DataScouts

DataScouts is a software platform that combines data, artificial intelligence, and human expertise to provide market insights and support strategic decision-making. According to the vendor, this solution is suitable for companies of all sizes, from startups to large enterprises. It is utilized by various professionals and industries, including business analysts, innovation managers, business development managers, ecosystem thinkers, and technology and innovation professionals.

Key Features

Scouting Platform: According to the vendor, the Scouting Platform leverages artificial intelligence to search through a pool of databases and find relevant cases and innovative business models based on assigned scores for data-driven inspiration.

Monitoring Platform: The Monitoring Platform allows users to map out, screen, and track prospects, customers, competitors, and potential business partners. According to the vendor, it provides continuous insights to identify new potential and exploit business opportunities.

Crowdsourcing Platform: With the Crowdsourcing Platform, users can identify stakeholders, establish contacts, and form collaborations. The vendor claims that it harnesses collective intelligence to find solutions to business or social issues and facilitates knowledge sharing and collaboration beyond company boundaries.

Automatic Data Stream: According to the vendor, the Automatic Data Stream feature continuously gathers and aggregates data from multiple sources, such as financial performance, investments, funding, shareholders, company size, locations, and target market. It enriches data using predefined parameters and assigns scores for objective criteria, ensuring a continuous stream of incoming information.

Relationship Mapping: The Relationship Mapping feature allows users to map connections between stakeholders and analyze relationships. According to the vendor, it helps identify key players and their roles in the ecosystem and visualize networks and relationships to understand the dynamics of the ecosystem.

Customized Research: The Customized Research feature enables users to stay updated with the latest news, developments, and industry trends by customizing research through the selection of relevant sources. According to the vendor, it helps monitor competitor activities and emerging opportunities, improve data strategies with interactive training sessions, and access global news sources.

Workflow Solution: The Workflow Solution feature allows users to rapidly search through a large pool of databases, filter and select technical developments and innovations, and rank search results based on relevance or assigned scores. According to the vendor, it provides a data-driven approach to inspire the innovation process and achieve sound results.

Data Visualization: According to the vendor, the Data Visualization feature allows users to visualize the ecosystem with maps and graphs. It helps analyze the density and interconnectedness between actors, identify key players and dealmakers in the network, and gain situational awareness with visual representations of data.

Automatic Enrichment & Classification: The Automatic Enrichment & Classification feature automatically gathers facts, figures, news, social buzz, and more. According to the vendor, it classifies and organizes data based on specific criteria and benchmarks portfolios of similar companies.

Interactive Reporting: The Interactive Reporting feature allows users to generate reports based on the collected data and customize them to focus on specific metrics or insights. According to the vendor, it enables sharing reports with stakeholders for informed decision-making and staying up-to-date with the latest trends and developments in the industry.