About Our Company | ITONICS for R&D & Innovation

The world's leading R&D and innovation software

ITONICS is the leading operating system to drive innovation from strategy to execution and generate predictable results at scale. Unlike traditional innovation management software, ITONICS connects foresight and ideation activities to your strategic goals and portfolio execution in an all-in-one solution.

Trusted by more than 500 companies worldwide, ITONICS is the only innovation management software in the world to be recognized by Gartner in 4 different innovation categories in their 2024 Hype Cycle for Innovation Practices. With more than 150 employees worldwide, we support innovation leaders such as Amazon, adidas, Johnson & Johnson, Toyota, Mondelez and Siemens.

Johann Weigend Rodríguez

Foresight Specialist

We see ITONICS as a second brain. People can see that we are not inventing these trends. They connect back to the signals and the interviews themselves.

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Maximiliane Straub

Team Lead, Innovation & AI

We would never have known the scale of our startup activity without ITONICS. It allows us to demonstrate where innovation is creating value.

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Tessa Finlev

Futures Council Founder & Consulting Futurist

ITONICS is the backbone of Dolby's Futures Council. It allows us to come together asynchronously across company silos to share, assess, and debate interesting signals of change and their long-term implications.

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Morgan Kirby

Engineering Director

ITONICS is a game-changer for the innovation programs at DISH. It provides us with the comprehensive, efficient, and transparent single point of truth we needed.

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Kara Cunzeman

Director Strategic Foresight

My team is small, and we have to juggle such an immense amount of information ITONICS helps us expedite in getting to and focusing more on insight.

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Sebastian Schuhmann

Head of Global Innovation Portfolio

ITONICS is our operating system for all innovation initiatives. It has supported us in centralizing our activities to a more streamlined, collaborative, and data-driven process.

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Andrew Willett

Senior Expert

Targeted innovation needs a single point of truth. The ITONICS Innovation OS unites over 500 Toyota members across our European manufacturing centers, streamlining collaboration.

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Richard Wales

Programme Coordinator, Corporate Research

With ITONICS, we've been able to seamlessly connect trends, technologies, and innovation projects in a single system.

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Christian Weber

Digitalization Program Management Lead

With ITONICS, we've created a holistic digital ecosystem for innovation and digitalization, featuring project, strategy, and portfolio views, plus trend scouting and innovation tools.

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Alex Goryachev

Director of Innovation Strategy

With a collaborative platform, we made the Innovate Everywhere Challenge a key part of our innovation strategy, fostering Cisco-wide cultural change and creating a global network of innovators.

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Strategic approach

The ITONICS methodology and tools link strategy, innovation, and execution and can be managed by a small team.

Perfect match

The customizable software modules can be configured to the individual needs and existing best practices within your organization.

Partnership excellence

Our best practice workshops, periodic health checks, benchmarks, and training sessions guarantee a sustainable and world-class innovation management.

Global engagement

We manage global innovation challenges and enable worldwide tech & trend scouting projects. You can trust our vast industry expertise.

Trust

Protecting your data assets is one of our major obligations. Getting certified in ISO/IEC 27001:2022 underlines this ongoing endeavor.

24/7 support worldwide

You can rely on our team of experts 24/7 and receive individual support and advice.

2024

ITONICS ACQUIRES BRAINEET

ITONICS acquires Braineet, a prominent player in crowdsourcing and innovation portfolio management, to create a powerhouse in the world of innovation. We celebrate the launch of the ITONICS Innovation Academy and the opening of our sixth office on the globe in Miami!

2023

GENERATIVE AI

ITONICS reveals new AI-driven tools in the Innovation OS and is recognized in five Gartner Hype Cycles, Market Guides and Reports. We also expand our offices in Nuremberg, Cape Town and Kathmandu. And ITONICS Nepal celebrates its 10th anniversary!

2022

AWARDS

ITONICS is beeing honored with several awards including the Best Tech Sales Employers Award, recognition in the Gartner® Hype Cycle™ for Innovation Management Techniques, and the title of Best Consulting Company in Germany. In addition, the Cape Town office is further expanding!

2021

CAPE TOWN

ITONICS opens a new branch in Cape Town and announces AI expert Dr. Christian Mühlroth as new CEO. Also: ITONICS is included in the Gartner Market Guide for "Innovation Management Tools" and hosts the hybrid Foresight & Sustainability Summit.

2020

AI-POWERED

ITONICS becomes a member of the Federal Association of AI, hosts the hybrid AI-enabled Technology Foresight Summit with +600 participants, and launches the ITONICS Campus program for academia.

2019

BEST CONSULTANT

ITONICS hosts the first AI-enabled Tech Foresight Summit in Berlin with the world’s leading innovation and foresight experts and is announced as "Best Consultant" in the category "Innovation & Growth" by Statista.

2018

ISO 27001

ITONICS gets certified as the first innovation management software provider in ISO 27001 and starts offering global trend scouting as an on-demand service.

ISO 27001 certified - ITONICS Innovation Management Software

2017

EXPANSION

Gartner includes ITONICS as a sample vendor in the “Market Guide for Innovation Management Tools” and the office spaces are doubled in size in Nuremberg, Berlin, and Kathmandu.

2015

USA

ITONICS welcomes the first clients and partners in the US. In addition to Nuremberg, Berlin, and Kathmandu, another location is added to the list of offices: New York City!

2014

TOP 10

ITONICS pitches its business model again and ranks in the Top 10 at the North Bavarian Business Plan Competition of more than 90 entries.

ITONICS North Bavarian Business Plan Competition

2013

NEPAL

ITONICS opens the Kathmandu branch to allow for global software development and gain access to even more very talented individuals. The World Economic Forum publishes the Global and Supply Chain Risk Report based on the ITONICS Trend Radar.

2012

BERLIN

ITONICS opens its second office after the Nuremberg headquarters in Berlin.

2011

NUREMBERG

ITONICS moves to its current headquarters in the city center of Nuremberg. The first product, an interactive Trend Radar, allows the first clients worldwide to collect, evaluate, and interpret trends and new technologies in one place.

2009

FÜRTH

ITONICS GmbH is founded by Dr. Michael Durst and others in Fürth in April. The initial vision: To collect, connect, condense and interpret all information organizations need to innovate for a brighter future.