Post a corporate
innovation challenge.
Get applications, for free.

Match with our vetted startup network by posting your innovation challenges and browsing our startup database.

Platform preview
 Startups in the database
 Challenges live right now
 Active corporate partners

Corporates who have run challenges with us

AB InBev
The Coca-Cola Company
P&G
Cargill
Ferrovial
Galp
Clariane
De Nora
CMPC
Mota-Engil

For corporates

Four steps from business need to signed pilot

You can start anywhere along the path. Post a challenge and let startups come to you, or scout the database yourself.

Step 1 of 4

Post your challenge

Start from the business need. Describe the problem you want solved and publish it. Your challenge becomes visible to the entire network, and any startup can apply. Unlimited challenges, no approval queue.

What a challenge contains

Descriptionthe business need
Partnership typepilot, co-development, licensing…
Custom questionswhat applicants must answer

Dealflow.eu track record

Six years matching startups with corporate innovation teams

Where we stand today, after years of hands-on startup scouting and end-to-end innovation programs.

35+Corporate innovation daysDesigned and run end-to-end, from framing through to pitch day
30%Pilot conversion rateShare of pilots that turned into a paid corporate engagement
WorldwideGlobal scouting reachStartups sourced across Europe, Asia and the Americas alike
Deep techDeep-tech expertiseCross-sector, from energy and industrials to food & beverage and beyond

Results

What one challenge actually produced

Anonymised outcomes from challenges run on the platform. Same pattern every time: a clear need in, a qualified shortlist out.

Belgium
Logistics groupLogistics & supply chain · Belgium
Challenges posted3
Applications received24
Introductions11
Time live4 wks
Global
FMCG groupConsumer goods · Global
Challenges posted3
Applications received32
Introductions15
Time live6 wks
France
Medical groupMedtech & healthcare · France
Challenges posted1
Applications received5
Introductions3
Time live1 wk

Pricing

Posting your challenges is free.
You only pay to make us proactive.

The free package is genuinely usable. Paid packages exist for when you want us actively sourcing rather than waiting for applications.

Always free

Free package

€0on every challenge you post
  • Unlimited challenges, published to the entire network
  • No cap on applications: any startup can apply
  • 5 intro requests from the database every month
  • Dealflow stays reactive: we publish, we don't push

Proactive scouting

Fixed fee, scoped on a call
  • Lock in a guaranteed number of applications to your challenge
  • Or a guaranteed number of database intros
  • We do the outreach, with a dedicated account manager