Technology to validate
Research & Technologies
Turn hypotheses into concrete evidence before you decide: demonstrators, prototypes, targeted tests.
Unlock your deeptechprojects.
Innowide designs and matures the technology building blocks you need to reduce uncertainty, validate critical hypotheses and decide what comes next.
They trust us with their most uncertain challenges
Innowide helps your deeptech projects explore, prove and decide.
- 2 → 6
- TRL levels covered, from concept to a demonstrator in a representative environment.
- 2017
- Innowide founded, in the Saclay innovation cluster.
- +40
- Deeptech projects unlocked, from sensor to embedded system.
- 5
- Sectors where mistakes are costly.
Your situation
Does this sound familiar?
Each situation calls for a different answer. Find the one that fits yours.
- 01The project moves forward, but the areas of uncertainty remain wide open.Innovating under uncertainty
- 02Every meeting adds questions instead of reducing risk.Innovating under uncertainty
- 03You have to commit budget with too little certainty.Research & Technologies
- 04A technology looks promising, but the evidence is still thin.Research & Technologies
- 05It is becoming hard to defend continuing the project internally.Research & Technologies
- 06You need to move faster than a development starting from scratch.Tech Studio
Expertise
Three ways we help, depending on your situation
Wherever you start, the same outcome: a prototype that answers your question in conditions close enough to yours to decide, a measurement, and a decision — including the decision to stop.
Unclear or stalled project
Innovating under uncertainty
Identify the critical priorities and get the project moving again, without locking in the wrong solution too early.
Move faster
Tech Studio
Accelerate with building blocks explored and matured upstream, through licensing, co-development or spin-off.
Our method
Reducing risk step by step
What really holds a technical project back is not its complexity, but uncertainties still too large to commit to the next steps. Each cycle develops, tests and validates the critical points before more resources are mobilised.
01
Frame the deadlock
Pinpoint what could make the project fail and state the critical hypotheses to test.
02
Ideate and design
Explore the technical options and design candidate solutions.
03
Prototype
Quickly build prototypes designed as decision-making instruments, not finished products.
04
Experiment and decide
Test, measure, then deliver a decision file: continue, redirect or stop.
ResearchInnowide's focus · TRL 2 → 6Industrialisation
- TRL 1
- TRL 2
- TRL 3
- TRL 4
- TRL 5
- TRL 6
- TRL 7
- TRL 8
- TRL 9
Our founder
« A deliverable reassures. Evidence lets you decide. »
Damien CuoqFounder and CEO of Innowide
An engineer in physics and chemistry, Damien Cuoq founded Innowide in 2017 in Saclay, where he leads research and innovation. He writes the analyses of L'Atelier Innowide and hosts our webinars on steering deeptech projects through evidence.
Case studies
Deadlocks broken, evidence delivered
01
Reliable, integrable oil-level measurement
- Challenge
- Existing solutions lack reliability and integrate poorly.
- Our answer
- A fibre-optic sensor that is more precise, lighter and easy to integrate, with embedded AI.
- Outcome
- Significantly improved precision and integration, prototype validated on a test bench.
02
Diagnostics of embedded optical networks
- Challenge
- Diagnosing short, compact optical networks where off-the-shelf tools hit their limits.
- Our answer
- A high-resolution reflectometry instrument tailored to these networks.
- Outcome
- Precise location of faults and breaks, usable in maintenance.
03
MYO6: objective measurement of nervous-system state
- Challenge
- The state of the nervous system is hard to quantify.
- Our answer
- Pupillometry turned into a quantitative measurement, coupled with AI.
- Outcome
- An objective indicator validated in the field: performance, recovery, stress.
04
Embedded monitoring of rotating parts
- Challenge
- Measuring deformations in real conditions, in a high-frequency rotating environment.
- Our answer
- An autonomous, wireless embedded system instrumented with optical fibre.
- Outcome
- Real-time measurement validated on a bench: structural health and anomaly detection.
05
Position sensing in harsh environments
- Challenge
- Measuring a reliable position in harsh environments, replacing bulky sensors.
- Our answer
- Several complementary measurement approaches, prototyped in parallel.
- Outcome
- Several working prototypes evaluated, towards a more compact integration.
06
Automated testing of complex wiring in confined spaces
- Challenge
- Testing complex wiring in confined spaces, where current equipment is heavy and manual.
- Our answer
- A co-developed building block for an automatic, compact and portable cable tester.
- Outcome
- Faster, more complete diagnostics, usable in tight spaces.
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Where mistakes are costly
We work in industries where reliability, safety and confidentiality are non-negotiable.
Aerospace
Embedded instrumentation, lightweight sensors and reliability in harsh conditions.
Defence
Rugged systems, constrained environments and strict confidentiality requirements.
Energy
Equipment monitoring, real-world measurement and maintenance.
Medical & health
New physiological measurements, sensors and AI-based processing.
Industry & processes
Inspection, testing and diagnostics of complex equipment.
L'Atelier Innowide
Resources for technical decision-makers
Analyses by Damien Cuoq, Innowide's founder, webinars and insights for technical, R&D and innovation leaders. Our content is currently published in French.
Next webinar · in French
Your leadership doesn't fund an idea. It funds evidence.
- The 3 questions your leadership asks before funding
- Asking in stages: one budget tranche, one risk removed
- A real case: from a contested project to a funded stage
Bonus: a one-page decision note template (PDF)
Save my seatLatest articles (in French)
- Innovation en incertitude : comment avancer sans cahier des charges sûr ?
- TRL : éviter l'illusion de maîtrise
- Innovation industrielle rapide : ce que WikiSpeed, Tesla et SpaceX nous apprennent vraiment
Past webinars
- In deeptech, stop thinking deliverables. Think evidence.
- Agile in deeptech: why the sprint is not enough
- Accelerating hardware through modularity and digital twins
Careers
Want to join the team?
We are hiring deeptech engineers to design, prototype and test breakthrough technologies, in a team organised as a holacracy.
See our openings on Welcome to the Jungle Meet the team
Let's clarify your situation before committing more resources.
30 minutes to pinpoint what is really blocking you.