# Novable SRL
*Also known as Novable*

- Website: https://www.novable.com
- Location: Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
- Agent profile: https://directory.haycion.ai/agents/novable-com

> Novable is an enterprise startup intelligence platform delivering validated startup candidates to help large organisations move from scouting to decision-ready engagement.

Novable is an enterprise startup intelligence platform that helps large organizations move beyond simple startup lists to validated, decision-ready pipelines. Built for corporate innovation teams, procurement and R&D, Novable combines AI-powered scouting with proprietary data, structured validation, and expert oversight to deliver startup candidates that are relevant and verifiable and ready to engage. The platform aims to accelerate corporate venturing and external collaboration by reducing uncertainty, standardizing evaluation, and supporting scalable partnerships. Novable emphasizes rigorous validation, enriched insights and scoring that enable leadership to compare startups on meaningful criteria rather than keywords alone. In addition to discovery, the company provides educational content, guides and client stories to help teams adopt a disciplined scouting approach. The mission is to empower organizations to source, validate and engage with startups more efficiently and with greater confidence across industries such as energy, consumer goods, aerospace, manufacturing and more. The organization promotes enterprise-grade, secure and governance-friendly solutions that deliver validated startup candidates and context-rich analyses to support strategic decision-making, portfolio development and collaboration with external partners.

**Mission:** To empower large organizations to identify, validate, and engage with startups to drive strategic innovation with confidence.

## Products & Services

### [Novable Platform](https://www.novable.com/platform)
*Platform*
Deliver validated, decision-ready startup candidates for confident corporate innovation.

- **DeepMatching AI** — Identifies High-Fit Startups
- **Senior Expert Validation** — Ensures Quality Assessment
- **Decision-ready Shortlists** — Facilitates Informed Decisions
- **ERL Scoring** — Prioritizes Viable Candidates
- **End-to-End Platform for Discovery and Engagement** — Streamlines Innovation Process
- **Golden Basket Shortlists** — Present Decision-Ready Options
- **Market Monitoring** — Stays Ahead of Trends
- **Two-Business-Day Turnaround** — Boost Your Scouting Efficiency
- **Client Community Engagement** — Facilitates Knowledge Sharing
- **Comprehensive Coverage** — Access a Wide Range of Startups

### [Novable Connect](https://www.novable.com/novable-connect)
*Platform*
Accelerate corporate-startup collaboration through a private community for innovation leaders.

- **Direct Product Access** — Engage Directly With Experts
- **Private Roundtables** — Collaborate With Peers
- **Golden Briefs** — Receive Tailored Insights
- **Golden Sessions** — Participate in Keynote Sessions
- **Golden Perks** — Enjoy Exclusive Benefits

## Market Segments

- **Startup scouting and sourcing** (market size $1.0B, CAGR 12%): Capabilities to discover, evaluate and prioritize startups and scaleups for partnerships, investments and pilots, including deal flow generation and evaluation support.
- **Startup validation and readiness assessment** (market size $1.2B, CAGR 14%): Structured validation, enterprise-readiness scoring and expert review to assess a startup's capability to work with large organizations and produce governance-ready reports.
- **Corporate innovation partnerships** (market size $400M, CAGR 11%): Engagement programs that connect corporations with curated startup deal flow, co-development opportunities, brand activation, and ROI-focused reporting to accelerate corporate innovation.
- **Trend and market intelligence** (market size $12.0B, CAGR 11%): Continuous monitoring and analysis of market and technology trends to inform strategic planning, roadmap prioritization and early opportunity identification.

## Ideal Customer Profiles

### Large Enterprise Innovation Teams
Global corporations seeking validated startup pipelines for external partnerships.
- Industry: Corporate innovation, procurement, and r&d
- Geography: Global
- Pain points: Difficulty sourcing validated startup candidates, lengthy due diligence, risk in partnerships
- Business goals: Accelerate external collaborations, standardize evaluation, increase engagement efficiency
- Positioning: Supports scalable, validated startup discovery and governance-ready engagement to accelerate external partnerships for large enterprises.

#### Persona: Director Of Innovation
- Needs: Validated startup opportunities, governance-ready insights, scalable evaluation workflow
- Goals: Increase pace of external collaboration, reduce uncertainty in startup fit
- Challenges: Balancing speed with governance, alignment with business units
- Pain points: Long due diligence cycles, inconsistent data, misaligned priorities
- Solution: Platform provides decision-ready shortlists, deep validation, and governance-ready insights to streamline external partnerships

#### Persona: Sourcing Manager
- Needs: Efficient discovery of high-fit startups, due diligence support
- Goals: Shorten evaluation cycles, improve candidate quality
- Challenges: Sourcing fragmentation, data gaps
- Pain points: Manual screening, scattered data
- Solution: DeepMatching AI surfaces relevant startups with validated data and structured workflows to speed decisions

#### Persona: R&D Portfolio Manager
- Needs: Startup candidates aligned to portfolio goals
- Goals: Optimize portfolio with external innovation
- Challenges: Balancing portfolio constraints with external options
- Pain points: Unclear startup fit for priorities
- Solution: Market monitoring and ERL scoring prioritize startups with enterprise readiness

### Procurement And External Collaboration Leaders
Global procurement leaders seeking validated startup candidates for supplier innovations.
- Industry: Procurement, corporate venture, and supplier innovation
- Geography: Global
- Pain points: Difficulty identifying credible suppliers, verifying startup readiness, onboarding risk
- Business goals: Diversify supplier base with validated startups, accelerate onboarding, reduce procurement risk
- Positioning: Enables fast, validated startup opportunities and governance-ready collaboration to strengthen procurement and external supplier innovation programs.

#### Persona: Head Of Strategic Sourcing
- Needs: Credible supplier startups, onboarding efficiency
- Goals: Diversify supplier base with validated startups
- Challenges: Vendor qualification, lengthy onboarding
- Pain points: Inconsistent data, slow onboarding
- Solution: Platform provides End-to-End Discovery and DeepMatching AI to surface high-fit startups and accelerate onboarding

#### Persona: Category Manager
- Needs: Aligned startup candidates for category
- Goals: Improve supplier diversity and category performance
- Challenges: Fragmented data across categories
- Pain points: Sifting through startups; governance concerns
- Solution: Structured workflows and governance-ready shortlists streamline category sourcing

#### Persona: Procurement Operations Lead
- Needs: Governance, security, ERP integration
- Goals: Streamline onboarding of startups
- Challenges: Security/compliance concerns
- Pain points: Data privacy, integration complexity
- Solution: Enterprise-grade security and data governance, with two-business-day turnaround for curated shortlists

### Industrial Sector Innovation Leaders
Industry-focused innovators in energy, manufacturing, aerospace seeking validated startup partnerships.
- Industry: Energy, manufacturing, aerospace, and industrial sectors
- Geography: Global
- Pain points: Fragmented discovery, uncertain startup fit, long evaluation cycles
- Business goals: Scale external collaborations, reduce decision time, improve partner quality
- Positioning: Delivers discovery, validation, and engagement capabilities tailored to industrial sectors, enabling disciplined scouting and scalable startup collaborations.

#### Persona: Energy Sector Innovation Lead
- Needs: Industry-relevant startup signals, credible vendors
- Goals: Modernize operations and sustainability goals
- Challenges: Regulatory compliance, securing funding
- Pain points: Filtering noise, misaligned technology
- Solution: DeepMatching AI maps energy industry briefs to startups with enterprise readiness, supported by ERL scoring

#### Persona: Aerospace Technology Scout
- Needs: Validated readiness for pilots, regulatory readiness
- Goals: Source advanced tech partnerships
- Challenges: Regulatory, safety concerns
- Pain points: Long evaluation cycles, uncertain enterprise fit
- Solution: End-to-End platform with Senior Expert Validation and two-business-day turnaround

#### Persona: Manufacturing Innovation Manager
- Needs: Operational improvements via partnerships
- Goals: Implement pilot programs
- Challenges: Cross-department coordination
- Pain points: Siloed data, slow decision making
- Solution: Golden Basket Shortlists and Market Monitoring to surface relevant startups