Stories of Innovation

INNOVATE® South Carolina

First Class Recruiting

Elevating Talent, Powering Industry

In the heart of South Carolina’s booming Upstate region, where aerospace, manufacturing, and technology sectors thrive, First Class Recruiting is building more than just careers – it’s building futures. Helmed by U.S. Air Force veteran and industry trailblazer Lindsay Hansel, this boutique executive search firm has become synonymous with precision...

INNOVATE™ Adelaide

TEKCYTE

LIFE-THREATENING VASCULAR STENTS PROBLEMS MAY SOON BE A THING OF THE PAST

TekCyte’s next-generation medical device coating technology BIOINVISIBLE™ is helping to create safer and better outcomes for patients. Currently, vascular medical device complications result in implant failure rates of up to 30%, leaving many patients requiring additional medical intervention and surgery. These complications can cause patients significant discomfort, morbidity, and in...

INNOVATE™ Estonia

IMPACT BUILDERS

TOWARDS A RESILIENT AND HUMAN-CENTERED EUROPE

Europe stands at a turning point. Global supply chains are increasingly shaped by geopolitical shifts, critical technologies are still developed elsewhere, and many European industries struggle with succession and growth. To safeguard prosperity, the continent needs to build its own strength. A Europe-first economy means homegrown technologies, resilient supply chains,...

INNOVATE™ Estonia

DEFSECINTEL

END-USER DRIVEN. COMBAT-PROVEN. READY FOR TODAY’S THREATS. A LIFE-SAVING SCIENCE

Defsecintel Solutions – Combat-Proven Innovation for Border Security, Defence & Critical Infrastructure Protection. From EU’s borders to the frontlines of Ukraine, Defsecintel Solutions has built a reputation for delivering technology that works when it matters most. Founded in Estonia 2018, the company is at the forefront of counter-drone and autonomous...

INNOVATE® Washington DMV Edition

Surgo Health

Leading the Charge in Decoding Human Behavior for Healthcare Innovation

Leading the Charge in Decoding Human Behavior for Healthcare Innovation Surgo Health, a behavioral AI company based in Washington, DC, is transforming the healthcare landscape with its innovative approach. The company is driven by a mission to empower the healthcare ecosystem with the deepest understanding of human behavior, utilizing proprietary...

INNOVATE® Tampa Bay Vol.3

SAMYR QURESHI

SAMYR QURESHI

Knack

A PLACE FOR NEW BEGINNINGSSamyr Qureshi is a proud Gator (University of Florida) graduate and the Co-Founder & CEO at Knack, an education technology startup that helps institutions power and scale peer-to-peer tutoring programs. I moved to the United States when I was six years old, and Tampa was the...

INNOVATE® Milwaukee

MARS SOLUTIONS GROUP

DISCOVERING DIVERSE TALENT THROUGH ALTERNATE PIPELINES

MARS Solutions Group is an award-winning talent solution supplier for information technology (IT), engineering, manufacturing, admin-clerical, healthcare, and professional roles located in Waukesha, WI. Founded by Rashi Arora-Khosla, an accomplished Enterprise Architect, and CEO of MARS Solutions Group, she launched MARS with boot strap capital and grew it organically into...

INNOVATE™ Adelaide

DEFENCE TRAILBLAZER

THE SA ‘TRAILBLAZER’ DRIVING DEFENCE INNOVATION

Dr Sanjay Mazumdar: The SA ‘trailblazer’ driving defence innovationIn 2022, South Australia reinforced its reputation as the nation’s “defence state” when the University of Adelaide established the Defence Trailblazer for Concept to Sovereign Capability in partnership with the University of New South Wales. Now, this ground-breaking research commercialisation program has...

INNOVATE™ Flanders

VIL

Empowering logistics for over 20 years

Creating added value for and enhancing the competitiveness of all Flemish companies with logistics operations is VIL’s main focus. And it has been for over twenty years. From a small non-profit organization, VIL has grown to be a hands-on, company-driven organization, with a staff of 35 employees. Since 2017, VIL...

INNOVATE™ South Africa

ELEGANT FUEL

CHANGING THE FACE OF FUEL IN SOUTH AFRICA – ONE FORECOURT AT A TIME

We are a young, innovative and ever-expanding company. All our ventures are driven by a passionate, entrepreneurial spirit and the desire to meet our customers’ needs....

INNOVATE™ Toronto

KEPLER

KEPLER -WE ARE ON A MISSION TO BUILD THE INTERNET OUTSIDE OF EARTH

WE ARE ON A MISSION TO BUILD THE INTERNET OUTSIDE OF EARTH

WE ARE ON A MISSION TO BUILD THE INTERNET OUTSIDE OF EARTH Kepler Communications was founded in 2015 by a group of University of Toronto graduate students who met in the University of Toronto Aerospace Team, also known as UTAT. They noticed a massive renewal of interest and activity in...

INNOVATE™ Oeiras

Madrid Innovation Communities – Madrid’s First Wave Coffee Culture

La Primera Ola de la Cultura del Café en Madrid – Innovations Of The World

Madrid Innovation Communities – Madrid has bounced back from the early 2010s with entrepreneurship and innovation, challenging even the most essential traditions including how coffee is processed, consumed, and loved. Only seven years ago, Madrid’s coffee scene was nothing to shout about, but over the last decade, the ‘torrefacto’ norm...

INNOVATION Quebec

INOVEM

CCTT EN ÉBÉNISTERIE ET MEUBLES

Centre d’innovation en ébénisterie et en meuble, Inovem accompagne les entreprises du domaine depuis 1983. Véritable catalyseur d’innovations, il est la référence en technologies durables pour les entreprises québécoises d’ébénisterie, de l’ameublement et des produits d’apparence en bois. L’industrie du meuble, de l’ébénisterie et des produits d’apparence peut compter sur...

INNOVATE™ Vancouver Vol.2

Thrive Health

Making Healthcare Work Better for Everyone

Thrive Health is a digital healthcare platform company, founded in 2016 with a mission to make healthcare work better for everyone. The company provides an interactive patient engagement solution that enables healthcare providers to build custom clinical workflows, and offers patients enhanced access to their health data. Thrive Health’s innovative...

INNOVATE™ Antwerp Vol.2

KU LEUVEN

KU LEUVEN-INNOVATION PARTNER PAR EXCELLENCE IN THE MECHELEN-KEMPEN REGION

INNOVATION PARTNER PAR EXCELLENCE IN THE MECHELEN-KEMPEN REGION

The Geel and De Nayer (Sint-Katelijne-Waver) campuses are part of the Faculty of Engineering Technology at KU Leuven. Here, high-quality education and research go hand-in-hand: not only do these campuses train passionate engineers, they also offer many opportunities for companies that want to innovate. Our campuses play an active role...

INNOVATE™ South Africa

NXATEL

NXATEL-PROVIDES AN ALL-IN-ONE

PROVIDES AN ALL-IN-ONE, EASY TO USE, CLOUD-BASED COMMUNICATION SOLUTION

NxaTel is a Modern Unified communication platform for Small and Medium businesses that allows you to get local numbers from over 10+ African countries to use on any device. It’s easy to set up; you just need three minutes, and you gain access to the cloud phone system, virtual meetings,...

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

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INNOVATION Quebec

CHUM

THE CHUM IS AN INNOVATIVE HOSPITAL SERVING THE PEOPLE OF QUEBEC.

Nearly 18,000 people work, practice, study and work here. The CHUM offers the best specialized and super specialized care to all Quebecers and improves their health, based on scientific knowledge that is constantly updated by a research and teaching community. The CHUM Research Centre is the largest research center in...

INNOVATE® Gaming & Esports

NIKO PARTNERS

NIKO PARTNERS-COMPANIES NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE MARKETS IN WHICH THEY COMPETE

COMPANIES NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE MARKETS IN WHICH THEY COMPETE

When consumers and students think of the video game industry and esports, they think of the excitement and entertainment of it all – but rarely about the data that guides the strategy of a business and of the game development plan. A market research firm provides the data that helps...

INNOVATE™ South Africa

2U

2U’S- BOLD VISION FOR THE FUTURE

A BOLD VISION FOR THE FUTURE

FOUNDED IN 2008 IN MARYLAND WASHINGTON DC, 2U, INC. SET OUT TO CREATE THE WORLD’S BEST ONLINE EDUCATION AND THEY’VE BEEN DEFYING THE ODDS EVER SINCE. ALSO AROUND THE EXACT SAME TIME AND COINCIDING WITH THE BEGINNING OF THE MOOC REVOLUTION, GETSMARTER WAS ALSO FOUNDED. Early on in the industry,...

INNOVATION Quebec

BIOPTERRE

CCTT IN BIOPRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

In the current context of climate change, biodiversity loss, increasing pressure on natural resources and public health concerns, there is a consensus on the importance of building on the bioeconomy. The bioeconomy is the economic activity associated with the development and production of bioproducts and biological processes. Relying on the...

INNOVATE® Jacksonville

Woman In Technology

Women In Technology - Ladies of Jacksonville Get More in Touch With Technology

Ladies of Jacksonville Get More in Touch With Technology

A group of women who get together monthly and talk about technology. We discuss where it has been, where it is going, and where it is now as well as issues arising from it and what problems it can resolve. We help the ladies of Jacksonville get more in touch...

INNOVATE® Washington DMV Edition

DAINTREE CAPITAL

Investing In A Diverse Future

DAINTREE CAPITAL – Investing In A Diverse Future Daintree Capital emerges in the Washington, D.C., landscape not just as an investment firm but as a beacon of innovation and diversity. Founded by Alisha Griffey, a visionary with deep roots in the startup ecosystem, Daintree Capital’s mission resonates with the rich...

INNOVATE® Blockchain

HUMAN TRAFFICKING INSTITUTE

HUMAN TRAFFICKING INSTITUTE-

TOGETHER, WE CAN DECIMATE HUMAN TRAFFICKING AROUND THE WORLD

Two decades after the first laws around human trafficking were created, the Human Trafficking Institute’s (HTI) founders noticed a gap in the global response to trafficking: these great laws were not being enforced. HTI stepped in to provide prosecutors and investigators around the world with the tools and guidance necessary...

INNOVATE® South Carolina

First Class Recruiting

Elevating Talent, Powering Industry

In the heart of South Carolina’s booming Upstate region, where aerospace, manufacturing, and technology sectors thrive, First Class Recruiting is building more than just careers – it’s building futures. Helmed by U.S. Air Force veteran and industry trailblazer Lindsay Hansel, this boutique executive search firm has become synonymous with precision...

INNOVATE™ Adelaide

TEKCYTE

LIFE-THREATENING VASCULAR STENTS PROBLEMS MAY SOON BE A THING OF THE PAST

TekCyte’s next-generation medical device coating technology BIOINVISIBLE™ is helping to create safer and better outcomes for patients. Currently, vascular medical device complications result in implant failure rates of up to 30%, leaving many patients requiring additional medical intervention and surgery. These complications can cause patients significant discomfort, morbidity, and in...

INNOVATE™ Estonia

IMPACT BUILDERS

TOWARDS A RESILIENT AND HUMAN-CENTERED EUROPE

Europe stands at a turning point. Global supply chains are increasingly shaped by geopolitical shifts, critical technologies are still developed elsewhere, and many European industries struggle with succession and growth. To safeguard prosperity, the continent needs to build its own strength. A Europe-first economy means homegrown technologies, resilient supply chains,...

INNOVATE™ Estonia

DEFSECINTEL

END-USER DRIVEN. COMBAT-PROVEN. READY FOR TODAY’S THREATS. A LIFE-SAVING SCIENCE

Defsecintel Solutions – Combat-Proven Innovation for Border Security, Defence & Critical Infrastructure Protection. From EU’s borders to the frontlines of Ukraine, Defsecintel Solutions has built a reputation for delivering technology that works when it matters most. Founded in Estonia 2018, the company is at the forefront of counter-drone and autonomous...

INNOVATE® Washington DMV Edition

Surgo Health

Leading the Charge in Decoding Human Behavior for Healthcare Innovation

Leading the Charge in Decoding Human Behavior for Healthcare Innovation Surgo Health, a behavioral AI company based in Washington, DC, is transforming the healthcare landscape with its innovative approach. The company is driven by a mission to empower the healthcare ecosystem with the deepest understanding of human behavior, utilizing proprietary...

INNOVATE® Tampa Bay Vol.3

SAMYR QURESHI

SAMYR QURESHI

Knack

A PLACE FOR NEW BEGINNINGSSamyr Qureshi is a proud Gator (University of Florida) graduate and the Co-Founder & CEO at Knack, an education technology startup that helps institutions power and scale peer-to-peer tutoring programs. I moved to the United States when I was six years old, and Tampa was the...

INNOVATE® Milwaukee

MARS SOLUTIONS GROUP

DISCOVERING DIVERSE TALENT THROUGH ALTERNATE PIPELINES

MARS Solutions Group is an award-winning talent solution supplier for information technology (IT), engineering, manufacturing, admin-clerical, healthcare, and professional roles located in Waukesha, WI. Founded by Rashi Arora-Khosla, an accomplished Enterprise Architect, and CEO of MARS Solutions Group, she launched MARS with boot strap capital and grew it organically into...

INNOVATE™ Adelaide

DEFENCE TRAILBLAZER

THE SA ‘TRAILBLAZER’ DRIVING DEFENCE INNOVATION

Dr Sanjay Mazumdar: The SA ‘trailblazer’ driving defence innovationIn 2022, South Australia reinforced its reputation as the nation’s “defence state” when the University of Adelaide established the Defence Trailblazer for Concept to Sovereign Capability in partnership with the University of New South Wales. Now, this ground-breaking research commercialisation program has...

INNOVATE™ Flanders

VIL

Empowering logistics for over 20 years

Creating added value for and enhancing the competitiveness of all Flemish companies with logistics operations is VIL’s main focus. And it has been for over twenty years. From a small non-profit organization, VIL has grown to be a hands-on, company-driven organization, with a staff of 35 employees. Since 2017, VIL...

INNOVATE™ South Africa

ELEGANT FUEL

CHANGING THE FACE OF FUEL IN SOUTH AFRICA – ONE FORECOURT AT A TIME

We are a young, innovative and ever-expanding company. All our ventures are driven by a passionate, entrepreneurial spirit and the desire to meet our customers’ needs....

INNOVATE™ Toronto

KEPLER

KEPLER -WE ARE ON A MISSION TO BUILD THE INTERNET OUTSIDE OF EARTH

WE ARE ON A MISSION TO BUILD THE INTERNET OUTSIDE OF EARTH

WE ARE ON A MISSION TO BUILD THE INTERNET OUTSIDE OF EARTH Kepler Communications was founded in 2015 by a group of University of Toronto graduate students who met in the University of Toronto Aerospace Team, also known as UTAT. They noticed a massive renewal of interest and activity in...

INNOVATE™ Oeiras

Madrid Innovation Communities – Madrid’s First Wave Coffee Culture

La Primera Ola de la Cultura del Café en Madrid – Innovations Of The World

Madrid Innovation Communities – Madrid has bounced back from the early 2010s with entrepreneurship and innovation, challenging even the most essential traditions including how coffee is processed, consumed, and loved. Only seven years ago, Madrid’s coffee scene was nothing to shout about, but over the last decade, the ‘torrefacto’ norm...

INNOVATION Quebec

INOVEM

CCTT EN ÉBÉNISTERIE ET MEUBLES

Centre d’innovation en ébénisterie et en meuble, Inovem accompagne les entreprises du domaine depuis 1983. Véritable catalyseur d’innovations, il est la référence en technologies durables pour les entreprises québécoises d’ébénisterie, de l’ameublement et des produits d’apparence en bois. L’industrie du meuble, de l’ébénisterie et des produits d’apparence peut compter sur...

INNOVATE™ Vancouver Vol.2

Thrive Health

Making Healthcare Work Better for Everyone

Thrive Health is a digital healthcare platform company, founded in 2016 with a mission to make healthcare work better for everyone. The company provides an interactive patient engagement solution that enables healthcare providers to build custom clinical workflows, and offers patients enhanced access to their health data. Thrive Health’s innovative...

INNOVATE™ Antwerp Vol.2

KU LEUVEN

KU LEUVEN-INNOVATION PARTNER PAR EXCELLENCE IN THE MECHELEN-KEMPEN REGION

INNOVATION PARTNER PAR EXCELLENCE IN THE MECHELEN-KEMPEN REGION

The Geel and De Nayer (Sint-Katelijne-Waver) campuses are part of the Faculty of Engineering Technology at KU Leuven. Here, high-quality education and research go hand-in-hand: not only do these campuses train passionate engineers, they also offer many opportunities for companies that want to innovate. Our campuses play an active role...

INNOVATE™ South Africa

NXATEL

NXATEL-PROVIDES AN ALL-IN-ONE

PROVIDES AN ALL-IN-ONE, EASY TO USE, CLOUD-BASED COMMUNICATION SOLUTION

NxaTel is a Modern Unified communication platform for Small and Medium businesses that allows you to get local numbers from over 10+ African countries to use on any device. It’s easy to set up; you just need three minutes, and you gain access to the cloud phone system, virtual meetings,...

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

...

INNOVATION Quebec

CHUM

THE CHUM IS AN INNOVATIVE HOSPITAL SERVING THE PEOPLE OF QUEBEC.

Nearly 18,000 people work, practice, study and work here. The CHUM offers the best specialized and super specialized care to all Quebecers and improves their health, based on scientific knowledge that is constantly updated by a research and teaching community. The CHUM Research Centre is the largest research center in...

INNOVATE® Gaming & Esports

NIKO PARTNERS

NIKO PARTNERS-COMPANIES NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE MARKETS IN WHICH THEY COMPETE

COMPANIES NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE MARKETS IN WHICH THEY COMPETE

When consumers and students think of the video game industry and esports, they think of the excitement and entertainment of it all – but rarely about the data that guides the strategy of a business and of the game development plan. A market research firm provides the data that helps...

INNOVATE™ South Africa

2U

2U’S- BOLD VISION FOR THE FUTURE

A BOLD VISION FOR THE FUTURE

FOUNDED IN 2008 IN MARYLAND WASHINGTON DC, 2U, INC. SET OUT TO CREATE THE WORLD’S BEST ONLINE EDUCATION AND THEY’VE BEEN DEFYING THE ODDS EVER SINCE. ALSO AROUND THE EXACT SAME TIME AND COINCIDING WITH THE BEGINNING OF THE MOOC REVOLUTION, GETSMARTER WAS ALSO FOUNDED. Early on in the industry,...

INNOVATION Quebec

BIOPTERRE

CCTT IN BIOPRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

In the current context of climate change, biodiversity loss, increasing pressure on natural resources and public health concerns, there is a consensus on the importance of building on the bioeconomy. The bioeconomy is the economic activity associated with the development and production of bioproducts and biological processes. Relying on the...

INNOVATE® Jacksonville

Woman In Technology

Women In Technology - Ladies of Jacksonville Get More in Touch With Technology

Ladies of Jacksonville Get More in Touch With Technology

A group of women who get together monthly and talk about technology. We discuss where it has been, where it is going, and where it is now as well as issues arising from it and what problems it can resolve. We help the ladies of Jacksonville get more in touch...

INNOVATE® Washington DMV Edition

DAINTREE CAPITAL

Investing In A Diverse Future

DAINTREE CAPITAL – Investing In A Diverse Future Daintree Capital emerges in the Washington, D.C., landscape not just as an investment firm but as a beacon of innovation and diversity. Founded by Alisha Griffey, a visionary with deep roots in the startup ecosystem, Daintree Capital’s mission resonates with the rich...

INNOVATE® Blockchain

HUMAN TRAFFICKING INSTITUTE

HUMAN TRAFFICKING INSTITUTE-

TOGETHER, WE CAN DECIMATE HUMAN TRAFFICKING AROUND THE WORLD

Two decades after the first laws around human trafficking were created, the Human Trafficking Institute’s (HTI) founders noticed a gap in the global response to trafficking: these great laws were not being enforced. HTI stepped in to provide prosecutors and investigators around the world with the tools and guidance necessary...

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