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Matchmaking

We connect innovative startups with leaders in maritime, port, and logistics to drive real-world impact.

Who is this for?

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Startups/ Scale-ups

Your startup is innovating in the port and logistics sector, whether you're developing advanced technologies, digital platforms, sustainable solutions, or novel services. If you're ready to secure your first lighthouse customer or expand your reach, Opentop offers access to real port environments, valuable data, and deep industry expertise. Apply today to accelerate your path to market and validate your solution where it matters most.

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Corporates

Facing challenges in port, maritime, or logistics operations? Connect with Opentop to turn your concerns into opportunities. We partner with you to develop impactful solutions through startup collaboration and focused pilot projects, ensuring minimal disruption and measurable results. Let Opentop help transform obstacles into competitive advantages for your organization.

How do we work?

At Opentop, we connect corporates’ real innovation needs with startups’ cutting-edge solutions, creating  tangible opportunities for collaboration and impact.
Our matchmaking process is designed to be simple, strategic, and result oriented.

1. Challenge & Opportunity definition

Together with our partners, we identify key innovation areas and challenges across the port, logistics, and maritime industries. These challenges guide our search for the right startups.

2. Scouting & Identification

Our team continuously scouts startups and scaleups from around the world through open calls, website always open forms, industry events, and our innovation ecosystem to find those best aligned with our partners’ priorities.

3. Evaluation & Matching

We analyze both the corporate challenge and the startup’s capabilities to ensure a strong strategic and technological fit.
When a match is identified, we facilitate introductions and exploratory meetings to shape potential collaborations.

4. Collaboration design

Once both sides express interest, we support them in defining the scope of the collaboration, from pilot projects to commercial partnerships, helping align objectives, timing, and resources.

5. Project development & follow-up

Opentop accompanies the partnership through every stage: from initial validation to project implementation and impact measurement, ensuring that each match creates real value and measurable outcomes.

 We bridge the gap between innovation and industry, transforming ideas into pilots, pilots into projects, and projects into sustainable impact.

Impact in Motion

Impact

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High value connections during 2025, and more to come...

Impact Stories

At Opentop, our passion for innovation is woven into everything we do, driven by a heartfelt commitment to shaping a smarter, more connected future for the port logistics community. Here are some examples:

Our community of startups

Collaborations

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