INNOVATE® Jacksonville

Innovations of the World

INNOVATE® Jacksonville

Jacksonville is too good a secret to keep. The creativity of its thought leaders and the variety of its industries make this true—and so does the cross-industry pollination that is building the city up as a leader in MedTech, tourism, design, and the arts. For every well-established enterprise or titan of industry—Florida Blue or Urban SDK, for example—there are a dozen rising stars; Forcura, ArtRepublic, and Auditmacs among them.

The secret’s out: INNOVATE® Jacksonville is the place where all these all-stars meet!

INNOVATE® Jacksonville is a beautiful, hard-cover coffee table book showcasing some of the most innovative companies and people in Jacksonville.

Featured Thought Leaders

Featured Thought Leaders

Featured Innovators

Featured Innovators

The Positive Life Company

The Positive Life Company - In a World of Chaos

In a World of Chaos, Our Happiness Is Being Tested Everyday

In a world of chaos, our happiness is being tested everyday. According to the World Happiness Report, the United States is the unhappiest it has ever been. Finding innovative ways to protect and sustain our happiness levels is the basis of The Positive Life Company.   We believe that, through...

Bluewave

Bluewave Technologies

Deodorize Items With Its Proprietary Ozone Infusion Technology

BLUEWAVE Technologies is a healthtech startup and the creator of the BLUEWAVE, a device that can deodorize items with its proprietary ozone infusion technology in as little as 5 minutes, without using any water, detergents, or added  chemicals. The device is completely closed loop and filters out all of the...

Clay County District Schools

Clay County District Schools - A proud tradition of excellence

A proud tradition of excellence

Clay County District Schools has a proud tradition of excellence. We have established our school system as one of the best in the state, if not in the country. Clay County District Schools has truly become an educational environment for which everyone can be proud. We have embraced a culture...

LegacyShield®

LegacyShield® - Helps Consumers

Helps Consumers, Through Their Advisors, Organize and Share the Right Information With the Right People at the Right Time

LegacyShield® helps consumers, through their advisors, organize and share the right information with the right people at the right time®. Through its highly secure, lifetime, military-grade platform, consumers are able to store all of their important information and decide to share that information now or based on an event such...

Airstream Ventures

Airstream Ventures - Business.Entertainment.Sports

Business.Entertainment.Sports

Memorable moments come in many different shapes and sizes. Airstream Ventures partners with events, companies, and non-profits to create those moments and unique experiences that connect the community on a deeper level. In July of 2018, Alan Verlander and Joel Lamp decided to take a risk and leave their current...

Eagle Wings Enterprises - Using Technology To Improve All Facets Of A Business

Eagle Wings Enterprises - Using Technology To Improve All Facets Of A Business

ELEVATOR PITCH We document a plan for efficiency and success. That plan could include hardware, software, app development, or just the use of apps that offer better efficiency. We measure our progress, document the improvement, profitability, and savings that are produced by our efforts. Then we help our customers identify...

Breezy HR

Helps You Find Your Next A-Player, Sooner

Hiring doesn’t have to be messy. Say Sayonara! to the stacks of resumes cluttering up your workspace, and let Breezy help you find your next A-player—sooner. With Breezy, you’ll automate time-consuming hiring tasks like advertising your jobs, emailing and texting candidates, scheduling interviews, and gathering feedback from your team. Breezy...

LionShare Cowork

LionShare Cowork

Opportunity To Grow

With the entrepreneur, small business owner, and business professional in mind, we provide you an opportunity to grow, to shine, and to succeed. Our fully furnished innovative spaces give you the creative and productive flow you need to achieve your goals and get work done. Founder, Mike Januzzi discovered an...

Platypus Labs

Platypus Labs - Innovation is mission critical

Innovation is mission critical

We provide holistic, fully-orchestrated programs to help harness and deploy innovation. Similar to the platypus, we believe that the greatest innovations are an amalgamation of seemingly disparate insights and ideas, that together create surprisingly, unexpected outcomes enabling organizations to deliver their own toxic blow and outpunch the competition. We live...

Kamana

Travel Healthcare Accelerated

Kamana brings workflow efficiency and security to an antiquated industry, connecting healthcare employers with qualified professionals to fill contract staffing needs. The contract healthcare staffing industry is fundamentally flawed. Travel healthcare professionals, who change locations (and employers) every three months, consistently complain about the lack of continuity across the industry....

NLP Logix

NLP Logix - Embrace Or Die: The Case For AI

Embrace Or Die: The Case For AI

“Artificial intelligence (AI) has made its mark and has begun transforming every industry, government, and the lives of everyone on the planet,” states Ted Willich, NLP Logix Chief Executive. Ted is one of three founders of the company. He, along with Matt Berseth and Robert Marsh, started the company in...

Auditmacs

Auditmacs - Digital transformation in the IOT age is more about people and the multiplier effect than it is about Technology

Digital transformation in the IOT age is more about people and the multiplier effect than it is about Technology

As the Internet of Things (IoT) and digital transformation sweep rapidly across the globe, people often focus too much on the technology. Sometimes we need to ask the question … “Why?” Why are we doing this? Just because we can do something with technology isn’t always a good reason that...

Rethreaded

Rethreaded-Provides A Second Chance At Life Through Employment For Survivors Of Human Trafficking

Provides A Second Chance At Life Through Employment For Survivors Of Human Trafficking

ELEVATOR PITCH Rethreaded provides a second chance at life through employment for survivors of human trafficking. Women have employment opportunities in different facets of the company, including production, inventory, sales, marketing and finance/admin. Through its own enterprise and its distribution company that partners with like-minded businesses, Rethreaded’s mission is to...

Renaissance Jax

North Florida Affiliate Partner For The World’s Biggest Youth Robotics Competition Platform, FIRST Robotics

Renaissance Jax: Building a Future of Innovation in North Florida Renaissance Jax is the North Florida Affiliate Partner for the world’s biggest youth robotics competition platform, FIRST Robotics. Between 2013 and 2018, we’ve grown from 120 to over 4,000 students who design, build, and program robots for competition each year....

ITG Technologies

ITG Technologies-Provides Innovative Data-Driven Technology Solutions

Provides Innovative Data-Driven Technology Solutions

ITG is a digital transformation company providing state of the art technology solutions to fortune 500 enterprises in the greater southeast corridor of the US. With over 100 years of combined experience and a skilled staff of automation & software engineers, ITG is able to provide innovative data-driven technology solutions...

Amelia Toffee-True Love With Every Bite

Small batch, Handcrafted, Artisan toffee

Our unique recipes combine tradition and creativity with superior ingredients and finely curated flavorings. We promise true love with every bite. We are a small-batch, handcrafted, artisan toffee maker, creating uniquely flavored, all-natural toffee. Our incredibly indulgent dark chocolate almond toffee is made with ingredients such as orange, key lime,...

Beeline

Beeline - A story of true innovation

A story of true innovation, perseverance, and grit

Ours is a story of true innovation, perseverance, and grit, which eventually led the company to be one of the two dominant forces in workforce management. ,     Beeline is a Jacksonville-based company just exiting its teenage years. Beeline isn’t a household name; in fact, most of the Jacksonville...

The UNF Step Lab - A Major Contributor To The STEM Education Ecosystem

The UNF Step Lab - A Major Contributor To The STEM Education Ecosystem

The UNF Step Lab, housed in the UNF College of Education and Human Services, positions UNF to continue to be a major contributor to the STEM Education ecosystem in the Northeast Florida community. It is a place where regional preK-12 students, teachers, university faculty and students, and community/business partners can...

Powering America North Florida

Powering America North Florida - Electricity is a vital component of the American economy and way of life.

Electricity is a vital component of the American economy and way of life

Electricity is a vital component of the American economy and way of life. The Powering America team supplies the determined, dependable talent that all this critical work requires. Between our 16,000 electrical contractors and 300,000 skilled construction professionals in the U.S., we have established a track record in virtually every...

Forbes Gilham Group

Forbes Gilham Group - A dedicated group of seasoned financial advisory professionals

A dedicated group of seasoned financial advisory professionals

A dedicated group of seasoned financial advisory professionals who coordinate the various skills and background of each team member to meet the needs of their client base. The Forbes Gilham Group of Wells Fargo Advisors takes a different approach to the needs of business owners and families. They have ability...

SORBOTICS

SORBOTICS - Market Leading Artificial Intelligence (AI) Software Technology Startup

Market Leading Artificial Intelligence (AI) Software Technology Startup

SORBOTICS is a market leading Artificial Intelligence (AI) software technology startup. They have developed the industry’s 1st AI operating system IIoT software platform that solves industrial enterprises biggest pain points. SORBA is the world’s most Advanced, Enterprise, Industrial IoT platform that enables engineers, data scientists, operators, and maintenance teams to...

Castano Group-Changes the way people communicate with brands in digital and physical environments.

When innovation is combined with creativity, it not only captures attention, it can create an experience that can lead to change. Castano Group specializes in designing and producing these experiences: multimedia, multisensory engagements that change the way people communicate with brands in digital and physical environments. Castano Group was launched...

Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center-Uses The Most Advanced Technology And Research In The Fight Against Cancer

Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center-Uses The Most Advanced Technology And Research In The Fight Against Cancer

Bringing together world-renowned expertise, innovation and patient-centered care in one destination.   Beating cancer demands the extraordinary. That’s why Baptist Health, Northeast Florida’s preferred health care provider, and MD Anderson Cancer Center, the No.1-ranked cancer center in America, created a destination for cancer treatment that is second to none. Jacksonville,...

Holmes Custom

Creating Personalised Products

Now celebrating its 65th year in business, Jacksonville-based Holmes Custom designs, manufactures, and retails personalized products across 8 web brands. How does a business that was started in the 1950s stand the test of time? There’s only one way: Innovation. What began as a rubber stamp manufacturer in a garage...

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Wilson Dutra PLLC

Wilson Dutra, PLLC was formed around the idea that law, innovation, and collaboration can – and should! – be fun. Every day the Wilson Dutra team works to foster a law firm that can help launch, connect, and strengthen Jacksonville’s burgeoning technology community. Camille Wilson began her patent journey studying biomedical engineering at Johns Hopkins... click to read more

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Wilson Dutra PLLC

Wilson Dutra, PLLC was formed around the idea that law, innovation, and collaboration can – and should! – be fun. Every day the Wilson Dutra team works to foster a law firm that can help launch, connect, and strengthen Jacksonville’s burgeoning technology community. Camille Wilson began her patent journey studying biomedical engineering at Johns Hopkins... click to read more

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