It's an Innovation Marketplace

The Skillnet Innovation Exchange is a marketplace for innovation. A large company with an innovation challenge, explains the challenge to selected SMEs, which then have the opportunity to provide a solution. When a successful solution to the challenge is selected by the corporate partner, a deal is completed between the two businesses.

Large companies with innovation challenges can access intel, feedback and solutions from skilled Irish companies, while SME companies with a skilled workforce, can avail of the opportunity to make a sale, cultivate a contact, and gain an insight into the needs of large companies. SMEs will also benefit through the process of developing the capability to perform a sales pitch to a large business.

Skillnet Innovation Exchange has successfully partnered with regional innovation hubs such as The Ludgate Hub, the Galway Technology Centre, GreenTech HQ, The Mill Hub and the RDI Hub. The continuing expansion of the Skillnet Innovation Exchange, which currently has in excess of 600 participants, allows a growing number of SMEs to enjoy the programme’s benefits, including access to an instant sales pipeline, market intelligence and the capability to sell to large companies.