Innovation consultancy · Global technology scouting

Bring us the challenge. We find the technology.

For more than 30 years we have scouted the world for proven technologies, start-ups, labs and suppliers — and matched them to the problems organisations can't solve alone.

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01 — About

Innovation rarely fails for lack of ideas. It fails for lack of the right match.

Ziyaad is an innovation consultancy built around one skill: finding what already exists. Somewhere in the world, a university lab, a start-up or a specialist supplier has often already solved a version of your problem.

Our global scouting network and three decades of experience let us find it faster, test it harder and put you in the room with the people behind it — so you spend your budget on adoption, not reinvention.

“Don't start with the technology. Start with the problem — then go and find who has already cracked it.”
The Ziyaad principle

02 — Services

What we do, end to end.

  1. 01

    Technology
    scouting(Scout)

    We search our global network of start-ups, research institutes, corporates and suppliers for technologies that are ready — or nearly ready — to solve your challenge.

  2. 02

    Challenge
    framing(Frame)

    Most searches fail at the brief. We turn a business problem into a precise technical question — with must-haves, constraints and the success measures that matter.

  3. 03

    Solution
    matching(Match)

    Independent assessment of every candidate: maturity, fit, IP position, scalability and risk. You get a clear, ranked shortlist — not a long list of links.

  4. 04

    Introductions
    & pilots(Connect)

    We make the warm introduction, help structure trials and partnership terms, and stay alongside you until the solution is working in your world.

  5. 05

    Innovation
    strategy(Grow)

    Horizon scanning, open-innovation programmes and scouting capability for your own teams — so the next challenge is easier than the last.

03 — Process

From problem to partner
in four moves.

01

Brief

We sit with your team to understand the challenge, the constraints and what “solved” really looks like.

Kick-off
02

Scout

Our network goes to work across sectors and regions — searching where your own team wouldn't think to look.

Global search
03

Shortlist

Every candidate is screened and ranked on fit, maturity and risk. You see the evidence, not just the verdict.

Independent
04

Connect

Warm introductions, pilot design and support through to adoption. Then we measure what changed.

Through to adoption

04 — Why Ziyaad

Three decades of asking one question, for organisations of every size: what already exists, somewhere in the world, that solves this — and who do we need to call?

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Years of innovation scouting and consultancy experience.

Global

Scouting network spanning start-ups, universities, research centres and industry.

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Focus: your challenge. We are technology-agnostic and independent of any vendor.

05 — Contact

Got a challenge? Let's scout it.

hello@ziyaad.com

Tell us what you're trying to solve. A short paragraph is enough — we'll come back to you to arrange a call. Everything you share is treated in confidence.