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Novable EventScout

Startup Scouting Tailored to your Innovation Needs

Corporate innovation is evolving rapidly, with open innovation, ecosystem partnerships, and venture building among today’s top trends. At Novable, we stay at the forefront, helping corporates identify disruptive startups, new business models, and opportunities for long-term success.

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    A true accelerator for trade show season. Novable’s EventScout significantly reduces the time required to identify which companies on a massive floor plan are actually mature enough for our strategic themes.

    J. F.
    Innovation Project Manager for an International Telecommunications leader
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    To stay state-of-the-art, we need to know what’s happening outside our internal bubble. EventScout acts as a remote lens for global events, benchmarking companies we might otherwise miss if we only walked the halls ourselves, this helps us work with our budgets in a much smarter way.

    C. K.
    Head of Innovation of Energy & Utilities giant in EU
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Unlocking value with EventScout

From a 100-vendor fair to a 10,000-company expo, EventScout scales to your needs, giving you the context and control you need.

Time savings

Novable’s AI delivers a curated shortlist within days, eliminating weeks spent filtering thousands of exhibitors.

Scalability

Whether the fair has 100 or 10,000 exhibitors, the same approach scales seamlessly with the event complexity.

Better insights

DeepMatching™ surfaces what each startup really does and why it aligns with your strategy, not just a name and booth number.

Cost efficiency

By replacing travel and generic lists, EventScout provides richer intelligence at comparable or lower cost, leaving you with a clear go or no-go decision.

Relevance over quantity

DeepMatching™  and Novable Analysts focus on the best fits and improves with feedback, so only the most promising companies surface.

 

Customisation

You choose the topics and depth of scouting, with the option to add dashboards, extra briefs or outreach as needed.

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    EventScout successfully bridges the gap between an overwhelming exhibitor list and a strategic plan. The ‘human touch’ in validating the booth activities ensures we don’t waste time on generic profiles, but rather on high-impact Supply Chain matches.

    D. D.
    Global Scouting & Open Innovation Team for Forbes 50 in FMCG
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    Before, we visited about 50 booths at Slush. With Novable’s EventScout, we only had to go around 15 booths, and the matching rate exceeded out target by over 25%! Curious to see how EventScout results turn out for even bigger events.

    P. A. G.
    Innovation Accelerator Lead for Fortune 500 in FMCG leaders
CORE OFFERING

1. Getting the data

Each component plays a specific role in turning raw exhibitor data into strategic insight for your organisation.

Exhibitor scraping & enrichment

Novable obtains exhibitor lists from public sources or event organisers and enriches profiles with firmographics, innovation-relevance scores and contact information.

DeepMatching™ Campaigns

Using client-defined briefings, Novable runs AI & Novable Analyst DeepMatching™ Campaigns to identify the top-fitting startups within the exhibitor dataset.

Event dashboard & analytics

An interactive dashboard summarises the event landscape: exhibitors by geography, industry, maturity, funding and trending keywords – with expert comments and summaries.

CORE OFFERING

2. Acting on results

Novable synthesises results into actionable recommendations, optional outreach and detailed startup deep-dives.

Recommendations

A ranked shortlist with one-paragraph summaries, relevance scores, reasons for fit, recommended talking points, and a proposed visit schedule.

Outreach (optional)

Novable can contact recommended startups to set up meetings on your behalf if needed. Priced separately.

Startup deep-dive

Detailed qualitative and quantitative analysis including technology maturity, product–market fit, financial health and strategic alignment.

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    EventScout goes far beyond a simple SaaS tool. It was so helpful to get a curated ‘Golden Basket’ of exhibitors delivered right before an event, with expert comments telling us exactly why each one matters to our roadmap. Amazing!

    K. S.
    Open Innovation Manager of Consumer Electronics leader
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    For high-stakes sectors like additive manufacturing, generic event lists are useless. EventScout filtered the noise of the exhibition, delivering innovators that specifically addressed our digital thread and predictive analytics needs, we are going to use this service again!

    A. S.
    Head of Strategy for Nuclear Technology leader

Process & timeline

A tailored yet structured process ensuring a perfect blend of quality and peace of mind.

Step 1 Kick-off & briefing

Clarify event scope, gather your priorities and agree on deliverables.

Step 2 Data acquisition & enrichment

Scrape exhibitor lists, enrich profiles with internal and external data.

Step 3 DeepMatching™ Campaigns

Run campaigns per topic, delivering your first Golden Basket within two days.

Step 4 Dashboard production

You get an interactive dashboard with summarised key metrics and DeepMatching™ + Novable Analyst results.

Step 5 Final presentation

We walk through the shortlist, discuss recommendations and align on your next steps.

Step 6 Post-event debrief

We review outcomes, update the dataset with new learnings and discuss follow-up.

Ready to turn your next event into a strategic advantage?

Whether you’re attending or scouting remotely, EventScout gives you the intelligence edge. Let’s talk about your next event.

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