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Top 20 Open innovation platforms based in the United States

RevenueBase identified 57 open innovation platforms headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 712 professional contacts across them, including 209 with verified work emails. San Francisco is the largest hub.

This list covers open innovation platforms headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 29, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 29, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
57Companies
712Contacts tracked
209Verified emails
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The 20 largest open innovation platforms based in the United States

Ranked by team size
Top 20 of 57 open innovation platforms based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 29, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to open innovation platforms: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Partial evidenceChicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5095 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Halo is a partnering platform that helps corporate R&D teams discover new technologies, build relationships with the researchers and startups behind them, and more efficiently…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
2Strong evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-20092 contacts →

Strong evidence

“IdeaScale is a leading #Innovation platform.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
3Strong evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-20081 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Mind the Bridge is a global open innovation platform that empowers economies through entrepreneurship and innovation.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
4Partial evidenceStamford, CT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-20069 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Managing innovation at a large company is never easy.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
5Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-20066 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Brightidea is the #1 Customer Rated Idea Management platform on the market.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
6Indirect evidenceWaltham, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5040 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“yet2 operates at the hub of the global technology marketplace.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
7Strong evidenceSan Jose, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5039 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Kambria is an Open innovation platform for Deep Tech (AI, Robotics, Blockchain, VR/AR, IoT…).”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
8Strong evidenceSan Jose, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-20016 contacts →

Strong evidence

“KIC Silicon Valley is a Global Innovation Platform where Innovation crosses Global.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
9Strong evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5015 contacts →

Strong evidence

“EarlyBirds is a near real-time Open Innovation and Industrial Intelligence ecosystem helping organizations discover global technologies, solve complex challenges, and accelerate…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
10Partial evidenceDurham, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-1010 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We are on a mission to democratize innovation.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
11Indirect evidenceMilwaukee, WI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-508 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Ideawake helps companies double the ROI they're achieving from crowdsourcing the ideas of employees, customers, and partners while cutting the time it takes to manage ideas in…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
12Partial evidenceMiddletown, DE, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-107 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Idea Morph is an AI powered co-creation platform that helps organizations and entrepreneurs turn customer signals into validated decisions.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
13Partial evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-503 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Ideation enables you to capture, protect, manage, confidentially market and commercialize your innovation.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
14Indirect evidenceHouston, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-103 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Xrathus helps organizations move from ideas to measurable outcomes.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
15Indirect evidenceDenver, CO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-103 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Delivering a successful, tailored OI capability through the orchestration of data, technology and people means co-creating the journey from start to finish.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
16Partial evidenceSaint Paul, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-102 contacts →

Partial evidence

“HelloIgnite, a Press Ganey company, connects frontline innovation to corporate innovation through tried-and-true strategies delivered on an enterprise-grade, customizable…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
17Strong evidenceCharlotte, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-101 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Background: Open Innovation Works is a unique open innovation professional services firm with a clear goal of helping clients successfully leverage open innovation best practices…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
18Partial evidenceMercer Island, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-101 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Incubation Partners is a leader in innovation management solutions and services.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
19Partial evidenceTampa, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-101 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Technology ideation serves as a driving force in the discovery and development of groundbreaking innovations and unexpected collaborations.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
20Partial evidenceAtlanta, GA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-101 contacts →

Partial evidence

“InspireIP drives innovation.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026

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Open innovation platforms based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 29, 2026
29.4%Verified-email coverage
12.5Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
12.3%Largest-city concentration · San Francisco
Sep 29, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
33
11-50
15
51-200
8
501-1,000
1

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 57 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among open innovation platforms, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “open innovation platforms”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names open innovation platforms), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among open innovation platforms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 209 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 29, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names open innovation platforms, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many open innovation platforms are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 57 open innovation platforms headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

HALO, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most open innovation platforms?

San Francisco leads with 7 headquartered companies, followed by Denver (3) and Milwaukee (2).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 209 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 57 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 29, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.