yet2.com Launches Strategic-growth Premium Technology Scouting Service!

LIVERPOOL, England, June 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

yet2Ventures Consortium is latest offering for Global 1000 Corporate Clients, facilitating introduction to innovative technologies from SME's

yet2.com, the global Open Innovation services company,  announces its newest service offering , an intensive, strategic scouting service package -- the yet2Ventures Consortium.   An intimate client  engagement model, the yet2Ventures Consortium accelerates the process of connecting interesting technologies from small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) around the world to market opportunities and technology needs of our Corporate Consortium Members.

yet2.com works closely with cutting edge companies and technologies beyond the reach of most clients, in countries such as Russia, China, India, Korea, Brazil, South Africa, Israel, Mexico and Turkey, as well as Japan, the US, and the EU.  

Corporate clients benefit from yet2.com's deep network of affiliate relationships, guaranteeing a steady stream of introductions to disruptive start-ups and small companies located around the world - screened to meet corporate client strategic interests and presented with clear value propositions.   SME's benefit from yet2.com's expertise in providing technology validation and assessment, suggestions on applications, and the potential to find commercialization opportunities or access to funding.  

The service is responding to client requests for more customized, strategic scouting and to improve their access and interaction for SME's, helping increase the strategic impact of open innovation.  

The new yet2Ventures Consortium harnesses more than 5000 new technology companies yet2.com is now reviewing each year, aggressively filtering down to the small subset of truly disruptive opportunities.  The yet2.com team then utilizes 12 years of technology transfer experience to assist its clients in moving toward partnerships with the disruptive companies.  The Consortium also includes networking and learning discussions with peer Consortium members, technology trend data sharing, and access to yet2.com's venture capital partner company.  

"Thirteen years into our business, we have built a worldwide network and unique expertise that lets us step up our technology scouting to an entirely new level," says Tim Bernstein, yet2.com Chief Operating Officer.  "We have enjoyed years of growth in the proprietary flow of these high-trajectory growth technologies and can now offer this premium level of service delivery.  In addition, our clients have directed us to bundle in some aspects of a "private club" for discourse and interaction with worldwide peers.  This 'soft side' of the service is one of the more intriguing dimensions."

About yet2.com

Positioned at the nexus of the global technology marketplace, yet2.com is an Open Innovation services company working with an international corporate client base.  The company utilizes its broad global network of affiliates, its 130,000+ technology marketplace users and its North America, Europe and Asia offices, to scout cutting edge companies and technologies beyond the reach of most clients.  yet2.com is proud of its deep client relationships, providing  customized deal flow opportunities and hands-on technology transfer assistance in the technology search, technology monetization, Open Innovation portal management, and patent buying service areas.   Additionally, the company searches continuously for novel technologies on behalf of its customers and encourages those with innovative, commercializable technologies to contact yet2.com:   http://www.yet2.com

For more info, contact:  

yet2.com Europe Ltd, UK. Emma Hughes, europe@yet2.com  +44(0)151-705-3539

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