Today, we’re proud to introduce ourselves as Rainmaking Innovation, formerly VentureScout

Since VentureScout was founded in 2013 as part of the Rainmaking family of startups, we’ve grown exponentially.

Our first projects drew on our extensive networks and startup credibility to foster meaningful collaboration between startups and corporates through startup sourcing work.

Beyond Sourcing

Our team continued to grow: we have experience not just as serial entrepreneurs, but as expert trainers, corporate execs and VCs. We enjoy a wealth of knowledge that goes far beyond sourcing and that offers us a definitive advantage in corporate innovation, because we understand the needs of corporates, as well as the realities of entrepreneurship.

Soon, we were collaborating with our clients to apply our varied expertise in new and wonderful ways.

A New Kind of Consultancy

We began to evolve our own brand of consultancy: talking less and doing more; delivering real change, not just beautiful powerpoints; and designing bespoke for each client’s needs, because no two companies are the same.

Today, our work is so much more than startup sourcing; we have worked with governments in 12 countries across the world to establish and grow self-sustaining ecosystems; we have designed and delivered courses in some of the world’s top educational institutions; we run Europe’s largest accelerator programme, Startupbootcamp; and execute an ever growing range of impactful programmes for some of the most forward thinking corporations in the world.

In fact, alongside our new name, we are also proud to announce two new initiatives today!

A New Product: Rainmaking Studio

We believe our new Startup Studio format paves the way to the future of corporate innovation: a new way for corporations to scalably and repeatably build startups and disrupt their industries. Learn more here.

A New Initiative: Rainmaking Academy

Capitalising on the experience of our expert, in-house, trainers we’ve designed a new approach to innovation training and development. Our Rainmaking Academy will help corporations seed Lean Startup methodologies and the culture of entrepreneurship throughout their businesses; upskilling and empowering employees with lasting, deep, and pervasive mindset shifts. Find out more here.

Rainmaking Innovation — More Cohesive, Just As Disruptive

The name VentureScout no longer reflects the world of innovation we deliver to our clients.

We needed a new name to reflect both our place in the Rainmaking family, and the breadth of initiatives we deliver.

Rainmaking Innovation is a team deeply embedded in the startup world, but with the empathy and insight needed to catapult our clients’ innovation efforts forwards.

‘Rainmaking’ is who we are, ‘Innovation’ is what we do. We are driven by the need to see our work disrupt industries and ecosystems for the better and we are better placed than anyone to get it done!

To learn more, please see our new website: rainmaking.io/innovation

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