Think noise-canceling headphones, but for the endless supply of startups.
Meet best-fit technologies, today.
At SOSA, we scout and validate startups for corporations and governments, ensuring innovation teams find precisely the technologies they need to solve business problems, identify opportunities, and build new products.
Book a consultation
You’re in very good company.
.png)
.png)
.svg)
.svg)
Our work is based on three main pillars:
Research
Scouting and Validating
Operations
How it works
We’re methodological about the way we do open innovation.
Here’s what to expect from an innovation project:
definition
scouting
validation
shortlist
prep
meetings
planning
investments
See what the right technology can do for you.
Best-fit tech solutions can help you solve acute problems, reduce costs, streamline operations, and build new revenue streams.
A tailored funnel to reach your target.
The numbers behind an innovation project.
It’s not magic.
Here’s what we validate:
Use case-fit
Product
Technology
Finance
Team
Compliance
Experience
Product’s USP
The platform
SOSA’s methodology is powered by SOSA Q, an all-in-one innovation platform where you can manage, track and analyze your entire innovation funnel.
The results
HP
Use Case
Bridging the digital and physical worlds; creating a whole new way to experience photographs.
Solution
Scouted for computer vision, AI, and image processing startups, one of which was integrated in HP's global smart app.
Swiss Re
Use Case
Tackling eight acute business obstacles in the property, casualty, life, and health sectors.
Solution
Brought together 80 Swiss Re employees with 27 selected startups in a 4-day immersive bootcamp in NYC.
Schneider Electric
Use Case
Implementing the most innovative early-stage startups to enhance and automate SE's processes and sustainability goals.
Solution
Acceleration program for Industry 4.0 startups in supply chain resiliency, smart manufacturing, and connected workers.
Suzano
Use Case
Increase quality control with solutions that measure an inconsistent flow of state-changing materials.
Solution
Applied a variety of advanced sensors to collect data in real-time during the manufacturing process.
Klabin
Use Case
Valorizing industrial waste and manufacturing residues.
Solution
Discovered new applications for Klabin’s raw materials in order to create biodegradable products and new potential revenue streams.
Elta
Use Case
Acquiring the latest drone-related capabilities from the civilian market.
Solution
Integrated a combination of dual-use technologies into ELTA’s aerial operations, including advanced sensors, and interception systems.
HP
Use Case
Bridging the digital and physical worlds; creating a whole new way to experience photographs.
Solution
Scouted for computer vision, AI, and image processing startups, one of which was integrated in HP's global smart app.
Swiss Re
Use Case
Tackling eight acute business obstacles in the property, casualty, life, and health sectors.
Solution
Brought together 80 Swiss Re employees with 27 selected startups in a 4-day immersive bootcamp in NYC.
Schneider Electric
Use Case
Implementing the most innovative early-stage startups to enhance and automate SE's processes and sustainability goals.
Solution
Acceleration program for Industry 4.0 startups in supply chain resiliency, smart manufacturing, and connected workers.
Suzano
Use Case
Increase quality control with solutions that measure an inconsistent flow of state-changing materials.
Solution
Applied a variety of advanced sensors to collect data in real-time during the manufacturing process.
Klabin
Use Case
Valorizing industrial waste and manufacturing residues.
Solution
Discovered new applications for Klabin’s raw materials in order to create biodegradable products and new potential revenue streams.
Elta
Use Case
Acquiring the latest drone-related capabilities from the civilian market.
Solution
Integrated a combination of dual-use technologies into ELTA’s aerial operations, including advanced sensors, and interception systems.
Year after year, our clients keep coming back.
“SOSA truly understands our innovation requirements and knows how to deliver solutions, no matter how complex the challenge or how quickly we need it. We have someone we can speak with at SOSA at all times.”
.svg)
"SOSA has proven to be a highly professional and dedicated counterpart through our partnership. SOSA's team supported both Brazilian corporations in their digital transformation and sustainable process as well as Brazilian startups in entering new markets and discovering new business opportunities."
"Innovation is about people, this is why we work with SOSA - this is a secret ingredient, the people. It's about taking small bets, on many different ventures along the way, some of them will change the world."
“I have been through many innovation programs in my career including with a leading design agency, a strategy consulting firm, an executive education programs at leading universities, and others. I found the SOSA to be the best."
"Partnering with SOSA helped us accelerate our open innovation activities in Israel in no time, knowing that SOSA analysts cover the Israeli tech ecosystem and have the knowledge to provide us with a highly curated deal flow of advanced technologies."
“We came to Israel and used SOSA as a source to bring some very innovative companies, in a very innovative format so our teams would have something exciting to look at and listen to. I think we were very successful finding 5 great companies.”
"Working closely with SOSA has been essential to our competitive business and innovation advantage, giving us a leg up in the defense industry."
“We have been extremely impressed by the companies we've met through SOSA, and many of them have been considered for a POC stage to become part of the RBC vendor universe."
“Israel, in terms of Startup density, is probably the highest in the world, or close to Silicon Valley, and the Israeli ecosystem is the best in the world. This is why we put a landing pad here. We knew we had a lot to learn from Israel."
“SOSA’s scouting efforts pay off for us, with an unbelievable conversion rate of roughly 1 to 5, which means we start to work with at least 1 new startup at the end of each demo day at SOSA – an unheard-of conversion rate.”
"Our collaboration with SOSA is our most meaningful international partnership. From the beginning, it was of the utmost importance to us to be able to connect the German insurance ecosystem to the Israeli startup ecosystem.
“We at Zurich Insurance Group have been working with SOSA since 2016. Through working together, we have been able to leverage SOSA’s extensive startup network and Insurtech expertise to help identify Insurtech solutions and startups as well as form collaborations with some of those startups.”
Read the latest from our analysts.
7 technologies manufacturers can implement today for a net-zero factory.
In this report, we break down which technologies provide the most efficient way to reduce a factory’s carbon footprint, the ones you can implement today to decrease costs, streamline processes, and reduce your overall C02.
Read now
IoT in insurance industry insights report.
In collaboration with Tokio Marine’s Innovation Lab in London, we present this report on how IoT is taking risk prevention and mitigation to the next level and what these indicators relay about the future of home, SMB, and industrial insurance.
Read now.jpg)
Sustainability: from buzzword to lifeline.
The next decade offers opportunities for enterprises to make an unprecedentedly strong and measurable impact which has been previously unavailable. In this report, we take a deep-dive into three major industries and the latest tech advancements proven successful at reducing carbon emissions.
Read now