GlassDollar

๐Ÿ“‚ Hardware & Deep Tech๐Ÿ“ Berlino

Platform enabling corporate innovators to find and source new technologies from the startup ecosystem.

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About GlassDollar

GlassDollar is a corporate innovation intelligence platform that enables enterprise innovators to find, evaluate, and scale innovative solutions from the startup ecosystem โ€” all on a single platform, across the entire organization. Rather than relying on ad hoc scouting, conference encounters, or accelerator programs to surface relevant startups, GlassDollar gives corporate innovation teams a systematic, searchable, and collaborative environment for identifying the external technologies and partners that can solve their most pressing business challenges. For large organizations, the challenge of open innovation is not a lack of startups โ€” the global startup ecosystem has never been larger or more diverse. The challenge is signal-to-noise: finding the right startups, for the right problem, at the right stage, with sufficient rigour to justify the time investment of a serious evaluation. GlassDollar's platform is designed to solve that challenge at scale, enabling innovation teams to run structured scouting processes, document their evaluations, and build an institutional memory of what has been explored and what has been tried. The platform has attracted interest from major corporate clients โ€” including BSH, the global home appliance manufacturer โ€” who are using GlassDollar to improve the quality and efficiency of their startup sourcing processes. The company's positioning as a future supplier discovery tool reflects a broader shift in how large organizations think about their innovation pipelines: less as a series of one-off experiments and more as a managed process of systematic external technology scouting that can deliver consistent, measurable results. Growth is built around partnerships and ecosystem development, with GlassDollar positioning itself at the intersection of the corporate innovation world and the startup community. By serving both sides of that relationship โ€” helping corporations find what they need and helping startups get in front of the right buyers โ€” the company is building the kind of network effects that make its platform more valuable to every participant as the ecosystem grows.

The Story

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How GlassDollar works

Business Model

Model based on professional services and custom-designed solutions.

Revenue Model

Recurring revenues from subscription fees or software licenses.

Products & Services

Key Products

  • BSH mira a migliorare la qualitร  della vita dei consumatori a casa

Core Use Cases

  • Gestione di prenotazioni e interazioni digitali con i clienti.
  • Integrazione di interfacce touch in prodotti fisici.

Market & Clients

Key Customers

Find your future suppliers. GlassDollar enables business innovators to source, evaluate, and scale innovative solutions on a single platform for the entire organization.

Geographic Presence

DEBG

How GlassDollar competes

Competitive Advantages

  • Ability to customize the offering based on customer needs.
  • Declared technological differentiation on the product.

How GlassDollar grows

Growth Strategy

The growth strategy appears to be linked to partnerships and ecosystem development.

Distribution Model

Digital distribution through the website and online channels.

Funding & Investors

Funding Rounds

  • 2019 - Seed: 52
  • 2023 - Seed: โ‚ฌ2M
  • - Other: 1

Key Investors

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Sources

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