Run grant calls, fellowship cohorts, employee challenges, and external innovation campaigns with structured applications, reviewer workflows, and decision-ready insights.
Loved by over 100+ users and organisations
Trusted by Leading Organisations
BongoHive
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Whether you're managing grant programs and accelerators, contributing ideas internally, or applying to public opportunities as an external innovator, IdeaSpring has you covered.
Run grant programs, fellowships, accelerators, and open innovation calls on one platform.
Create and manage innovation programs
Run grant and fellowship application cycles
Launch internal employee challenges
Run external open innovation campaigns
Evaluate ideas with built-in frameworks
Track analytics and prove ROI
Join your company's innovation programs to submit ideas, collaborate with colleagues.
Access via company invitation
Submit ideas to internal challenges
Collaborate with team members
Vote and comment on ideas
Track your submission status
Browse grant programs, fellowships, accelerators, and open innovation calls from different organisations.
Browse public grant programs and open calls
Submit applications, proposals, and supporting documents
Build your innovation portfolio
Track your applications
Connect with organizations
OUR IMPACT
See the impact and scale of IdeaSpring's platform as it drives measurable innovation across organizations.
Active Programs
Applications submitted
Platform users
Organisations onboarded
WHAT WE DO
We present a unified platform that turns your scattered ideas into structured, measurable innovation programs.
Collect applications, ideas, and proposals from employees and external applicants in one place. Everything is structured and searchable.
Score ideas using built-in criteria and multi-stage reviews. Make transparent, confident decisions with clear audit trails.
Comment, share files, and refine ideas together. Keep all discussions and feedback organized in one place.
Monitor submissions, progress, and outcomes. Use dashboards and reports to demonstrate measurable ROI for innovation, grant, and fellowship programs.
FEATURES
From idea submission to implementation, IdeaSpring has the tools innovation managers need to run successful programs.
Dashboard showing submission volume, participation rates, evaluation progress, and innovation funnel metrics.
Threaded discussions on every idea. @mention team members, attach files, and keep all feedback organized in one place.
Design application forms tailored to your needs. Add custom fields, budgets, file upload requirements, and structured questions to collect the exact information you need.
IdeaSpring applies your criteria to each submission, highlights patterns, and ranks your cohort, so your team can focus on the decisions that matter.
Every application is checked against the same rubric, helping reviewers spot strong fits, gaps, and follow-up areas faster.
Chat with your applications. Ask which startups have the strongest traction and get answers grounded in real submissions.
AI scores are advisory. Reviewers can override any score and add notes — the final decision is always human.
HOW IT WORKS
Sign up and launch your first grant program, fellowship, accelerator, or innovation challenge. Define your application questions, timeline, and review criteria.
TESTIMONIALS
Here is what organisations have to say about our platform
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IdeaSpring transformed our innovation program from a one-off campaign to a continuous engine for employee ideas.
Maumo Mubila
Manager - Entrepreneurship
BongoHive
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We moved from Excel sheets and long email threads to a structured evaluation process. IdeaSpring gave us proper scoring, and visibility.
Dorus Silwizya
Senior Innovation Associate
BongoHive
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Reviewing 700+ applications manually takes a lot of time. AI Review gives us scores, recommendations, and priority applications upfront, so the team can review faster and focus on final decisions.
Mulemwa Kusemwa
Programme Specialist
BongoHive
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AI Review helps our team prepare better review conversations. The recommendations and follow-up questions make it easier to compare applications, spot gaps, and align reviewers before making final decisions.
Mariah Tembo
Ecosystem & Programmes Associate
BongoHive
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IdeaSpring's multi-tenant setup helped us run Aug10Ford's Move Your Startup to the Next Level program with the right workspace, partner visibility, and programme data organized in one place.
Misozi Chisenga
Programmes and Strategic Initiatives Lead
BongoHive
FAQs
AI Review applies the criteria you define to each submission, then produces advisory scores, decision bands, eligibility flags, and follow-up questions. It helps reviewers work from a consistent first pass while keeping final decisions, overrides, and notes in human hands.
AI Review is currently in beta. Use it as decision support for faster triage, consistency checks, and reviewer preparation, not as an automatic decision maker. Your team remains responsible for reviewing outputs and making the final call.
Internal programs are private challenges for your team, while external programs are publicly visible so external innovators can discover and apply.
No. External innovators can join published programs at no cost unless your organization explicitly adds paid participation outside the platform.
Yes. You can manage multiple programs in parallel, each with its own audience, timeline, and evaluation flow.
Employees are invited directly by admins and access internal programs through secure login using their organization account.
PLAN & PRICING
Official pricing will apply after the beta period concludes.
For Getting Started
No credit card required
For Small Teams
7-day free trial
For Growing Organizations
7-day free trial
For Large Organizations
We're currently in beta and gathering early feedback. Pricing shown is provisional and may change. Beta users receive complimentary access until official pricing is announced.
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