Stories of Innovation

INNOVATION Quebec

CED

CANADA’S PIONEER IN THE CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL RPAS INDUSTRY

Launched in 2011, the CED is a community of interest and a non-profit organization whose mission is to develop, manage and promote a range of expertise, services and innovations in the Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) sector. Our headquarters are located at the airport in Alma (CYTF), but we offer...

INNOVATE® South Carolina

AstenJohnson

Weaving at Warp Speed

AstenJohnson’s Clinton, South Carolina location is making a significant capital investment to expand its advanced high-speed weaving capabilities and fully transition away from traditional production methods. This upgrade is designed to maximize asset utilization, standardize manufacturing processes, and elevate product quality while improving overall operational efficiency. The investment fundamentally changes...

INNOVATE™ Toronto

BOSS INSIGHTS

BOSS INSIGHTS-ACCELERATING FINTECHS AND FINANCIAL SERVICES FORWARD

ACCELERATING FINTECHS AND FINANCIAL SERVICES FORWARD

You know how to lend. But, to whom do you lend, when you don’t have the right data? Too many business lenders are constrained by partial data and manual processes. And, speed is paramount. Keren Moynihan, CEOBoss Insights empowers fintechs and lenders to respond faster, make underwriting decisions more quickly,...

INNOVATE® South Florida

MODERN TRIALS®

DEMOCRATIZES ACCESS TO ADVANCED THERAPEUTICS FOR PATIENTS IN NEED

What does Modern Trials actually do? Modern Trials provides access to cutting-edge treatments to patients by matching them with appropriate clinical trial opportunities. What do patients have to do? Nothing, that’s the beauty of the Modern Trials process; Modern Trials identifies the patients most likely to benefit from the investigational...

INNOVATE™ Alberta

INCEPTIONU

The Un-School challenging Calgarians to think and build differently

Have you ever thought about the difference between being future proof or future fit? InceptionU co-founders Margo Purcell and Greg Hart certainly have. In fact, the two Calgary professionals have built a business around it. InceptionU is a place of meaningful learning where individuals, businesses and organizations go to learn...

INNOVATION Quebec

AG-BIO CENTRE

INCUBATEUR POUR BESOINS D’AVENIR

Situé dans le complexe technologique du Cégep de Lévis, AG-Bio Centre occupe une place unique dans le monde des incubateurs d’entreprises innovantes au Québec. L’incubateur créer en 2002, est issu d’une volonté des gens du milieu des affaires en partenariat avec le Cégep et en collaboration avec la faculté des...

INNOVATE® Milwaukee

Zentrix.ai

The Founders of Zentrix.ai Turn Their Passion for Stock Trading and Innovation Into an AI-Powered Stock Insights Platform

Founded in 2024 by Wyatt Johnson and Connor Van Crete, Zentrix.ai brings the tools and confidence of institutional trading to retail stock traders. Wyatt and Connor became interested in the stock market throughout high school, and quickly came to understand how cut-throat it can be. Conducting thorough research and data...

INNOVATION Quebec

CYBERQUÉBEC

AU CŒUR DE L’ÉDUCATION SPÉCIALISÉE ET DEL’INNOVATION TECHNOLOGIQUE EN CYBERSÉCURITÉ.

CyberQuébec est l’un des 59 Centres collégiaux de transfert de technologie (CCTT) du réseau Synchronex. Intégré au Cégep de l’Outaouais, CyberQuébec offre une gamme élargie de services en cybersécurité pour aider les PME à relever les défis technologiques de la sécurité numérique et appuyer le développement de la main d’œuvre...

INNOVATE™ Curitiba

ADVBPR

A LOOK TOWARDS INNOVATION

In addition to promoting the business, marketing and sales market in Paraná state for almost 60-years, ADVB/PR is committed to innovation, through the exchange of experiences and ideas between members, professionals and nationally and internationally renowned professionals. Events that foster innovationThe range of events and activities carried out in partnership...

INNOVATE™ Botswana Vol.1

ACCLAIM EXPRESS

ACCLAIM EXPRESS- IS A TECH START-UP THAT IS FOCUSING ON REVOLUTIONIZING AND TRANSFORMING THE TECH INDUSTRY WITH ITS VIRTUAL MARKETPLACE - ACCLAIM

IS A TECH START-UP THAT IS FOCUSING ON REVOLUTIONIZING AND TRANSFORMING THE TECH INDUSTRY WITH ITS VIRTUAL MARKETPLACE - ACCLAIM

Acclaim will serve as a Virtual Business Environment (VBE) for all small businesses globally. The idea is to take small businesses to the internet and be able to create virtual offices, stalls, and markets which are manageable. This innovation was inspired by the digital transformation of the economy and the...

INNOVATE® Seattle

DEFINED.AI

ENABLING CREATORS OF THE FUTURE - TRANSFORMING AI TRAINING, ONE DATASET AT A TIME

At Defined.ai, our commitment is to enable the builders of AI with ethically sourced data and deliver conversational AI to digitally low-resourced markets. I had the idea of founding the company when I realized how the Conversational AI market was becoming mainstream, and everyone was building multilingual voice search and...

INNOVATE® Washington DMV Edition

CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION

Forging the Future of Technology Innovation

For the past 100 years, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)® has been a driving force in technology, transforming ideas into groundbreaking innovations that enhance everyday life. Founded in 1924 as the Radio Manufacturers Association, CTA has grown to represent over 1,300 companies in the $505 billion U.S. consumer technology industry,...

INNOVATE™ Alberta

VizworX

VizworX - Creating Visibly Better Enterprise Software Solutions Through Advanced Technology

Creating Visibly Better Enterprise Software Solutions Through Advanced Technology

Delivering enterprise-class digital experiences, VizworX is an advanced software solutions services company. Leveraging the latest in augmented reality, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, complex data visualization, web and mobile technologies and techniques, VizworX supports several industries around the world by turning complex data into easily understandable and actionable information. We enable...

Global Innovation Spotlight

DiliTrust for Legal Teams: Key Use Cases BeyondDocument Storage

DiliTrust serves legal departments that need more than a secure folder for contracts, board papers, and corporate files. The platform supports work around legal entities, governance meetings, contracts, matters, records, and sensitive data sharing. For in-house counsel, the value comes from connecting documents with structured data. A signed resolution matters...

INNOVATE® Austin Volume 2

ADLUCENT

ADLUCENT-CREATING A COMPANY FRAMEWORK

CREATING A COMPANY FRAMEWORK

The great management consultant, educator, and author Peter Drucker said it best: “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.”. As the CEO of Adlucent, a performance marketing agency, I find this quote resonates with me on a deep level. But, while there are many inspiring quotes out there that help leaders set...

INNOVATE™ South Africa

WHYFIVE INSIGHTS - BRANDMAPP

WHYFIVE INSIGHTS - BRANDMAPP- A WEALTH OF CONSUMER INSIGHTS

A WEALTH OF CONSUMER INSIGHTS

Where do brands and marketers look to understand middle-class consumers go to find actionable, realistic, useful data? That was the question the team at WhyFive Insights asked almost a decade ago when they launched a unique annual survey and data set called BrandMapp. “We were working in media at the...

INNOVATE® Miami

Chargello

Chargello - Now in twenty-six countries and over 6000 restaurants and other venues

Now in twenty-six countries and over 6000 restaurants and other venues

Chargello makes portable phone charging kits, places them in restaurants and other venues, and uses this unique location to sell targeted ads. By doing this, they have built a highly focused new media channel while also solving the universal need for charging your phone away from home. “My phone was...

INNOVATE™ Vancouver Vol.2

Filament Health

Filament Health- Is a natural psychedelic drug development company. Our mission is to see safe

Is a natural psychedelic drug development company. Our mission is to see safe, natural psychedelics in the hands of everyone who needs them, as soon as possible.

Filament Health was founded by experts in botanical extraction and commercialization. We honed our expertise at Mazza Innovation, a natural extraction startup, which our team scaled from pre-seed to an exit in 2018. At Mazza, we developed and commercialized patent-protected extraction technologies at a 35,000 ft2 commercial-scale, GMP facility. After...

INNOVATE® Georgia

CATALYST BY WELLSTAR

LET’S DISRUPT THE STATUS QUO TO CREATE A HEALTHIER FUTURE FOR ALL OF US.

To push Wellstar’s legacy of innovation even further, Catalyst by Wellstar was created in 2021 as the first-of-its-kind innovation company and venture firm. A team of innovators, investors, and builders was assembled to harness the decades of experience and knowledge of Wellstar and shape the future of healthcare. Grounded in...

INNOVATE® Detroit

CommuniTee

Your New Favorite Way to Golf with Friends

CommuniTee Golf began with a simple revelation during a college football game:a room full of friends and acquaintances who never realized they shared a love for golf and had never played together. This moment sparked the creation of CommuniTee Golf, a platform designed to help golfers easily connect, find playing...

INNOVATE™ South Africa

iTOUCH

FROM ZERO TO BILLION$

In a world where data has become the currency of our supposed future resulting in valuations of businesses from zero to billions within a relatively short while, you need to ask yourself this question; How am I benefitting from the data-sets I have in my business, if at all? And...

INNOVATE™ Antwerp Vol.2

FORUM ADVOCATEN

FORUM ADVOCATEN- WAS FOUNDED IN 2012 BY FOUR ASSOCIATES: REINER TIJS

WAS FOUNDED IN 2012 BY FOUR ASSOCIATES: REINER TIJS, FREDERIC ROSIERS, JANA KERN AND ILSE DE GEYTER. THEY DRASTICALLY CHANGED THE LEGAL LANDSCAPE WITH THEIR UNIQUE METHODOLOGY: THEY BASE THEIR WORK ON A RELATIONSHIP-ORIENTED APPROACH TO LAW

innovationsoftheworld.com

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INNOVATE® Austin Volume 2

PLAYMAKER RECRUITING

Is here to level the playing field for student athletes and coaches, providing more access to opportunities and resources

Playmaker Recruiting was born from the broken system that is college athlete recruiting, with the mission to help students and coaches navigate the complicated recruiting process, and provide greater access to opportunities at the next level. Having seen friends and family go through the college recruiting process, it was apparent...

INNOVATE™ Toronto

DESTINATION TORONTO IFC

FOUNDED ON INNOVATION

Today, as Toronto strives to be a model of wellness and sustainability, the city looks to learn from Indigenous communities, combining many traditional practices with contemporary medicine, design and green technologies....

INNOVATION Quebec

CED

CANADA’S PIONEER IN THE CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL RPAS INDUSTRY

Launched in 2011, the CED is a community of interest and a non-profit organization whose mission is to develop, manage and promote a range of expertise, services and innovations in the Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) sector. Our headquarters are located at the airport in Alma (CYTF), but we offer...

INNOVATE® South Carolina

AstenJohnson

Weaving at Warp Speed

AstenJohnson’s Clinton, South Carolina location is making a significant capital investment to expand its advanced high-speed weaving capabilities and fully transition away from traditional production methods. This upgrade is designed to maximize asset utilization, standardize manufacturing processes, and elevate product quality while improving overall operational efficiency. The investment fundamentally changes...

INNOVATE™ Toronto

BOSS INSIGHTS

BOSS INSIGHTS-ACCELERATING FINTECHS AND FINANCIAL SERVICES FORWARD

ACCELERATING FINTECHS AND FINANCIAL SERVICES FORWARD

You know how to lend. But, to whom do you lend, when you don’t have the right data? Too many business lenders are constrained by partial data and manual processes. And, speed is paramount. Keren Moynihan, CEOBoss Insights empowers fintechs and lenders to respond faster, make underwriting decisions more quickly,...

INNOVATE® South Florida

MODERN TRIALS®

DEMOCRATIZES ACCESS TO ADVANCED THERAPEUTICS FOR PATIENTS IN NEED

What does Modern Trials actually do? Modern Trials provides access to cutting-edge treatments to patients by matching them with appropriate clinical trial opportunities. What do patients have to do? Nothing, that’s the beauty of the Modern Trials process; Modern Trials identifies the patients most likely to benefit from the investigational...

INNOVATE™ Alberta

INCEPTIONU

The Un-School challenging Calgarians to think and build differently

Have you ever thought about the difference between being future proof or future fit? InceptionU co-founders Margo Purcell and Greg Hart certainly have. In fact, the two Calgary professionals have built a business around it. InceptionU is a place of meaningful learning where individuals, businesses and organizations go to learn...

INNOVATION Quebec

AG-BIO CENTRE

INCUBATEUR POUR BESOINS D’AVENIR

Situé dans le complexe technologique du Cégep de Lévis, AG-Bio Centre occupe une place unique dans le monde des incubateurs d’entreprises innovantes au Québec. L’incubateur créer en 2002, est issu d’une volonté des gens du milieu des affaires en partenariat avec le Cégep et en collaboration avec la faculté des...

INNOVATE® Milwaukee

Zentrix.ai

The Founders of Zentrix.ai Turn Their Passion for Stock Trading and Innovation Into an AI-Powered Stock Insights Platform

Founded in 2024 by Wyatt Johnson and Connor Van Crete, Zentrix.ai brings the tools and confidence of institutional trading to retail stock traders. Wyatt and Connor became interested in the stock market throughout high school, and quickly came to understand how cut-throat it can be. Conducting thorough research and data...

INNOVATION Quebec

CYBERQUÉBEC

AU CŒUR DE L’ÉDUCATION SPÉCIALISÉE ET DEL’INNOVATION TECHNOLOGIQUE EN CYBERSÉCURITÉ.

CyberQuébec est l’un des 59 Centres collégiaux de transfert de technologie (CCTT) du réseau Synchronex. Intégré au Cégep de l’Outaouais, CyberQuébec offre une gamme élargie de services en cybersécurité pour aider les PME à relever les défis technologiques de la sécurité numérique et appuyer le développement de la main d’œuvre...

INNOVATE™ Curitiba

ADVBPR

A LOOK TOWARDS INNOVATION

In addition to promoting the business, marketing and sales market in Paraná state for almost 60-years, ADVB/PR is committed to innovation, through the exchange of experiences and ideas between members, professionals and nationally and internationally renowned professionals. Events that foster innovationThe range of events and activities carried out in partnership...

INNOVATE™ Botswana Vol.1

ACCLAIM EXPRESS

ACCLAIM EXPRESS- IS A TECH START-UP THAT IS FOCUSING ON REVOLUTIONIZING AND TRANSFORMING THE TECH INDUSTRY WITH ITS VIRTUAL MARKETPLACE - ACCLAIM

IS A TECH START-UP THAT IS FOCUSING ON REVOLUTIONIZING AND TRANSFORMING THE TECH INDUSTRY WITH ITS VIRTUAL MARKETPLACE - ACCLAIM

Acclaim will serve as a Virtual Business Environment (VBE) for all small businesses globally. The idea is to take small businesses to the internet and be able to create virtual offices, stalls, and markets which are manageable. This innovation was inspired by the digital transformation of the economy and the...

INNOVATE® Seattle

DEFINED.AI

ENABLING CREATORS OF THE FUTURE - TRANSFORMING AI TRAINING, ONE DATASET AT A TIME

At Defined.ai, our commitment is to enable the builders of AI with ethically sourced data and deliver conversational AI to digitally low-resourced markets. I had the idea of founding the company when I realized how the Conversational AI market was becoming mainstream, and everyone was building multilingual voice search and...

INNOVATE® Washington DMV Edition

CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION

Forging the Future of Technology Innovation

For the past 100 years, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)® has been a driving force in technology, transforming ideas into groundbreaking innovations that enhance everyday life. Founded in 1924 as the Radio Manufacturers Association, CTA has grown to represent over 1,300 companies in the $505 billion U.S. consumer technology industry,...

INNOVATE™ Alberta

VizworX

VizworX - Creating Visibly Better Enterprise Software Solutions Through Advanced Technology

Creating Visibly Better Enterprise Software Solutions Through Advanced Technology

Delivering enterprise-class digital experiences, VizworX is an advanced software solutions services company. Leveraging the latest in augmented reality, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, complex data visualization, web and mobile technologies and techniques, VizworX supports several industries around the world by turning complex data into easily understandable and actionable information. We enable...

Global Innovation Spotlight

DiliTrust for Legal Teams: Key Use Cases BeyondDocument Storage

DiliTrust serves legal departments that need more than a secure folder for contracts, board papers, and corporate files. The platform supports work around legal entities, governance meetings, contracts, matters, records, and sensitive data sharing. For in-house counsel, the value comes from connecting documents with structured data. A signed resolution matters...

INNOVATE® Austin Volume 2

ADLUCENT

ADLUCENT-CREATING A COMPANY FRAMEWORK

CREATING A COMPANY FRAMEWORK

The great management consultant, educator, and author Peter Drucker said it best: “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.”. As the CEO of Adlucent, a performance marketing agency, I find this quote resonates with me on a deep level. But, while there are many inspiring quotes out there that help leaders set...

INNOVATE™ South Africa

WHYFIVE INSIGHTS - BRANDMAPP

WHYFIVE INSIGHTS - BRANDMAPP- A WEALTH OF CONSUMER INSIGHTS

A WEALTH OF CONSUMER INSIGHTS

Where do brands and marketers look to understand middle-class consumers go to find actionable, realistic, useful data? That was the question the team at WhyFive Insights asked almost a decade ago when they launched a unique annual survey and data set called BrandMapp. “We were working in media at the...

INNOVATE® Miami

Chargello

Chargello - Now in twenty-six countries and over 6000 restaurants and other venues

Now in twenty-six countries and over 6000 restaurants and other venues

Chargello makes portable phone charging kits, places them in restaurants and other venues, and uses this unique location to sell targeted ads. By doing this, they have built a highly focused new media channel while also solving the universal need for charging your phone away from home. “My phone was...

INNOVATE™ Vancouver Vol.2

Filament Health

Filament Health- Is a natural psychedelic drug development company. Our mission is to see safe

Is a natural psychedelic drug development company. Our mission is to see safe, natural psychedelics in the hands of everyone who needs them, as soon as possible.

Filament Health was founded by experts in botanical extraction and commercialization. We honed our expertise at Mazza Innovation, a natural extraction startup, which our team scaled from pre-seed to an exit in 2018. At Mazza, we developed and commercialized patent-protected extraction technologies at a 35,000 ft2 commercial-scale, GMP facility. After...

INNOVATE® Georgia

CATALYST BY WELLSTAR

LET’S DISRUPT THE STATUS QUO TO CREATE A HEALTHIER FUTURE FOR ALL OF US.

To push Wellstar’s legacy of innovation even further, Catalyst by Wellstar was created in 2021 as the first-of-its-kind innovation company and venture firm. A team of innovators, investors, and builders was assembled to harness the decades of experience and knowledge of Wellstar and shape the future of healthcare. Grounded in...

INNOVATE® Detroit

CommuniTee

Your New Favorite Way to Golf with Friends

CommuniTee Golf began with a simple revelation during a college football game:a room full of friends and acquaintances who never realized they shared a love for golf and had never played together. This moment sparked the creation of CommuniTee Golf, a platform designed to help golfers easily connect, find playing...

INNOVATE™ South Africa

iTOUCH

FROM ZERO TO BILLION$

In a world where data has become the currency of our supposed future resulting in valuations of businesses from zero to billions within a relatively short while, you need to ask yourself this question; How am I benefitting from the data-sets I have in my business, if at all? And...

INNOVATE™ Antwerp Vol.2

FORUM ADVOCATEN

FORUM ADVOCATEN- WAS FOUNDED IN 2012 BY FOUR ASSOCIATES: REINER TIJS

WAS FOUNDED IN 2012 BY FOUR ASSOCIATES: REINER TIJS, FREDERIC ROSIERS, JANA KERN AND ILSE DE GEYTER. THEY DRASTICALLY CHANGED THE LEGAL LANDSCAPE WITH THEIR UNIQUE METHODOLOGY: THEY BASE THEIR WORK ON A RELATIONSHIP-ORIENTED APPROACH TO LAW

innovationsoftheworld.com

...

INNOVATE® Austin Volume 2

PLAYMAKER RECRUITING

Is here to level the playing field for student athletes and coaches, providing more access to opportunities and resources

Playmaker Recruiting was born from the broken system that is college athlete recruiting, with the mission to help students and coaches navigate the complicated recruiting process, and provide greater access to opportunities at the next level. Having seen friends and family go through the college recruiting process, it was apparent...

INNOVATE™ Toronto

DESTINATION TORONTO IFC

FOUNDED ON INNOVATION

Today, as Toronto strives to be a model of wellness and sustainability, the city looks to learn from Indigenous communities, combining many traditional practices with contemporary medicine, design and green technologies....

Ecosystems