Stories of Innovation
INNOVATION Quebec
HEC Montreal’s Tech3Lab
The largest public user experience research laboratory in the world
HEC Montreal’s Tech3Lab specializes in the evaluation of user experience in the context of business technologies. The research conducted at the Tech3Lab is characterized by the use of tools derived from neuroscience to develop a rich understanding of the experience actually lived by users, whether they are consumers, employees or...
INNOVATE® Chicago Vol.1
FARMERS FRIDGE
IS ON A MISSION TO MAKE IT SIMPLE FOR EVERYONE TO EAT WELL
A former traveling salesman driving more than 3,000 miles each week, Farmer’s Fridge Founder and CEO Luke Saunders was frustrated with the lack of healthy, 24/7 options available on the road. Determined to solve this challenge, he built a high-tech smart Fridge that dispenses fresh meals within seconds. Despite facing...
INNOVATE® Nashville
BELMONT UNIVERSITY
INCUBATING INNOVATION- Incubating Creativity and Innovation to Lead to Human Flourishing
Founded in Nashville in 1890 by Susan Heron and Ida B. Hood–two female school teachers–Belmont University has been defying conventional expectations of higher education and serving as an incubator of innovation ever since. Today, the University is comprised of nearly 9,000 students from every U.S. state and 33 countries. Nationally...
INNOVATE® Washington DMV Edition
BioHub Maryland Training and Education Center at Montgomery County
ON THE RISE - Making Maryland the Biomanufacturing Global Leader
ON THE RISE – Making Maryland the Biomanufacturing Global Leader WORKFORCE INNOVATION STARTSWITH BIOHUB MARYLAND BioHub Maryland, a workforce initiative of the Maryland Tech Council, is set to bridge gaps in the state’s life sciences ecosystem and propel biomanufacturing in the National Capital Region. BioHub Maryland Training and Education Center...
INNOVATE™ Antwerp Vol.2
DOMEIN WALTERUS, VINEYARD, WINERY, DISTILLERY
FILLED WITH PURITY, MADE WITH PASSION.”
Your drinks, our life’s work with an eco-conscious mindsetOur vision in making drinks for you. Whether it’s our own label or your private label. We work for every brand as if it were our own. Working with respect of nature’s products, makes us enthusiastic and driven to make your label...
INNOVATE™ Curitiba
CAST GROUP
WITH OVER 33-YEARS OF HISTORY, CAST GROUP STANDS OUT AS A LEADING BRAZILIAN COMPANY IN IT
Specializing in IT and TA consulting and solutions, it offers comprehensive services, including development outsourcing, applications, infrastructure, SAP solutions implementation, 4.0 industry and digital transformation. Pelissari, one of Cast group’s companies, has a solid track record of over 20-years in the technology market, focusing primarily on ERP solutions. Specialized in...
Global Innovation Spotlight
Iberia belongs to the IAG Group and is a member of the oneworld airline alliance. Its mission is always to be the best option for both leisure and business travel. Together with its low-fare Iberia Express and Iberia Regional Air Nostrum units, it has a fleet of 145 aircraft,...
INNOVATION Quebec
CNETE
INNOVATION CENTER IN QUEBEC
Since the industrial fabric of Canada is made up of SMEs, it cannot be thought that each of them has a laboratory or a research department. In fact, very few have the necessary equipment and human resources sensitive to the importance of continuous innovation. The CNETE meets these needs. The...
INNOVATE® Jacksonville
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...
INNOVATE™ Flanders
KNAPP
MAKING COMPLEXITY SIMPLE INNOVATION AND KNAPP ARE INSEPARABLY LINKED
In a world where everything is constantly changing, strong values and trust matter. Partnerships matter. The KNAPP Group provides intelligent logistics solutions for data-driven value chains, uniting technological know-how with its long-established experience in diverse industries. KNAPP brings new technology to warehouse logistics, working with its customers globally to develop...
INNOVATE® South Carolina
SC Competes | SC Fraunhofer
The Palmetto Applied Research Council
The SC Fraunhofer USA Alliance (the Alliance) is South Carolina’s unique applied research partnership designed to help companies innovate faster, de-risk new technologies, and strengthen the state’s competitiveness in advanced industries. Managed by the South Carolina Council on Competitiveness (SC Competes) and its applied research arm, Palmetto Applied Research Council,...
INNOVATE® South Carolina
SC NEXUS
The Advanced Energy Industry’s Next Power Move
In business, location is everything. The South Carolina Department of Commerce’s vision is to embrace the future while ensuring the state’s sustainable growth and creating economic opportunity for all South Carolinians — from launch to legacy. South Carolina’s prime East Coast location and strong transportation infrastructure give companies efficient, reliable...
Global Innovation Spotlight
3 Surprising Innovations for Better Sleep Tonight
3 Surprising Innovations for Better Sleep Tonight Maya Liu, a robotics founder, blanked during a crucial investor pitch due to exhaustion. Chronic sleep debt saps an innovator’s edge faster than almost anything else. Her turnaround began not with coffee, but with smarter sleep technology. Tonight, you can tap into similar...
INNOVATE® Nashville
IDEMIA
A twenty-year innovation journey positions Tennessee as the technology backbone of the fingerprinting background check industry
In March 1996, Casey Mayfield interviewed with a small biometrics company in Springfield, IL in a stylish business suit she’d purchased for $25 at a secondhand store. She met the owners, was fascinated with the technology, and signed on to be a Fingerprint Technician. She soon met Erik Wolle, who...
INNOVATION Quebec
L’ADRIQ
ACCOMPAGNER. RASSEMBLER. TRANSFORMER
Mission et rayonnement au QuébecSoutenir et promouvoir la recherche et l’innovation au Québec dans le but d’accroître la compétitivité des entreprises, ici comme à l’étranger. Notre mission à l’ADRIQ (L’Association pour le Développement de la Recherche et de l’Innovation du Québec) nous guide dans nos objectifs, nos actions, nos...
INNOVATE™ Alberta
INVERTED VENTURES
WE FINANCE PARADIGM SHIFTS
FINANCING PARADIGM SHIFTSA paradigm shift is a revolutionary and disruptive change in the human experience. Inverted Ventures is a single family office of investors with a passion for technology that radically improves the human experience. We invest in founders with visions for the future that will lead to fundamental changes...
INNOVATE™ Antwerp Vol.2
IMBY
NUTRITION THAT DELIGHTS YOUR PET & HEALS THE PLANET TURNING THE CONVENTIONAL PETFOOD INDUSTRY UPSIDE DOWN
Did you know that 20% of the global meat production is consumed by dogs and cats? And that meat is the number one cause of pet allergies? The meat industry has an enormous negative impact on greenhouse gas emissions and thereby contributes to numerous unwanted climate effects. Moreover, it harms...
INNOVATE™ Estonia
FinEst Centre
Creating Smarter Cities Through Collaborative Innovation
FinEst Centre for Smart Cities is a research and development centre driven by the passion to enhance the quality of life in urban areas. It brings together cities, researchers and entrepreneurs to co-create scalable, research-based solutions for the most pressing urban challenges. Based in Tallinn, Estonia, the centre serves as...
INNOVATE® Miami
Gaming Frog
Win cash & prizes playing your favorite video games
Gaming Frog is an eSport platform that allows gamers to play their favorite games for cash and prizes. , Juan Duque – Founder & CTO Lucas Romero – CEO Juan and I met playing Call of Duty: MW2, in 2009. At the time I was living in Colombia and he...
YTL DEVELOPMENTS BRABAZON
Join the next generation shaping the future at Brabazon, the most exciting new city district in the South West
For over a century, the former Filton Airfield has been Bristol’s home for innovators and inventors, designers and disruptors. As the birthplace of Concorde, it is recognised worldwide for ingenuity, timeless design, and the collective spirit of a community that stretched the limits of what was possible. Now, YTL Developments...
INNOVATE® Jacksonville
NOCTURNAL
Plan Your Night Out
That Lyfe, LLC was founded around the simple idea that having a great nightout should be easy and transparent. Our focus is on democratizing the nightlife experience through our iOS application, NOCTURNAL , This idea originated from an evening in a city none of us are from. The...
INNOVATE® Jacksonville
Hazlnut
The Company Helping To Bring New-Age Technology To The Small Businesses In Their Community
Meet Hazlnut, the company helping to bring new-age technology to the small businesses in their community. Today, people expect to have access to restaurants and retail stores on the web. Hazlnut is an all-in-one integrated solution that helps companies develop relationships with their customers through beautifully designed websites and custom...
INNOVATE® Chicago Vol.1
HALO
Impact Before Profit: Halo’s Mission to Transform the World of Investing
Halo Investing has built the first global marketplace for protective investments, empowering. Through the Halo platform, advisors and investors can easily access structured notes, buffered ETFs, annuities, and a whole suit of tools allowing them to customize, analyze, and manage protective investments tailored to their unique portfolio needs. Halo’s mission...
INNOVATE™ Curitiba
CONNECTPLUG
RETAIL AUTOMATION CAN BE MORE AFFORDABLE AND EFFECTIVE FOR EVERYONE
2014 doesn’t seem like a long time ago, but the technology was very different back then. AI was just science fiction, the internet was much slower — and retail software was expensive and unnecessarily complex. This scenario led to ConnectPlug’s creation by computer engineer Rafael Hasson. Hasson, who has worked...
INNOVATION Quebec
HEC Montreal’s Tech3Lab
The largest public user experience research laboratory in the world
HEC Montreal’s Tech3Lab specializes in the evaluation of user experience in the context of business technologies. The research conducted at the Tech3Lab is characterized by the use of tools derived from neuroscience to develop a rich understanding of the experience actually lived by users, whether they are consumers, employees or...
INNOVATE® Chicago Vol.1
FARMERS FRIDGE
IS ON A MISSION TO MAKE IT SIMPLE FOR EVERYONE TO EAT WELL
A former traveling salesman driving more than 3,000 miles each week, Farmer’s Fridge Founder and CEO Luke Saunders was frustrated with the lack of healthy, 24/7 options available on the road. Determined to solve this challenge, he built a high-tech smart Fridge that dispenses fresh meals within seconds. Despite facing...
INNOVATE® Nashville
BELMONT UNIVERSITY
INCUBATING INNOVATION- Incubating Creativity and Innovation to Lead to Human Flourishing
Founded in Nashville in 1890 by Susan Heron and Ida B. Hood–two female school teachers–Belmont University has been defying conventional expectations of higher education and serving as an incubator of innovation ever since. Today, the University is comprised of nearly 9,000 students from every U.S. state and 33 countries. Nationally...
INNOVATE® Washington DMV Edition
BioHub Maryland Training and Education Center at Montgomery County
ON THE RISE - Making Maryland the Biomanufacturing Global Leader
ON THE RISE – Making Maryland the Biomanufacturing Global Leader WORKFORCE INNOVATION STARTSWITH BIOHUB MARYLAND BioHub Maryland, a workforce initiative of the Maryland Tech Council, is set to bridge gaps in the state’s life sciences ecosystem and propel biomanufacturing in the National Capital Region. BioHub Maryland Training and Education Center...
INNOVATE™ Antwerp Vol.2
DOMEIN WALTERUS, VINEYARD, WINERY, DISTILLERY
FILLED WITH PURITY, MADE WITH PASSION.”
Your drinks, our life’s work with an eco-conscious mindsetOur vision in making drinks for you. Whether it’s our own label or your private label. We work for every brand as if it were our own. Working with respect of nature’s products, makes us enthusiastic and driven to make your label...
INNOVATE™ Curitiba
CAST GROUP
WITH OVER 33-YEARS OF HISTORY, CAST GROUP STANDS OUT AS A LEADING BRAZILIAN COMPANY IN IT
Specializing in IT and TA consulting and solutions, it offers comprehensive services, including development outsourcing, applications, infrastructure, SAP solutions implementation, 4.0 industry and digital transformation. Pelissari, one of Cast group’s companies, has a solid track record of over 20-years in the technology market, focusing primarily on ERP solutions. Specialized in...
Global Innovation Spotlight
Iberia belongs to the IAG Group and is a member of the oneworld airline alliance. Its mission is always to be the best option for both leisure and business travel. Together with its low-fare Iberia Express and Iberia Regional Air Nostrum units, it has a fleet of 145 aircraft,...
INNOVATION Quebec
CNETE
INNOVATION CENTER IN QUEBEC
Since the industrial fabric of Canada is made up of SMEs, it cannot be thought that each of them has a laboratory or a research department. In fact, very few have the necessary equipment and human resources sensitive to the importance of continuous innovation. The CNETE meets these needs. The...
INNOVATE® Jacksonville
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...
INNOVATE™ Flanders
KNAPP
MAKING COMPLEXITY SIMPLE INNOVATION AND KNAPP ARE INSEPARABLY LINKED
In a world where everything is constantly changing, strong values and trust matter. Partnerships matter. The KNAPP Group provides intelligent logistics solutions for data-driven value chains, uniting technological know-how with its long-established experience in diverse industries. KNAPP brings new technology to warehouse logistics, working with its customers globally to develop...
INNOVATE® South Carolina
SC Competes | SC Fraunhofer
The Palmetto Applied Research Council
The SC Fraunhofer USA Alliance (the Alliance) is South Carolina’s unique applied research partnership designed to help companies innovate faster, de-risk new technologies, and strengthen the state’s competitiveness in advanced industries. Managed by the South Carolina Council on Competitiveness (SC Competes) and its applied research arm, Palmetto Applied Research Council,...
INNOVATE® South Carolina
SC NEXUS
The Advanced Energy Industry’s Next Power Move
In business, location is everything. The South Carolina Department of Commerce’s vision is to embrace the future while ensuring the state’s sustainable growth and creating economic opportunity for all South Carolinians — from launch to legacy. South Carolina’s prime East Coast location and strong transportation infrastructure give companies efficient, reliable...
Global Innovation Spotlight
3 Surprising Innovations for Better Sleep Tonight
3 Surprising Innovations for Better Sleep Tonight Maya Liu, a robotics founder, blanked during a crucial investor pitch due to exhaustion. Chronic sleep debt saps an innovator’s edge faster than almost anything else. Her turnaround began not with coffee, but with smarter sleep technology. Tonight, you can tap into similar...
INNOVATE® Nashville
IDEMIA
A twenty-year innovation journey positions Tennessee as the technology backbone of the fingerprinting background check industry
In March 1996, Casey Mayfield interviewed with a small biometrics company in Springfield, IL in a stylish business suit she’d purchased for $25 at a secondhand store. She met the owners, was fascinated with the technology, and signed on to be a Fingerprint Technician. She soon met Erik Wolle, who...
INNOVATION Quebec
L’ADRIQ
ACCOMPAGNER. RASSEMBLER. TRANSFORMER
Mission et rayonnement au QuébecSoutenir et promouvoir la recherche et l’innovation au Québec dans le but d’accroître la compétitivité des entreprises, ici comme à l’étranger. Notre mission à l’ADRIQ (L’Association pour le Développement de la Recherche et de l’Innovation du Québec) nous guide dans nos objectifs, nos actions, nos...
INNOVATE™ Alberta
INVERTED VENTURES
WE FINANCE PARADIGM SHIFTS
FINANCING PARADIGM SHIFTSA paradigm shift is a revolutionary and disruptive change in the human experience. Inverted Ventures is a single family office of investors with a passion for technology that radically improves the human experience. We invest in founders with visions for the future that will lead to fundamental changes...
INNOVATE™ Antwerp Vol.2
IMBY
NUTRITION THAT DELIGHTS YOUR PET & HEALS THE PLANET TURNING THE CONVENTIONAL PETFOOD INDUSTRY UPSIDE DOWN
Did you know that 20% of the global meat production is consumed by dogs and cats? And that meat is the number one cause of pet allergies? The meat industry has an enormous negative impact on greenhouse gas emissions and thereby contributes to numerous unwanted climate effects. Moreover, it harms...
INNOVATE™ Estonia
FinEst Centre
Creating Smarter Cities Through Collaborative Innovation
FinEst Centre for Smart Cities is a research and development centre driven by the passion to enhance the quality of life in urban areas. It brings together cities, researchers and entrepreneurs to co-create scalable, research-based solutions for the most pressing urban challenges. Based in Tallinn, Estonia, the centre serves as...
INNOVATE® Miami
Gaming Frog
Win cash & prizes playing your favorite video games
Gaming Frog is an eSport platform that allows gamers to play their favorite games for cash and prizes. , Juan Duque – Founder & CTO Lucas Romero – CEO Juan and I met playing Call of Duty: MW2, in 2009. At the time I was living in Colombia and he...
YTL DEVELOPMENTS BRABAZON
Join the next generation shaping the future at Brabazon, the most exciting new city district in the South West
For over a century, the former Filton Airfield has been Bristol’s home for innovators and inventors, designers and disruptors. As the birthplace of Concorde, it is recognised worldwide for ingenuity, timeless design, and the collective spirit of a community that stretched the limits of what was possible. Now, YTL Developments...
INNOVATE® Jacksonville
NOCTURNAL
Plan Your Night Out
That Lyfe, LLC was founded around the simple idea that having a great nightout should be easy and transparent. Our focus is on democratizing the nightlife experience through our iOS application, NOCTURNAL , This idea originated from an evening in a city none of us are from. The...
INNOVATE® Jacksonville
Hazlnut
The Company Helping To Bring New-Age Technology To The Small Businesses In Their Community
Meet Hazlnut, the company helping to bring new-age technology to the small businesses in their community. Today, people expect to have access to restaurants and retail stores on the web. Hazlnut is an all-in-one integrated solution that helps companies develop relationships with their customers through beautifully designed websites and custom...
INNOVATE® Chicago Vol.1
HALO
Impact Before Profit: Halo’s Mission to Transform the World of Investing
Halo Investing has built the first global marketplace for protective investments, empowering. Through the Halo platform, advisors and investors can easily access structured notes, buffered ETFs, annuities, and a whole suit of tools allowing them to customize, analyze, and manage protective investments tailored to their unique portfolio needs. Halo’s mission...
INNOVATE™ Curitiba
CONNECTPLUG
RETAIL AUTOMATION CAN BE MORE AFFORDABLE AND EFFECTIVE FOR EVERYONE
2014 doesn’t seem like a long time ago, but the technology was very different back then. AI was just science fiction, the internet was much slower — and retail software was expensive and unnecessarily complex. This scenario led to ConnectPlug’s creation by computer engineer Rafael Hasson. Hasson, who has worked...