# 15Blue

> Opportunity intelligence for universities, NPOs/NGOs, and enterprises.
> 15Blue helps organizations discover partners, sponsors, grants, and joint-venture paths
> with machine-assisted strategic discovery — faster and at lower cost than manual outreach.

Canonical site: https://15blue.com
Generated: 2026-06-27 06:44 UTC

## Summary

15Blue - Advanced Organizational Intelligence for Academia and Industry

- Traditional Approach: Researching one industry-sponsored project idea requires 1 full week of staff time. Developing a partnership strategy needs 3-5 project ideas, or at least 2-3 weeks .
- 15 Blue : Our platform generates academic-industry outreach strategies in 1 hour , helping teams identify research sponsors, collaborators, and licensing pathways far faster.
- Traditional Approach: Researching one sponsor, funder, or program-aligned partner pathway can take 1 full week . Building a focused outreach strategy often requires 2-3 weeks .
- 15 Blue : Our platform generates sponsor and funding outreach strategies in 1 hour , helping small teams move from mission priorities to actionable partner briefs.
- Traditional Approach: Researching one joint-venture or B2B partner pathway can take 1 full week , especially when internal capabilities are spread across business units.

## Value proposition

- **120× faster** — outreach strategies in ~1 hour vs 2–3 weeks manually
- **<1% of cost** — vs consultant + analyst FTE for manual discovery
- **50× outreach scale** — from ~10–20 partner strategies/year to hundreds of briefs

## Audiences

- **University / research** — proactive industry-sponsored research & licensing discovery
- **NPO / NGO** — mission-aligned sponsors, grants, and co-creation partners
- **Enterprise** — joint ventures, B2B outreach, cross-unit capability mapping

## Key pages

- [Home](https://15blue.com/): Product overview, vision, value proposition, case studies, FAQ
- [Survey](https://15blue.com/survey.html): Audience research survey
- [Privacy Policy](https://15blue.com/privacy-policy.html): Privacy policy

## Contact

- Email: contact@15blue.com
- Sales / pilots: sales@15blue.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/15blue/

## Site sections (English)

### The vision
### The Value Proposition
### A Bedrock for Academia 2.0
### A Bedrock for Mission-Led Opportunity Intelligence
### A Bedrock for Enterprise Opportunity Intelligence
### Leveraging existing academic potential for industrial partnerships
### Unlocking partnerships with industry and government stakeholders
### Unlocking partnerships with startups and mapping joint venture opportunities
### From the Field
### From the Field
### Case Studies
### Venture Studios
### Field Notes: Venture & Enterprise
### Testimonials
### Questions we hear
### Reach out
### Partners
### Consultants
### Technology Stack
#### Opportunity Intelligence for Organizations

## Articles & case studies

- [Your Researchers Aren't Your Sales Team (But the Network Effect Says They Are) | 15Blue](https://15blue.com/blog/article_1_pi_knew_someone.html): blog/article_1_pi_knew_someone.html
- [The Disclosure Came In. Then It Got Quiet. | 15Blue](https://15blue.com/blog/article_2_disclosure_went_quiet.html): blog/article_2_disclosure_went_quiet.html
- [Great Conference. Now What? | 15Blue](https://15blue.com/blog/article_3_great_conference.html): blog/article_3_great_conference.html
- [Why Most Researchers Never Knock on the TTO Door | 15Blue](https://15blue.com/blog/article_4_researchers_wont_knock.html): blog/article_4_researchers_wont_knock.html
- [The Annual Report Looks Great. The Provost Has Questions. | 15Blue](https://15blue.com/blog/article_5_annual_report.html): blog/article_5_annual_report.html
- [Mapping the Overlap Between Two Research Universities Before Anyone Picks Up the Phone | 15Blue](https://15blue.com/blog/article_oist_keio_academic_clusters.html): blog/article_oist_keio_academic_clusters.html
- [Dealflow Starts Upstream | 15Blue](https://15blue.com/blog/venture_1_dealflow_starts_upstream.html): blog/venture_1_dealflow_starts_upstream.html
- [The Thesis Packet Problem | 15Blue](https://15blue.com/blog/venture_2_thesis_packets.html): blog/venture_2_thesis_packets.html
- [The Combinatorial Clarity Problem | 15Blue](https://15blue.com/blog/venture_3_combinatorial_clarity.html): blog/venture_3_combinatorial_clarity.html

## Optional

- Full agent brief (markdown): https://15blue.com/llms.md