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Industry | Open innovation, Technology sales & Venture capital |
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Founded | 1999 |
Founder | Ben duPont , Chris De Bleser & Phil Stern |
Number of locations | Boston, Liverpool, Tokyo and Wilmington, Delaware |
Key people | Ben duPont, Phil Stern, Tim Bernstein |
Owner | Private |
Website | www |
yet2.com is a global open innovation consulting company and technology marketplace founded in February 1999.[1][2][3] The company is based around the idea of matching large companies with smaller companies, inventors, startups, and academic institutions, as well as allowing all types of technologies to be bought and sold on an online marketplace.[4][5] Shortly after the company's founding in 1999, it became the largest global market for patents.[6]