We use cookies to give you the best online experience. Please let us know if you agree to all of these cookies.
Agorize is the leading platform
for open innovation challenges
Our 6 offices work at scale and cover worldwide needs for innovation across all industries
-
Paris
-
Hong Kong
-
Stuttgart
-
Montreal
-
Tokyo
-
Singapore
Our mission
We aim to create new synergies between businesses and key players in innovation: students, developers, startups and employees.
Quickly identify innovations and source innovative solutions for your business.
Test and recruit the best talent on their hard & soft skills. Boost your employer brand.
Develop agility and structural transformation within your organization.
Reveal your employees’ potential by nurturing their intrapreneurial mindset with open innovation challenges.
How it all started
2011
Charles, Yohann and Yohan met while studying for a Master’s degree at HEC/Télécom ParisTech in 2011.
They worked on case studies, providing concrete responses to strategic issues encountered by major groups.
They realized the untapped potential of students and businesses working together. Studyka was born!
2012
They added 3 new communities: hackers (Hackateam), startups (UpWeStart) and employees.
And with the success of these new communities, Studyka became Agorize! The change better reflects the diversity of its communities of innovators 🚀
2014
Agorize raised $2.6 million from Iris Capital and Capnamic Ventures
2016
Agorize was voted ‘Best Collaborative SaaS Platform’ by French Tech and is among the top 500 most dynamic tech companies as ranked in the Deloitte Technology Fast500.
2018
At the end of the year, Agorize raised $14.5 million
2019
Agorize is an 80-person strong startup that specializes in organizing O2O (Online to Offline) open innovation challenges & hackathons.
The company has organized almost 1000 challenges involving a community of 5 million innovators through its dedicated platform & works with over 200 key account clients.
Agorize comes from “Agora” and “Rise” and empowers companies and people from all over the world through Open innovation Challenges.
Our latest news: