One platform for all your innovation pipelines
Ideas, innovation projects, AI opportunities, transformation initiatives, operational improvements - Nosco gives every team the structure to build, manage and accelerate their pipelines, and leaders the visibility to act on what matters most.
Built for your entire organisation
Whether you’re in Innovation, R&D, AI & Digital, Operational Excellence or other - if your team runs a pipeline, Nosco gives you and your team the structure, flexibility and transparency to drive it. Without months of implementation.
Innovation Challenge
Innovation Projects
Trend Radar
R&D Idea Campaign
Lessons Learned in R&D
Research Grants & Challenges
AI Idea Campaign
Digital Opportunity Tracker
AI & Digital Transformation Pipeline
BD Opportunity Tracker
Startup Scouting Pipeline
Trend Radar
Open Idea Box
Product Idea Campaign
Product Scoping Pipeline
Continuous Improvement Pipeline
Kaizen Tracker
Operations Idea Campaign
ESG Tracker
Sustainability Idea Campaign
Sustainathon
The Healthy Food Challenge
The Social Startup Challenge
Customer Experience Improvements
Customer Service Idea Campaign
Purpose-built, not bolted on
Nosco creates purpose-led features that matter. Built in close cooperation with our customers, they intuitively solve real problems, and help your organisation achieve results without unnecessary complexity.
Higher-quality ideas, stronger engagement, and less noise in your pipeline
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Stage-based idea submission with fully customisable forms that adapt as ideas progress - capturing the right data at the right time.
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AI-supported idea submission and coaching, providing contextual guidance that helps users express ideas clearly and consistently.
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Flexible collaboration models, supporting internal and external contributors with different privacy levels, permissions, and access modes (SSO, hybrid login).
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Multiple idea editors and same-time editing to encourage team work and co-creation.
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Public and group comments to support open discussion, focused feedback, and expert dialogue.
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Related ideas and AI-assisted discovery to reduce duplication and encourage knowledge reuse.
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Mobile-friendly experience so ideas can be shared wherever they emerge.
Nosco’s AI helps at every stage of the pipeline
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Field-level AI prompts for contextual guidance
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AI-assisted idea submission and coaching
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Related-idea detection and knowledge reuse
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AI-supported search and content discovery
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Integration to your AI tools via MCP
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Built on AWS Bedrock and Anthropic Claude, with enterprise-grade security and data isolation.
Faster and better decisions, and a shared understanding of why ideas move forward - or don’t
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Multi-gate evaluation flows aligned to your innovation process (screening, shaping, validation, etc.).
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Multiple evaluation teams per stage, combining teams and individual experts where needed.
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Central evaluation centre giving evaluators and admins a clear overview of workload, progress, and results.
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Custom evaluation criteria and scoring models.
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Heatmaps and NPS-style scoring for fast identification and prioritisation of the most promising ideas.
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Configurable visibility of evaluation results, ensuring the right level of transparency for stakeholders.
Clear visibility across innovation efforts - without heavy PPM tools or manual reporting
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At-a-glance pipeline and portfolio overviews — stage-based Kanban views, strategic swimlanes, and multi-dimensional pipeline progress views.
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Real-time data across pipelines, always reflecting the current state of ideas and projects.
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Out of the box integration with Microsoft Power BI for advanced reporting, dashboards, and enterprise-level analytics.
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Exportable reports for steering committees, PMOs, and leadership teams.
Less administration, fewer workarounds, and a platform that adapts to how you actually run innovation
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Customisable stage-based workflows that support everything from idea campaigns to innovation portfolios and continuous improvement.
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Advanced submission form builder with conditional logic, field-level permissions, calculated fields, scales, sliders, and guidance fields.
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Custom views per stage, so different stakeholders see the information that matters at that point in the process.
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Process automation to reduce manual work — including stage changes, assignments, notifications, and integrations.
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Updated channel and process settings that allow admins to configure initiatives quickly without IT support.
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User and member management with activity insights, filtering, and export capabilities.
High adoption, low friction, and innovation embedded in everyday work
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Microsoft Entra SSO with optional hybrid login for external contributors.
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SCIM user provisioning to keep users, roles, and access automatically in sync.
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Microsoft Teams and Sharepoint integration to increase adoption and reduce friction.
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Microsoft Power Automate connector to connect Nosco with DevOps, project tools, and 300+ other applications.
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Microsoft Power BI for advanced reporting, dashboards, and enterprise-level analytics.
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MCP layer to connect to your AI tools.
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Swagger API to support additional integrations and automation needs.
Why Organisations Choose Nosco
Power, flexibility and ease of use
Nosco adapts to your innovation reality: R&D, product development, digital transformation, operations and more. Pipelines, submission forms, process steps and automations are fully configurable by admins - no IT tickets required.
Easy to scale from 10 to 10.000+
With an intuitive UI, best-practice templates and rapid deployment (<1 week), Nosco lets teams launch innovation pipelines quickly and iterate continuously. No long implementation projects. No problem scaling from 10 to 10.000+ users.
Purpose-built for pipelines
Unlike generic tools, Nosco is purpose-built for innovation and improvement pipelines: idea capture, collaboration, stage-gate evaluation, and leadership-ready overviews.
AI that actually supports innovation
Nosco uses best-in-class AI to help articulate ideas, find related ideas, provide feedback, setup channels, and explore your vast base of ideas, insights and more - always grounded in real high-value use cases.
Expert support and consulting
Nosco combines software with hands-on consulting from experienced innovation practitioners. You get direct access to experts who understand innovation operating models, project and portfolio governance, and organisational change - not just the tool.
Fair and transparent pricing
Nosco’s pricing is clear and adaptable: free trial, self-serve plans, as well as enterprise options with activity-based pricing. No hidden costs, no forced bundles.
Secure by default
GDPR-compliant. EU data residency. ISO/IEC 27001-aligned ISMS. ISAE 3402 audited annually. SSO, SCIM, and granular permissions out of the box.
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GDPR Compliant
Full compliance with EU data protection law. DPAs based on the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses.
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EU Data Residency
All customer data hosted on AWS within the European Union. Data does not leave the EU region in normal operation.
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ISO/IEC 27001
Information Security Management System aligned to ISO/IEC 27001, with documented controls, governance, and operational processes.
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ISAE 3402 Audited
Security controls and operational processes independently verified through annual ISAE 3402 audits.
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SSO / SCIM
Single sign-on and automated user provisioning via Microsoft Entra ID and other SAML 2.0 identity providers.
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Granular Permissions
Role-based access control across pipelines, ideas, and individual data fields — configurable per use case.
Everything you need to know
Nosco is a leading innovation management platform that helps mid-to-large enterprises manage end-to-end innovation pipelines - from idea capture and evaluation to portfolio reporting. We're also a consultancy, so customers get software and hands-on expertise in one.
Nosco is based in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Nosco supports multiple innovation pipelines across an organisation in a single platform. Typical use cases include:
- Innovation challenges and idea campaigns
- R&D idea pipelines
- Product development pipelines
- AI and digital transformation pipelines
- Continuous improvement pipelines
- Research grants management
- Open innovation challenges with external partners (customers, suppliers, universities, startups)
Administrators can configure submission forms, stage-gate processes and evaluations, pipeline and portfolio overviews (Kanban, swimlanes, XY bubble charts), and integrations and automations (SSO, Power BI, Power Automate, and more) directly in the platform - no code required.
Organisations choose Nosco because it:
- Fits real organisational complexity without adding complexity
- Scales from small teams to enterprise-wide deployments without becoming rigid
- Combines configurable software with deep innovation expertise
- Is European-based and enterprise-grade, with EU data residency and ISO 27001 / ISAE 3402 assurance
- Delivers transparency, collaboration, and measurable impact across innovation portfolios
In short, Nosco focuses on making innovation operations manageable.
Nosco operates a comprehensive Information Security Management System (ISMS) set up and managed in accordance with ISO/IEC 27001 and audited annually under ISAE 3402. This means information security controls, governance, and operational processes are independently verified against recognised international standards.
Detailed security documentation – including controls, sub-processors, and architecture – is available on request under NDA for procurement and security review teams.
Yes. Nosco is GDPR-compliant. The Nosco platform is hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS) within the EU region. Data Processing Agreements are based on the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs). Data residency, retention, and deletion policies are documented and contractually committed.
Trusted by the best
From Innovation, over AI & Digital Transformation, to Operational Excellence, organisations and teams across industries rely on Nosco to move ideas forward.
“The platform is so super easy that it’s ‘just a tool’ - you don’t need to spend a lot of workshops on technical discussions but can focus on innovation and ideation.”
“Nosco is simple for the users, yet powerful for the organization to facilitate big and small innovation processes.”
“Completely changed my approach to problem solving.”
“Beyond the software, the advice on how to run a good innovation campaign is outstanding. It’s an open and honest business contact that is never lecturing but always supportive.”
“The value is very high for our use case - with a need for a highly configurable system. Easy to customize for multiple use cases.”
“Easy to use, easy to explain to others.”
“I’m not a systems person but I think I’m in love 🥰 with this one. It is intuitive, easy and great to be able to see other people’s responses.”
Pricing
Nosco’s pricing is clear and adaptable: free trial, self-serve plans, as well as enterprise options with activity-based pricing. No hidden costs, no forced bundles.
Trial
Discover what Nosco can do for you. Free of charge for up to 10 users, for 90 days.
0 EUR
max 10 users / 90 days
Everything in Pro for 90 days
Pro
For teams and organisations up to 100 people.
5 EUR
per user / month
All of the goodness of Nosco, plus:
- Up to 100 users
- Company branding
- Unlimited channels
- Unlimited admins
- Unlimited ideas
- Dashboards
- XLSX exports
Business
For teams and organisations of 100 - 500 people.
Starting at 5.000 EUR / year
Everything in Pro, plus:
- Up to 500 users
- Custom domain
- Azure AD/SCIM integration
- Power BI integration
- Power Automate integration
Enterprise
For organisations above 500+ people.
Starting at 10.000 EUR / year
Everything in Business, plus:
- 500+ users
- Custom contract
- Activity based pricing