Clients of Cognous are senior professionals at corporations, consultancies, government agencies, venture capital and private equity firms, and non-profits. They are specialists in their respective roles and sectors and wield significant influence and decision-making ability.

Our role is to help them navigate an ambiguous, uncertain, fast-changing, and complex competitive arena by enabling them to access relevant, actionable knowledge quickly and efficiently. We help our clients unlock perspectives and generate insight.

As a specialist in knowledge sourcing, we provide our clients with direct, high value interactions with leading academic and scientific researchers who can shed light on and provide insight into whatever question or issue is at stake. Whether by telephone, in-person or through extended engagements: one-to-one dialogues, small group discussions, and custom projects are the most effective ways for our clients to elicit and apply new knowledge.

WE OFFER OUR CLIENTS

• Precision: targeted expertise and services that meet the brief

• Credibility: leading experts who know how to engage with business and industry

• Choice: bespoke search that delivers a pre-qualified shortlist of best-fit expertise

• Trust: all interactions protected by strict compliance and confidentiality agreements

Corporations

Strategists, research and development teams, marketers and senior executives at corporations look to Cognous when developing new products, entering new and adjacent markets, gathering market intelligence, and preparing strategic initiatives. We serve professionals in a range of businesses, from multinationals to rapidly scaling startups.

Consultancies and Professional Services

Leading consultants and professionals work with Cognous to enhance their industry knowledge during client pitches, advisory, private equity due diligences and corporate strategy projects. Consultants and professionals work with Cognous to quickly gather a variety of perspectives as they research specific companies, products and services, markets of interest, and prepare specialist advice. We serve consultants and professionals at professional services firms and strategy consultancies.

Government

Government bodies have a regular need for independent expertise and advice in support of legislative and policy review and reform programs. Cognous works with government departments and agencies to source government and public policy academics, and other subject matter experts, for non-partisan advisory and bespoke services.

Venture Capital and Private Equity

Private equity professionals rely on Cognous throughout the investment cycle. Whether sourcing deals, conducting due diligence or during portfolio management, access to expertise enables them to ramp up quickly, identify opportunities and make progress.

Non-Profits

Cognous works with inspiring and innovative non-profit organisations committed to solving tough social issues. Non-profit clients leverage our core capability - access to our academic and scientific research knowledge community - on a low bono basis. We believe that fostering the exchange of knowledge across business leaders, social entrepreneurs, innovative non-profits, and key government leaders contributes to building a business environment that combines both social objectives and economic incentives.