Organization:Ideawicket

Ideawicket was an Open Innovation intermediary based in New Delhi, India. The portal connects science and technology innovators with innovation seeking businesses and non-profits. Organizations looking for new technologies, breakthrough research or solutions for existing R&D problems use the Ideawicket platform to find R&D solutions and connect with research partners and suppliers in the field. Innovators leverage the Ideawicket platform (Idea Pool) to showcase their non-confidential technologies, designs and research.

The name Ideawicket is derived from the words idea and wicket. Webster's Dictionary online defines wicket as "a small gate or door; especially: one forming part of or placed near a larger gate or door”. The name signifies a "gateway for ideas". Ideawicket was launched in 2006 and is among India's first open innovation intermediaries. It is unique among Open Innovation intermediaries in that it offers a platform for innovators to showcase their own innovations to corporations in addition to corporations posting their R&D requirements as Challenges.

As of May 2012, Ideawicket belongs to Inventorhaus Inc, parent company of Inpama.com.

References

• http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/life/2008/10/31/stories/2008103150070300.htm
• http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/india/articlepdf/4244.pdf?CFID=6730321&CFTOKEN=47918671
• http://archives.digitaltoday.in/businesstoday/20070603/trends1.html#3
• https://web.archive.org/web/20100717053208/http://manthanaward.org/section_full_story.asp?id=855

External links

• Official site