, Easy, Best-In-Breed Research.
Say goodbye to data overload. Get crystallized research that simplifies complex insights to share easily with your team.
Exhaustive: Apply cross-Industry Expertise
Tap into cross-industry knowledge for fresh perspectives and accelerated growth.
Industries We Serve
Our startup scouting expertise spans across diverse industries, delivering sector-specific insights and opportunities.
Technology & Software
AI, quantum computing, cybersecurity, and emerging software platforms.
Automotive & Mobility
Electric vehicles, autonomous driving, and next-gen transportation solutions.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Digital health, biotechnology, medical devices, and pharmaceutical innovations.
Energy & Utilities
Renewable energy, smart grids, energy storage, and sustainability technologies.
Manufacturing & Industry 4.0
IoT, robotics, automation, and smart manufacturing solutions.
Consumer Electronics
Wearables, smart devices, AR/VR, and next-generation consumer tech.
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GreyB's Comprehensive Technology Scouting Services
Technology Analysis
Make sense of complex data across patents, products, science, and competitors. Our in-depth analysis helps you uncover emerging trends, validate opportunities, and de-risk innovation decisions.
Supplier Scouting
Need reliable partners to bring your ideas to life? We identify and evaluate suppliers with the right capabilities, certifications, and scale to support your R&D or manufacturing goals.
Startup Scouting
Whitespace Analysis
Market Research
Competitive Analysis
Have a Custom Scouting Need?
Not all innovation needs fit in a box—and we get that. If you’re exploring something unique or need to scout a niche technology, startup, or supplier, we’ll tailor a custom project just for you. Whether it’s for a strategic pivot or a next-gen R&D plan, we’ll help you move forward with clarity.
Exceptional Team, Rewarding Results.
GreyB’s team brought a refreshingly interactive approach to our 5G wireless invalidation project. I wasn’t used to it, but it worked well. Arjun kept things organized and on track. Preetika, the technical lead, was well-prepared with highlighted passages during our
The simple language summaries are a game-changer for communicating with clients. They understand the patents without getting lost in legal terminology.
As a patent litigator, I need to quickly assess prior art. Global Patent Search AI consistently surfaces the most relevant patents in the top results, saving countless hours.
This tool has dramatically reduced the time I spend on preliminary patent searches. The summaries are remarkably accurate and help me quickly determine relevance.
If I were to give you a testimonial, I will praise for your reporting format especially the level of detail you can capture in the analysis. Another aspect that struck a chord with me is how the file history was
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Our corporate team has 4 divisions and we need a lot of work on the business use of patent data (Patent-Informatics). I got impressed with your dashboard capabilities, especially when you can ensure the accuracy of data behind the dashboard
I don’t have much to add, most of my requirements are about good quality invalidation search as that’s what our firm is specialized in doing. The star point for me in your capability and services is how well you extend
Arjun and his team delivered top-notch service on the invalidation search project. They kept us informed throughout the process and provided very useful interim reports with high quality technical discussions to achieve an excellent result. It was a seamless project

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