Vtrek is an economic consultancy firm offering expert services to help contracting authorities across Europe to buy innovation. Vtrek offers economic procurement services specifically relating to innovation procurement, e.g. State-Of-The-Art Analysis (SOTA), Business Case development, analysis of and guidance regarding Venture Capital possibilities. Through the business case methodology – developed under the European Assistance for Innovation Procurement (eafip) initiative – Vtrek assists project managers and procurers in designing, conducting, and learning from their purchases, for better results and higher returns across the procurement life cycle. The Vtrek-approach is outcome-driven, where cost savings and service efficiency translate to intensified market impacts in innovation and sustainability.