Stories of Innovation

INNOVATE® Georgia

HANNIBAL AI

ANCIENT TACTICS, DIGITALFRONTIERS: HANNIBAL AI’S MODERN CONQUEST

In the relentless march of technology, where change is the only constant, Hannibal AI provides real experience in artificial intelligence. The company understands the terrain of tomorrow, navigating the evolving landscape with the agility and foresight of its namesake, Hannibal Barca. Like Hannibal’s legendary campaigns against the Roman Republic, Hannibal...

Global Innovation Spotlight

Upcoming IT Conferences Focused on Sustainable Technology and Green IT

Sustainable IT Events You Should Consider Attending Next Year

However minimal, we’ve all felt some impact of climate change at one point or another in our lifetime, irrespective of what part of the world we are from. The World Health Organization stated that about 3.6 billion people live in areas especially vulnerable to climate impacts. This is almost half...

INNOVATION Quebec

INSTITUT DU NOUVEAU MONDE (INM)

DEPUIS 20 ANS, L’INM, UN ORGANISME INDÉPENDANT ET NON PARTISAN, MET LA PARTICIPATION DES CITOYENNESET DES CITOYENS AU CŒUR DES PROJETS QU’ELLE DÉVELOPPE ET DE CEUX DES ORGANISATIONS QU’ELLEACCOMPAGNE. L’INM est animé par la conviction que la participation citoyenne renforce la démocratie et aide les organisations à prendre de meilleures...

INNOVATE™ Stockholm

4thBrain

Reimagining Enterprises for the AI Age

Tackling The Outdated Enterprise Software in a New Era Despite advancements in technology, many enterprises remain trapped in outdated software systems. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) tools, the backbone of modern organizations, are static, rigid, and expensive to implement and maintain. They fail to keep pace with the speed and complexity...

INNOVATE® Chicago Vol.1

HALO

HALO-Impact Before Profit: Halo’s Mission to Transform the World of Investing

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® Kansas City

MADE IN KANSAS CITY

A BEACON OF CREATIVITY AND COMMUNITY

When Made in KC launched in 2015, it redefined the local economy and fostered a community of creators ever since. It has emerged not just as a business but as a catalyst for creativity, turning a 300-square-foot pop-up shop into a sprawling network that champions local artists, designers, and makers....

INNOVATE™ Curitiba

DR. PEANUT

WHO SAID THAT HEALTHY FOOD HAS TO BE TASTELESS OR BORING?

Motivated by the unwavering and curious desire to respond to that question, in 2017, Lucas Castro, founder and CMO of DR PEANUT, decided to embark and find an ideal recipe that would bring an unbelievable flavor to people focused on health, sports and whoever require balanced energy. This is the...

INNOVATE® Washington DMV Edition

METTĀ CREATIVE

GATHERING INTENTIONALLY IN THE PRESENT TO CO-CREATE A BETTER FUTURE

Born out of a desire for an alternative to unfulfilling college night-life, Mettā Creative has existed on the fringes of DMV culture since November 2016. Mettā, which means “loving-kindness” in Sanskrit, is a bonding agent, a glue between people, their community, and the public good. In the early days, Creative...

United Nations Lesotho

UNICEF

A Legacy of Care and Progress

The impactful journey of the United Nations in Lesotho over the past 40 years and the future partnership between the UN and the government of Lesotho. For over four decades, UNICEF has stood alongside Lesotho in its mission to secure a brighter future for its children. From the remote mountain...

INNOVATE® Jacksonville

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...

INNOVATE® Georgia

SKILLSHOT

SKILLSHOT PARTNERS WITH BRANDS TO DELIVER GAMING FOR GOOD

SKILLSHOT CONNECTS LEADING BRANDS, ENGAGED GAMING FANS, AND POSITIVE SOCIAL IMPACT. Now why exactly would major brands — as diverse as Coca-Cola, US Army, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Amazon, Piedmont, Georgia State University, Spelman College, DoorDash, Chelsea FC, Comcast, Cox, Turner, Intel, HP, Lenovo, Boys and Girls Club, Make-A-Wish Georgia, YMCA,...

INNOVATE® Miami

CIC Miami

CIC Miami - An Established Platform That Enhances A Location's Innovation Structure

An established platform that enhances a location's innovation structure

CIC is an established platform that enhances a location’s innovation infrastructure and creates a physical center of gravity. As a vehicle that transforms an economic development opportunity into a mature innovation hub, CIC’s mission is to fix the world through innovation by creating and managing developing multifaceted communities that support...

INNOVATE® Chicago Vol.1

SITTERCITY

SITTERCITY

As the first and largest digital platform for finding in-home care, Sittercity, a Bright Horizons company, has come a long way since 2001. , We were the first to make online child care an employee benefit and we continue to connect millions of parents with babysitters and nannies every year....

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™ Toronto

TELUS POLLINATOR FUND FOR GOOD

TELUS POLLINATOR FUND FOR GOOD-INVESTING IN IMPACT

INVESTING IN IMPACT

In the spring of 2020, just as the devastating first wave of the pandemic began to hit businesses, healthcare and our communities, the TELUS Pollinator Fund for Good was born. At $100 million, the Pollinator Fund is one of the world’s largest corporate impact funds. The Pollinator Fund invests in...

Global Innovation Spotlight

Why Your Video Advertising Gets Rejected

A 7-Point Technical Checklist for Paid Social Media

Pouring time, effort, and money into creating your video ads only to see them rejected — that’s a nightmare for every marketer. Why does it happen? See the video marketing checklist for Facebook and other social media platforms below, and you’ll forget what rejection means. Why Technical Rejections Are Killing...

INNOVATE® Gaming & Esports

EMOTIONAL IDEAS

EMOTIONAL IDEAS-BATTLE RACING: A New Combat Motorsport Built for Drivers

BATTLE RACING: A New Combat Motorsport Built for Drivers, Designed for Gamers… THE NEXT EVOLUTION OF RACING

Emotional Ideas, inc. aka EI, is a sports and entertainment technology company revolutionizing known attractions, games, and products for the next generation of entertainment thrill-seekers. We are currently taking the popular sport of go-kart racing and combining it with the strategy and skill of Esports gaming to pioneer a new...

AI Québec

TRI-VIZOR

TRI-VIZOR- THE WORLD’S FIRST CROSS SUPPLY CHAIN ORCHESTRATOR

THE WORLD’S FIRST CROSS SUPPLY CHAIN ORCHESTRATOR

TRI-VIZOR is a disruptive innovator in logistics and supply chain management. As the world’s first impartial orchestrator it was one of the first companies to introduce the principles of the sharing economy in transport and logistics, supported by its baseline “Carpooling for Cargo”. TRI-VIZOR proactively designs and operates horizontal partnerships...

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™ Antwerp Vol.2

SIGI HERMANS

SIGI HERMANS-PERSONAL BRANDING PHOTOGRAPHY FOR ENTREPRENEURS

PERSONAL BRANDING PHOTOGRAPHY FOR ENTREPRENEURS

Ever since I was a young girl, I have loved photography immensely. In the darkroom I felt like a fish in water. Meanwhile, much has changed. Analogue is (almost) gone and of course I switched to digital a long time ago. Digital or analog, photography remains my greatest passion. I...

INNOVATION Quebec

CEIM

STIMULATING ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND FOSTERING THE GROWTH OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES

As an organization that has been serving innovation for more than 25 years, we are particularly proud to have supported companies that have since become flagships of our ecosystem, or that now act as powerful catalysts for progress and change in our society. “Our entrepreneurs’ capacity to create and to...

INNOVATE™ Antwerp Vol.2

DOMEIN WALTERUS, VINEYARD, WINERY, DISTILLERY

DOMEIN WALTERUS

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™ Stockholm

Stockholm Stad

Stockholm is Building Tomorrow's Innovation Leaders

Stockholm has firmly established itself as one of the world’s most dynamic innovation and technology hubs. Known for its thriving startup ecosystem, cutting-edge research, and a strong culture of collaboration, the Swedish capital consistently ranks among the top cities for entrepreneurship and technological advancement. With a highly educated workforce, a...

INNOVATE™ Toronto

THE CCRM STORY

THE CCRM STORY: 10 YEARS IN THE MAKING

10 YEARS IN THE MAKING

“Regenerative medicine is the future, and not only is it the future, it’s a branch of medicine that Canada and the province of Ontario are actually quite good at.” – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau When it launched onto the scene in 2011, there was nothing else like it. Even today, ten years...

INNOVATE® Georgia

HANNIBAL AI

ANCIENT TACTICS, DIGITALFRONTIERS: HANNIBAL AI’S MODERN CONQUEST

In the relentless march of technology, where change is the only constant, Hannibal AI provides real experience in artificial intelligence. The company understands the terrain of tomorrow, navigating the evolving landscape with the agility and foresight of its namesake, Hannibal Barca. Like Hannibal’s legendary campaigns against the Roman Republic, Hannibal...

Global Innovation Spotlight

Upcoming IT Conferences Focused on Sustainable Technology and Green IT

Sustainable IT Events You Should Consider Attending Next Year

However minimal, we’ve all felt some impact of climate change at one point or another in our lifetime, irrespective of what part of the world we are from. The World Health Organization stated that about 3.6 billion people live in areas especially vulnerable to climate impacts. This is almost half...

INNOVATION Quebec

INSTITUT DU NOUVEAU MONDE (INM)

DEPUIS 20 ANS, L’INM, UN ORGANISME INDÉPENDANT ET NON PARTISAN, MET LA PARTICIPATION DES CITOYENNESET DES CITOYENS AU CŒUR DES PROJETS QU’ELLE DÉVELOPPE ET DE CEUX DES ORGANISATIONS QU’ELLEACCOMPAGNE. L’INM est animé par la conviction que la participation citoyenne renforce la démocratie et aide les organisations à prendre de meilleures...

INNOVATE™ Stockholm

4thBrain

Reimagining Enterprises for the AI Age

Tackling The Outdated Enterprise Software in a New Era Despite advancements in technology, many enterprises remain trapped in outdated software systems. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) tools, the backbone of modern organizations, are static, rigid, and expensive to implement and maintain. They fail to keep pace with the speed and complexity...

INNOVATE® Chicago Vol.1

HALO

HALO-Impact Before Profit: Halo’s Mission to Transform the World of Investing

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® Kansas City

MADE IN KANSAS CITY

A BEACON OF CREATIVITY AND COMMUNITY

When Made in KC launched in 2015, it redefined the local economy and fostered a community of creators ever since. It has emerged not just as a business but as a catalyst for creativity, turning a 300-square-foot pop-up shop into a sprawling network that champions local artists, designers, and makers....

INNOVATE™ Curitiba

DR. PEANUT

WHO SAID THAT HEALTHY FOOD HAS TO BE TASTELESS OR BORING?

Motivated by the unwavering and curious desire to respond to that question, in 2017, Lucas Castro, founder and CMO of DR PEANUT, decided to embark and find an ideal recipe that would bring an unbelievable flavor to people focused on health, sports and whoever require balanced energy. This is the...

INNOVATE® Washington DMV Edition

METTĀ CREATIVE

GATHERING INTENTIONALLY IN THE PRESENT TO CO-CREATE A BETTER FUTURE

Born out of a desire for an alternative to unfulfilling college night-life, Mettā Creative has existed on the fringes of DMV culture since November 2016. Mettā, which means “loving-kindness” in Sanskrit, is a bonding agent, a glue between people, their community, and the public good. In the early days, Creative...

United Nations Lesotho

UNICEF

A Legacy of Care and Progress

The impactful journey of the United Nations in Lesotho over the past 40 years and the future partnership between the UN and the government of Lesotho. For over four decades, UNICEF has stood alongside Lesotho in its mission to secure a brighter future for its children. From the remote mountain...

INNOVATE® Jacksonville

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...

INNOVATE® Georgia

SKILLSHOT

SKILLSHOT PARTNERS WITH BRANDS TO DELIVER GAMING FOR GOOD

SKILLSHOT CONNECTS LEADING BRANDS, ENGAGED GAMING FANS, AND POSITIVE SOCIAL IMPACT. Now why exactly would major brands — as diverse as Coca-Cola, US Army, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Amazon, Piedmont, Georgia State University, Spelman College, DoorDash, Chelsea FC, Comcast, Cox, Turner, Intel, HP, Lenovo, Boys and Girls Club, Make-A-Wish Georgia, YMCA,...

INNOVATE® Miami

CIC Miami

CIC Miami - An Established Platform That Enhances A Location's Innovation Structure

An established platform that enhances a location's innovation structure

CIC is an established platform that enhances a location’s innovation infrastructure and creates a physical center of gravity. As a vehicle that transforms an economic development opportunity into a mature innovation hub, CIC’s mission is to fix the world through innovation by creating and managing developing multifaceted communities that support...

INNOVATE® Chicago Vol.1

SITTERCITY

SITTERCITY

As the first and largest digital platform for finding in-home care, Sittercity, a Bright Horizons company, has come a long way since 2001. , We were the first to make online child care an employee benefit and we continue to connect millions of parents with babysitters and nannies every year....

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™ Toronto

TELUS POLLINATOR FUND FOR GOOD

TELUS POLLINATOR FUND FOR GOOD-INVESTING IN IMPACT

INVESTING IN IMPACT

In the spring of 2020, just as the devastating first wave of the pandemic began to hit businesses, healthcare and our communities, the TELUS Pollinator Fund for Good was born. At $100 million, the Pollinator Fund is one of the world’s largest corporate impact funds. The Pollinator Fund invests in...

Global Innovation Spotlight

Why Your Video Advertising Gets Rejected

A 7-Point Technical Checklist for Paid Social Media

Pouring time, effort, and money into creating your video ads only to see them rejected — that’s a nightmare for every marketer. Why does it happen? See the video marketing checklist for Facebook and other social media platforms below, and you’ll forget what rejection means. Why Technical Rejections Are Killing...

INNOVATE® Gaming & Esports

EMOTIONAL IDEAS

EMOTIONAL IDEAS-BATTLE RACING: A New Combat Motorsport Built for Drivers

BATTLE RACING: A New Combat Motorsport Built for Drivers, Designed for Gamers… THE NEXT EVOLUTION OF RACING

Emotional Ideas, inc. aka EI, is a sports and entertainment technology company revolutionizing known attractions, games, and products for the next generation of entertainment thrill-seekers. We are currently taking the popular sport of go-kart racing and combining it with the strategy and skill of Esports gaming to pioneer a new...

AI Québec

TRI-VIZOR

TRI-VIZOR- THE WORLD’S FIRST CROSS SUPPLY CHAIN ORCHESTRATOR

THE WORLD’S FIRST CROSS SUPPLY CHAIN ORCHESTRATOR

TRI-VIZOR is a disruptive innovator in logistics and supply chain management. As the world’s first impartial orchestrator it was one of the first companies to introduce the principles of the sharing economy in transport and logistics, supported by its baseline “Carpooling for Cargo”. TRI-VIZOR proactively designs and operates horizontal partnerships...

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™ Antwerp Vol.2

SIGI HERMANS

SIGI HERMANS-PERSONAL BRANDING PHOTOGRAPHY FOR ENTREPRENEURS

PERSONAL BRANDING PHOTOGRAPHY FOR ENTREPRENEURS

Ever since I was a young girl, I have loved photography immensely. In the darkroom I felt like a fish in water. Meanwhile, much has changed. Analogue is (almost) gone and of course I switched to digital a long time ago. Digital or analog, photography remains my greatest passion. I...

INNOVATION Quebec

CEIM

STIMULATING ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND FOSTERING THE GROWTH OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES

As an organization that has been serving innovation for more than 25 years, we are particularly proud to have supported companies that have since become flagships of our ecosystem, or that now act as powerful catalysts for progress and change in our society. “Our entrepreneurs’ capacity to create and to...

INNOVATE™ Antwerp Vol.2

DOMEIN WALTERUS, VINEYARD, WINERY, DISTILLERY

DOMEIN WALTERUS

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™ Stockholm

Stockholm Stad

Stockholm is Building Tomorrow's Innovation Leaders

Stockholm has firmly established itself as one of the world’s most dynamic innovation and technology hubs. Known for its thriving startup ecosystem, cutting-edge research, and a strong culture of collaboration, the Swedish capital consistently ranks among the top cities for entrepreneurship and technological advancement. With a highly educated workforce, a...

INNOVATE™ Toronto

THE CCRM STORY

THE CCRM STORY: 10 YEARS IN THE MAKING

10 YEARS IN THE MAKING

“Regenerative medicine is the future, and not only is it the future, it’s a branch of medicine that Canada and the province of Ontario are actually quite good at.” – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau When it launched onto the scene in 2011, there was nothing else like it. Even today, ten years...

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