Leading agile innovation platform is recognized as one of the fastest-growing tech companies
Montreal, Canada — Planbox, a pioneer in cloud-based, AI-powered agile innovation management solutions, today announced it has been selected as a leader in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 program, ranking among the fastest-growing companies in the tech sector with the highest revenue-growth percentage from 2016 to 2019.
To qualify for the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 ranking, companies must have been in business for at least four years, have revenues of at least $5 million, be headquartered in Canada, own proprietary technology, conduct research and development activities in Canada and invest a minimum of five percent of gross revenues in R&D.
“Our team is honored to receive the Technology Fast 50 award by Deloitte, and we extend this honor to our community for making it possible,” said Sara Husk, Chief Customer Officer at Planbox. “We work with some of the most innovative organizations and creative people in the world, and to be able to grow with them makes our journey all the more exciting.”
Planbox was also recently named a Top Growing Company in the 2020 Report on Business by the Globe and Mail, earning its spot among the boldest businesses in the country with a three-year revenue growth of 426% from 2016 to 2019. Earlier this year, and prior to its acquisition of IdeaConnection, an open innovation platform and global expert solver network, Planbox was recognized as the top-ranking innovation platform software provider, having received the highest score in strategy and current offering in the Forrester Wave: Innovation Management Platforms, Q1 2020.
“As a leader in innovation management, we support global organizations in their mission to grow quickly while becoming more agile and adaptive, said Arthur Liberian, Senior Innovation Advisor at Planbox. “Co-creation is at the heart of sustainable growth, which is why now more than ever resilience and creativity are fundamental in driving long-term success, especially in this fast-paced, highly-competitive and rapidly-changing world. With our top-ranking Agile Innovation platform, we continue to help our clients develop the right corporate habits and systems so that they can continue to thrive.”
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About Planbox
Planbox is the pioneering agile innovation management platform software provider for full lifecycle Innovation Portfolio Management, Emerging Tech Empowerment and Ecosystem Enablement. Planbox is recognized by Forrester as the top-ranking innovation management platform in the marketplace, having received the highest score in strategy and current offering in the Forrester Wave: Innovation Management Platforms, Q1, 2020. As the most robust and scalable platform on the market, we empower our clients to discover, collaborate and capitalize on the best strategically aligned concepts with their ecosystem of employees, customers, suppliers, partners, startups, academia, government and the general public to pursue breakthrough innovations, create a sustainable continuous improvement program, build a framework for corporate venturing and action on consumer insights. With over 20 years of domain expertise, 400 enterprise deployments, 5M participants and $10B of realized ROI for customers, Planbox’s AI-powered cloud-based agile innovation solutions accelerate business outcomes for some of the world’s most recognized brands, including Whirlpool, Dow, Novartis, ExxonMobil, Cargill, Bobcat, Honeywell and Sun Life.
In 2020, Planbox acquired IdeaConnection, the best-in-class open innovation platform and expert solver network. IdeaConnection by Planbox provides access to millions of diverse and brilliant minds and a global network of 20,000+ multidisciplinary experts and world-class facilitators in more than 180 countries, with an 80% solve rate for open innovation services such as public and confidential challenges, crowdsourced tech scouting and prior art search.
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