The Startup Platform

Direct access to startups - for corporates and investors.

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Just some of our happy customers

Startups have never felt so right!

Do you want to invest in or cooperate with startups? Then do it right. Octorank offers the access, the formats and the experience to find the right startups and to cooperate in a meaningful way. For corporates and investors.

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OUR ANALYSIS

Startup Scouting

Discover the top startups in your industry and search areas.

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Automated search with human assistance

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Beautiful lists (Excel) and reports (PDF)

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Extra: We contact startups on your behalf

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OUR SOFTWARE

Startup Relationship Manager (Octorank SRM)

End your Excel nightmares and manage all startup data in one central location.

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Filter and evaluate startups data and collaborate with colleagues

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Workflows, Attributes und White-labelling... Everything is 100% configurable!

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Create landing pages and application forms for new startups

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OUR SERVICE

Awards, Challenges and Programs

Use our proven formats and cooperate with startups.

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Leverage our tried-and-tested "Award", "Challenge" and "Program" formats

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Beautiful lists (Excel) and reports (PDF)

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Extra: Join forces with other industry partners through a shared initiative.

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A few of our highlighted

Case Studies

What our clients say about us

 Deutsche Telekom AG
 BASF
 Beiersdorf AG
 Vattenfall

Octorank is the best partner we ever had to support us in the scouting process of startups for our Startupnight. Their tool takes out the complexity, gives a good overview and allows easy collaboration with our partners.

Cem Ergün-Müller
Head of Digital Open Space | Deutsche Telekom AG
Cem Ergün-Müller
 Deutsche Telekom AG

Octorank designed the “Digital Challenges” startup program and accompanying campaign with us and launched it in the startup ecosystem. Through this, Octorank made a significant contribution to exciting a huge number of startups worldwide about our BASF topics. As a result, we are conducting pilot projects with very capable startups with the aim of a global rollout with BASF.

Thomas Paschkowski
Digital Innovation Developer | BASF
Thomas Paschkowski
 BASF

Octorank not only delivers high quality results in an efficient, friendly and timely manner, their ability to customise their approach based on their insight of a client’s specific needs, make them a partner of choice.

Dr. Luise De Almeida
Start-up Cooperation Manager | Beiersdorf AG
Dr. Luise De Almeida
 Beiersdorf AG

The software has given our innovation team a broad range of opportunities to support our open innovation process and meets Vattenfall’s demanding process and IT requirements. We are happy to work regularly on new ideas and features with Octorank’s product team.

Juliane Schulze
Director Business Development | Vattenfall
Juliane Schulze
 Vattenfall
Our Customer Base

Who we work with

Corporate Companies

Corporate Companies

NGOs and Public Organisations

NGOs and Public Organisations

Investors and Incubators

Investors and Incubators

Our Network

It grows and grows and grows…

10,000+

Startups

have so far applied to Octorank Startup Programs.

2,000+

Innovation managers

are in our network.

25+

Startup Programs

implemented by Octorank for our customers.

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F.l.t.r.: Anne (Founder), André (Founder & CTO), Tim (Founder & MD), Toby (Lead Startup-Scout)
Who we are

Not artificial intelligence. But real people.

Octorank was founded as a "startup" in Berlin in 2017. After going through two incubators, we decided against venture capital ourselves and for the path of self-driven growth from generated revenues. Today, after more than three years and 25 startup initiatives for our clients, we have an expert insight into how both established companies and startups work and how both worlds collide. Before every scouting and campaign, we like to share our experience with you personally. Get in touch with us!

FAQ

Plus icon Minus icon Who or what is Octorank?
Octorank is a Berlin-based company founded in 2017. The company is 100% owned by the three founders Tim Vogelsang, André Rieck and Anne Märtin and thus not dependent on any external interests.
Plus icon Minus icon What exactly does Octorank consider a "startup"?
By startup we mean an innovative and fast-growing company that is at most five years old. We don’t consider agencies, consultancies or corporate spinoffs to be “startups” in this sense.
Plus icon Minus icon Why are startups relevant for me at all?
Experience with our customers has repeatedly shown that collaboration or investment in startups has positive effects on the future viability of medium-sized businesses and corporations.
Plus icon Minus icon Where can I sign-up and what does it cost?
Please make a short enquiry through the form at the bottom of the page. Our different services have different pricing models.
Plus icon Minus icon What is Octorank's business model?
Our Startup Relationship Manager (Octorank SRM) is a so-called "subscription model" - our customers pay a monthly usage fee depending on the number of users. Our startup scouting comes with a project-based fixed price, which depends on the effort of the analysts involved. Our awards, challenges and programs are treated as a day-based agency service or in the form of sponsorship packages (e.g. for our own brands "Buy it!" and "Thinking Tomorrow").
Plus icon Minus icon Is Octorank a startup database?

Yes: You can use our Startup Relationship Manager (SRM) internally as your startup database. However, the software does not initially contain any data out of the box. Typically, our customers then acquire startup data through networking, startup scouting, or through applications to their startup programs.

And no: If you're looking for a “startup database” where you can find a large number of startups and investors without having to edit or maintain the data yourself, we recommend Crunchbase.

Plus icon Minus icon Can I try Octorank for free?
Yes. For all our services we offer a free consultation and demo in a 30-minute conversation (phone or video conference). Our software can also be tested. Please submit a short enquiry through the form at the bottom of this page.

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