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Solutions for Every Role in the Federal Innovation Ecosystem

iScout helps you move faster, make smarter decisions, and collaborate more effectively.

How We Accelerate Innovation for You

Industry Innovators & Emerging Tech Companies

Most innovative companies—especially those outside traditional defense hubs—don’t know how to navigate DoD processes or identify high-value funding. iScout breaks down that complexity.

How iScout Helps

  • Opportunity matching: Automatically aligns your capabilities to SBIR/STTR topics, RFIs, RFPs, and solicitations.

  • Partner discovery: Surface primes, labs, universities, and subcontractors to build the right team.

  • Innovation pathfinding: Identify technologies to license or integrate to strengthen proposals.

  • Enablement: Clear guidance on how to approach federal innovation, build teams, and prepare strong submissions.

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Academic Institutions & Research Labs

Universities and labs hold breakthrough technologies but often lack visibility into where they fit in the federal and commercial ecosystem. iScout connects research to real funding pathways and needs.

How iScout Helps

  • Innovation-to-opportunity alignment: Matches research, patents, and publications to current SBIR/STTR topics and agency priorities.

  • Partner discovery: Finds industry, DoD labs, and research groups working in related areas.

  • Commercialization insights: Identifies companies positioned to license or co-develop university IP.

  • Funding visibility: Shows which agencies are investing in specific research domains.

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DoD Stakeholders, Program Offices & Partnership Intermediaries

DoD organizations often lack visibility into non-traditional innovators and emerging research. iScout expands the scouting aperture far beyond the usual defense networks.

How iScout Helps

  • Discover non-traditional suppliers: Access millions of companies and innovations not yet in the DoD ecosystem.

  • Accelerate market research: Classify needs and documents instantly to find relevant vendors and solutions.

  • Support partnership development: View awards, capabilities, patents, and related innovations in one place.

  • Understand the ecosystem: See how academia, industry, and startups align to technology priorities.

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Investors & Venture Partners

Federal funding—especially SBIR/STTR—acts as a powerful de-risking tool. Investors rely on iScout to identify companies aligned with government R&D priorities and to spot emerging technology spaces early.

How iScout Helps

  • Find investor-ready innovators: Identify startups aligned with funded areas and prior award winners.

  • De-risk decisions: Evaluate how well a company’s roadmap fits long-term federal demand.

  • IP & technology visibility: Understand research pipelines, patents, and emerging tech clusters.

  • Accelerated diligence: Review awards, patents, web data, and technical descriptions in one platform.

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Why Teams Trust iScout

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Expert-Built for Federal Innovation

Created by specialists who understand DoD, SBIR/STTR, and the innovation lifecycle.

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Made for Real-World Workflows

Intuitive and streamlined to fit how teams actually scout, evaluate, and collaborate.

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Continuously Updated Intelligence

Refreshed with new solicitations, awards, research, and emerging innovation data.

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Support from Federal Innovation Experts

A customer success team who understand your mission, not just the software.

iScout Use Cases

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Opportunity Discovery

Identify relevant federal opportunities.

  • SBIR/STTR topic alignment

  • RFIs, RFPs, solicitations

  • Emerging funding areas

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Innovation Commercialization

Move technology to funded impact.

  • Federal & commercial alignment

  • Licensing & co-development

  • Relevant technologies & IP

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Partner & Team Building

Assemble the right teams to win and deliver.

  • Primes, startups, universities

  • Non-traditional suppliers

  • Cross-sector proposal teams

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Federal Market Strategy

Navigate the Defense Industrial Base.

  • DoD engagement pathways

  • Non-dilutive R&D funding

  • Federal-aligned roadmaps

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Market & Tech Intelligence

Understand the competitive landscape.

  • Competitor & white space

  • Technology clusters

  • Research & capability trends

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Investment & Decision Support

Reduce risk using federal demand.

  • Startup sourcing & validation

  • Award & funding signals

  • Extended runway insights

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