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Innovation is complex.
Govern it and measure its return.

Method, governance and execution in one platform — to give innovation structure and prove its ROI.

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+8,500 active users · 12 enterprise clients · 36M companies in the Tech Radar

blendX is the Italian innovation intelligence platform. It is modular: you activate only the modules you need and cover the entire innovation cycle, from strategy to execution, with the governance and metrics to prove its return. It includes NIXIE, the vertical AI for innovation built on the Gold Standard: methodologies codified through more than 15 years of corporate innovation and digital transformation projects, with deep expertise in open innovation programs.

They innovate with blendX.

Leonardo
Sisal
CDP
Poste Italiane
ELIS
Sogei
Samsic
CityGreenLight
ALES
FlutterSEA
Leonardo
Sisal
CDP
Poste Italiane
ELIS
Sogei
Samsic
CityGreenLight
ALES
FlutterSEA
+8,500

active users on the platform

12

enterprise clients acquired

36 mln

companies in the Tech Radar database

The method

Build. Organize. Activate.

Three clusters, one field-proven method. The entire cycle, governed.

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Strategy

Build solid foundations for innovation.

Understand what you need, decide who does what, map who to do it with. This is where strategy becomes a governed process.

Map the innovation needs of your business
Define governance, budget, people and frameworks
Design your ecosystem of relevant players
Need mapped
Owner
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Governance

Govern every initiative, without the chaos.

Portfolio, tech radar, dealflow, people, grants. NIXIE keeps everything orchestrated while you decide.

Manage your portfolio and active initiatives
Monitor tech radar, dealflow and grants
Map internal skills and culture
Search startups and technologies…
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Execution

Activate the ecosystem and generate value.

Challenges, matchmaking, PoCs, ideas, acceleration, learning, events. This is where initiatives become results.

Launch challenges, hackathons and demo days
Manage PoCs, ideas and acceleration
Connect those searching with those offering
PoC Management8 active
To start 2
In progress 2
Validation 2
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Pricing follows the modules you activate, not the number of users. Activate only what you need, across the full innovation cycle.

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The AI inside the platform

The intelligence behind blendX,
purpose-built for innovation.

NIXIE is the vertical AI that powers every module: it searches, evaluates and suggests without ever leaving the innovation domain.

Thinks like a specialist.Purpose-built for innovation: no generic knowledge, only your domain.
Finds and connects automatically.Startup and technology scouting, matchmaking between demand and supply.
Evaluates against the Gold Standard.Scoring of ideas and projects with protocols codified by domain experts.
Spots patterns ahead of time.Connects patents, startups and weak signals, so you know where to move next.
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Who blendX is for

Three profiles,
one platform.

For enterprises

Innovate with method, measure ROI.

For those who need to deliver business results, fast.

Find the right startups in weeksThe AI Tech Radar analyzes thousands of companies for you.
Decide where to invest with dataPortfolio and gate reviews to allocate budget without guesswork.
Launch challenges and collect ideasOpen innovation challenges that bring in pre-qualified proposals.
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For hubs and accelerators

Move an ecosystem, not just a project.

For those coordinating a network of players and connections.

Map your entire ecosystem at onceCorporates, startups and talent in a single, always up-to-date view.
Connect demand and supply automaticallySemantic matchmaking surfaces the most promising matches.
Engage and activate your networkCampaigns and nurturing to keep the community alive.
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For government, universities and research

From idea to measurable impact.

For those turning research and grants into concrete results.

Manage open calls and grants end-to-endFrom publication to submission, all in a single flow.
Evaluate proposals against the Gold StandardNIXIE scoring makes selection objective and traceable.
Measure the impact you generateDashboards on outcomes and technology transfer.
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The starting point

Choose where to start

Six starting points for your innovation cycle.

I need to...
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Identify innovative solutions
Lead innovation projects
Build an innovation culture
Create Open Innovation programs
Enable the innovation ecosystem
Identify startups to invest in
Where do we start?

Pick a need from the I need to... menu and see how blendX guides you.

Case study

Companies innovating, in the field.

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Sogei
Public Administration · Internal innovation

A structured path for internal innovation, from the employee's proposal to the new product.

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The challenge
Giving structure to the internal innovation flow: how and when a proposal enters evaluation, who reviews it, what happens between the idea and the experiment.
The solution
Two integrated solutions on the blendX platform — idea management and experiment management — with a method that held up even through the move to a new enterprise technology.
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ELIS Innovation Hub
Open Innovation · Ecosystem

OneSquare, the blendX-based platform to run the ecosystem and its Open Innovation programmes.

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The challenge
Running an ecosystem of 130 companies, startups and SMEs and its open innovation programmes on a single platform, as the programme grew.
The solution
OneSquare, a blendX-based platform customised for ELIS, that structures ecosystem management and collaborative processes.
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Flutter SEA · SISAL
Betting & gaming · Open innovation

GoBeyond, the open innovation programme SISAL uses to discover and accelerate startups, now on a structured path.

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The challenge
As applications grew, coordinating GoBeyond across different platforms and vendors had become fragile: a single system was needed.
The solution
blendX gives GoBeyond structure: applications, evaluation and the acceleration path in one governed flow.
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blendX is the Italian innovation intelligence platform, built on more than 15 years of corporate innovation and digital transformation projects. blendX is a brand created by BLENDX S.R.L., P.IVA / C.F. 15299231009, registered in the special section for innovative startups of the Registro delle Imprese di Roma. Project co-funded by the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund (FESR), Regional Operational Programme (POR) of Regione Lazio, with a contribution of € 27,000.