Press Releases

InnoCentive Launches Suite of Professional Training and Technical Services to Foster Open Innovation Within Seeker Organizations

Through Its ONRAMP Program, InnoCentive Will Offer Educational Workshops on Innovation, Internal Communications and ROI Analysis
WALTHAM, MA - June 25, 2008 - InnoCentive, Inc., the global innovation marketplace, today unveiled its new ONRAMP program (Open iNnovation Rapid Adoption Methods and Practices). ONRAMP is a suite of upfront and ongoing professional services and technical resources, [...]

InnoCentive Launches Global Health Pavilion with First Challenge on Improving the U.S. Healthcare System

Pavilion’s Challenges Aim to Improve the Health and Well-Being of People Around the World
Waltham, Mass. –May 28 , 2008 – InnoCentive, Inc., the leader in prized based innovation, today announced the launch of the Global Health Pavilion, a new section of the InnoCentive Open Innovation Marketplace featuring Challenges in search of creative solutions to problems [...]

Barr Foundation Issues Challenge on InnoCentive for Radically Improved and Energy Efficient Air Conditioning

Prize to be given for best design of more efficient cooling unit
Boston, Mass. –May 20, 2008 – The Barr Foundation, a private family foundation committed to enhancing the quality of life for all of Boston’s citizens and InnoCentive Inc., the leader in Prize-Based Open Innovation sourcing, today announced the launch of The Boston Innovation Challenge. [...]

InnoCentive Secures $6.5 Million in Series B Funding from Spencer Trask Ventures, Inc.

Latest round of funding will bring total investment in InnoCentive, the leading online global innovation marketplace, to over $15 million
Waltham, Mass. – May 7, 2008 – InnoCentive, Inc., the global innovation marketplace, today announced that it has closed $6.5 million in a Series B venture capital investment by Spencer Trask Ventures, Inc., a New York-based [...]

Barry Libert Joins InnoCentive® Board of Directors

Chairman of Mzinga and Well-Known Author Brings Social Community Expertise to Board
Waltham, Mass. – May 6, 2008 – InnoCentive, Inc., the global innovation marketplace, today announced Barry Libert, the Chairman of Mzinga, has joined its Board of Directors. Libert’s deep expertise and success in social networking as essential to business success, makes him a critical [...]

InnoCentive Unveils List of Top Solvers for 2007

Top Solvers Hailing from Across the Globe Recognized for Outstanding Achievement in 2007
Waltham, Mass. – April 30, 2008 — InnoCentive, Inc., the leader in Prize Based Open Innovation, today announced the winners of the first annual Top Solver awards, for Challenges solved in 2007. A total of 11 Solvers from seven countries have secured [...]

Procter & Gamble Expands Its Utilization of InnoCentive.com’s Open Innovation Marketplace

P&G Taps InnoCentive’s Global Network of 140,000 Solvers for Innovative and Creative Solutions to Product Development Challenges
Waltham, Mass. and Cincinnati, Ohio – April 22, 2008 – InnoCentive, Inc., the leader in Prize-Based Open Innovation sourcing, and Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG), today announced that they have renewed and extended their relationship to continue working together [...]

InnoCentive Solvers Make a Difference in Rural Africa and India

The Rockefeller Foundation Sponsors Seekers Using InnoCentive’s Online Community of Solvers to Find Solutions to Benefit People in Need in the Developing World

Waltham, Mass. – March 3, 2008 — InnoCentive, Inc., the leader in Prize-Based Open Innovation sourcing, today announced that two of its recently solved Challenges will bring practical solutions to real problems in [...]

David Ritter Joins InnoCentive® As Chief Technology Officer

Boston Consulting Group Partner Brings 25 Years of Technology, Business Strategy and Software Engineering Expertise to InnoCentive
Waltham, Mass. – January 24, 2008 InnoCentive, Inc., the leader in Prize-Based Open Innovation sourcing, today announced David Ritter has joined its executive team as Chief Technology Officer. Ritter’s background in the development, management and strategic implementation of web [...]

InnoCentive® Appoints IBM’s Irving Wladawsky-Berger to Advisory Board

Early IBM pioneer in Innovation and Emerging Technology to assist with Open Innovation Marketplace Strategy
Waltham, MASS. – January 8, 2008 – InnoCentive, Inc. (http://www.innocentive.com), the leader in Prize-Based Open Innovation sourcing, today announced the appointment of Irving Wladawsky-Berger to its Advisory Board. As a founder of IBM’s Grid and Internet computing initiatives, Wladawsky-Berger brings with [...]