Founded in 2001, InnoCentive
built the first global Web community for Open Innovation, allowing people from
many different fields of expertise to collaborate on breakthrough solutions for
organizations (Seekers) in need of answers. InnoCentive Seekers submit
Challenges to the InnoCentive Challenge Center where more than 200,000 bright
thinkers in more than 200 countries are invited to tackle problems. Solvers can
receive financial awards of up to $1 million.