capital 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 http www.yet2.com yet2.com is a global technology marketplace founded in 1999 . 1 2 the company is based around the idea of open innovation and allows all types of technologies to be bought and sold . yet2.com has six product areas tactical targeted search strategic dealflow service out licensing technology marketing & business development patent transactions submissions portals and venture capital yet2ventures . 3 4 history edit yet2.com was founded in 1999 by ben dupont and chris de bleser . dupont was attempting to sell a new technology that he had developed and found no easy way to do it . chris de bleser was in a similar situation at polaroid . together the two started the company out of pure frustration with the existing processes dupont said . 2 the company was founded with original investments from venrock capital procter & gamble dupont honeywell caterpillar ntt leasing bayer and siemens raising over 24 million . 2 5 since its founding the company has been provided services to fortune 500 and global 2000 companies include boeing ford monsanto and ntt among others . 6 7 8 product divisions edit tactical targeted search yet2 helps companies find technologies that accelerate their growth . strategic dealflow service yet2 offers clients a guaranteed deal flow with up to 400 pre screened introductions per year to promising companies and technologies . out licensing technology marketing & business development yet2 helps to facilitate the transaction of technology assets developing new revenue for firms . patent transactions yet2 offers services including patent acquisition monetization targeted search and evaluation patent scoring and patent transaction market monitoring . idea submissions portals yet2 provides back end support to open innovation portal submission programs . their support is currently used by a number of companies including unilever . yet2ventures yet2ventures has roughly 40 investments ranging from material science to mobile . references edit offers scientists and researchers the opportunity to unearth critical technologies . here we unearth yet2.com inc . yet2.com . retrieved 2010 11 08 . a b c om malik 02.07.00 2 25 pm et 2000 02 07 . technology s clearinghouse yet2.com . forbes.com . retrieved 2010 11 08 . cs1 maint multiple names authors list link products . yet2.com . retrieved 2010 11 07 . dupont s yet2 raises 100 million after japan tie up . businessweek . 2010 09 27 . retrieved 2010 11 07 . aldrick philip 2001 02 12 . yet2.com bucks trend with 20m funds . february 12 2001 . london telegraph media group limited . retrieved 8 november 2010 . yet2.com to provide technology trading site . seattlepi.com . 1999 10 12 . retrieved 2010 11 08 . yet2.com and ideaken.com partnership aims to place asia onto the innovation world map . sfgate.com . 2010 10 21 . retrieved 2010 11 08 . reidy chris 2008 02 07 . yet2.com s tech licenses on the upswing . february 7 2008 . the boston globe . retrieved 8 november 2010 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title yet2.com & oldid 712335948 categories innovation consulting firmsperformance consulting firmscrowdsourcingventure capital firms of the united statesopen innovation intermediarieshidden categories cs1 maint multiple names authors list navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 28 march 2016 at 14 21 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view