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Expert & Mentoring Platform

Empower partners or clients to easily access your network of experts for consulting or collaboration.

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A platform for business solutions

Skipso empowers organisations to build and manage an expert and mentoring platform — connecting the right expertise with the right programmes, tracking every engagement, and scaling your advisor network without the manual overhead.

CONNECT

Cultivate a thriving network where institutes forge meaningful connections with experts, fostering collaborative research endeavours.

MATCH

Facilitate seamless alignment between research projects and expert capabilities, ensuring the perfect match for each endeavour.

ENGAGE

Encourage ongoing dialogue and cooperation within the platform, nurturing a culture of knowledge exchange and partnership.

MANAGE

Track and log time worked directly and the platform and keep track of payments.

Connect experts & mentors

Discover experts, mentors, advisors, and industry specialists to support research, innovation, and commercial opportunities from a single platform.

Post research projects

Institutes can easily post research projects or grant opportunities they have available. These projects may cover various fields and areas of study.

Find experts

Users can search and discover experts who possess the required skills and expertise for their research projects. Our platform offers advanced search functionalities to streamline the process.

Submit proposals

Experts are encouraged to submit proposals in response to posted research projects. Our intuitive interface facilitates seamless collaboration and proposal submission.

Match and track expert engagements

Leverage advanced algorithms to seamlessly match specific proposals with
the most suitable experts.

Match research projects and experts

Leverage advanced algorithms to seamlessly match specific research projects with the most suitable experts. Our matchmaking functionality ensures that institutes connect with experts who possess the relevant skills and expertise required for successful project completion.

Collaborate and track engagements

Once matched, institutes and experts can collaborate to further refine and develop the research proposals. Our platform also allows users to track the amount of time spent on projects and manage paid engagements efficiently.

Community

Build an active vibrant community of idea development.

Community development

Build an active and vibrant community of research collaboration. Engage with fellow members, share insights, and collaborate on groundbreaking research projects.

Resource and event directory

Engage the community with relevant events or resources pertaining to your innovation initiative.

eleonora venuti

Skipso supported us to design, develop and launch the Federated Innovation @MIND digital platform.

The digital platform has a complex organizational structure and continually updated content and flows – Skipso's strength is its flexibility and proactive support!
Eleonora Venuti
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Marketing & Business Community Manager,  MIND

From fragmented manual processes to a unified expert engagement hub.

Multiple programmes unified on one platform, replacing manual processes, with AI-powered matching between clinicians, researchers, and MedTech companies, role-based access to relevant programmes and communities, and compliance-ready data exports for finance.
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Leading US Healthcare Network

From spreadsheets and static portals to a fully auditable supplier marketplace.

100s of curated suppliers onboarded with AI-powered, profile-based opportunity matching, a structured multi-stage approval workflow for every challenge, personalised opportunity recommendations, and a single platform replacing five-plus procurement tools, spreadsheets, and manual scoring processes.
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UK Central Government Organisation

Building California's cleantech innovation community in one connected platform

350+ startups & SMEs active on the platform
550+ public and private organisations connected
900+ active ecosystem users across the cleantech community
AI-powered recommendations surfacing relevant content, opportunities, and connections for every member type
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Empower Innovation (California Energy Commission)

The Skipso team has worked incredibly hard to make the program an outstanding success.

The team’s effort as well as the high flexibility of their online awards management platform were absolutely essential for the great overall success of this program!
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Digital Promise

The Skipso team has worked incredibly hard to make the program an outstanding success.

The team’s effort as well as the high flexibility of their online awards management platform were absolutely essential for the great overall success of this program!
Arne Pingel
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Global Product Manager, Syngenta

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