Stories of Innovation
INNOVATE™ Botswana Vol.1
DIGITAL NATIVES
LEADING THE CHANGE
Digital Natives is a 100% youth and citizen-owned, multi-award-winning software and disruptive agency with the founder, Mthabisi Bokete, being Standard Bank Africa Group’s youngest Board Member in the history of Stanbic Bank, both locally & globally. Digital Natives won the regional 2020 SADC Innovation and Investment Competition with their remarkable...
INNOVATE™ Adelaide
TAV SYSTEMS
EXPORTING HIGH-QUALITY E-BIKE TECHNOLOGIES TO THE WORLD
TAV is an E-Bike startup based in Adelaide, Australia, that was incorporated in April 2020. Supported by the Government of South Australia and Flinders University under the program called Supporting innovation in South Australia, TAV’s mission is to export Australian-built E-Bike technologies to global brands, foster local innovation, and deliver...
INNOVATE® Georgia
7FACTOR
BUILDING GOOD THINGS RIGHT, THE FIRST TIME, TAKES THOUGHTFUL INTENTION.
7Factor Software was founded on human-centric principles held fiercely true at every step in their work to design, develop, deploy, and maintain well-engineered software solutions for tech-forward enterprises and ambitious start-ups with great ideas and a commitment to quality. They tackle their clients’ most unique problems, empowering them to seize...
INNOVATE® Chicago Vol.1
LOGGERHEAD TOOLS
Award-Winning American Innovation
LoggerHead Tools’ mission is to create innovative hand tools manufactured in America. The company’s flagship product is the Bionic Wrench™, a tool that combines the convenience of pliers with the performance of a wrench. The company launched the Bionic Wrench at the National Hardware Show in 2005 and has since...
INNOVATE® South Carolina
Software Projects Consulting
Driving Excellence Through ERP: The Story of a Visionary Company
Founded in 2000 and officially incorporated in 2005, Software Projects Consulting is the realization of an ambitious vision by its founder, Frank Muehlenkamp. Frank sought to create something unique—a company driven by an innovative symbiosis of Engineering and Business principles and methodologies to yield innovative and highly effective results to...
INNOVATE® Puerto Rico
TALE+
A group of bilingual speech-language pathologists dedicated to helping others communicate better
TALE+ is a teletherapy company made up of a group of licensed, bilingual, speech language pathologists whose mission is to help others be more confident in their language of choice, while also supporting the professional growth of speech pathologists. Founded and based in Puerto Rico, TALE+’s focus is twofold: expanding...
INNOVATE® Nashville
CELERO COMMERCE
WAS FOUNDED WITH ONE PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVE: TO HELP SMALL AND MID-SIZED BUSINESSES WIN
We know that we can deliver that by leveraging our investment in FinTech and our commitment to partnerships with community /regional banks. It is this combination that truly empowers local businesses in a way that enables them to compete and win in this ever more complex and competitive market. ...
INNOVATION Quebec
C2T3
CCTT EN TÉLÉCOMMUNICATIONS
Le C2T3 a pour mission de contribuer à l’innovation technologique et à l’essor économique des entreprises associées au secteur des télécommunications, de l’Internet des objets, des réseaux 5G et de la connectivité intelligente. En adoptant des procédures d’innovation technologique, le C2T3 se veut un pôle d’excellence en télécommunications qui valorise...
INNOVATE® Maryland
BioHealth Innovation
Translating Breakthroughs into Impact
In Maryland, scientific discovery rarely slows progress. Laboratories across the state generate breakthrough therapeutics, diagnostics, and medical technologies at remarkable speed. Moving those innovations beyond the lab and into the hands of patients and investors requires a different kind of expertise, grounded in market insight, capital strategy, and disciplined execution....
INNOVATE™ Curitiba
MEDLESS
YOUR SOURCE FOR THE BEST MEDICINE PRICES
Medless Group is a HealthTech company founded in 2017 in the city of Curitiba by the gynecologist and scientist Dr. Rodrigo Berger, with the aim of studying and developing innovative treatments for women’s health. Having dedicated its first two years to the development and study of an innovative technology, the...
INNOVATE™ Flanders
BEDENK
BOOST YOUR INNOVATION CULTURE LET YOUR EMPLOYEES DRIVE CHANGE
In our fast-evolving business landscape, organizations must consistently innovate to remain competitive. However, true innovation isn’t just about investing in new technologies or launching groundbreaking products; it’s about building a culture that empowers employees to be the driving force behind that change. “Innovation can improve the financial results of an...
INNOVATE™ Toronto
ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH
MOBILIZING THE CANCER RESEARCH COMMUNITY TO DRIVE PERSONALIZED CARE
Cancer is not just one disease. Each tumour is unique, and each person will experience cancer differently, requiring tailored therapies matched to the unique drivers of their disease. To address this tremendous challenge effectively, it takes a diverse range of people working together in multidisciplinary networks on innovations in...
INNOVATE™ Stockholm
K-MÄRKT
THE RESTAURANT REBELS RETHINKING SUSTAINABILITY
Since its founding in 2014 in Stockholm’s historic Garnisonen building, K-märkt has been rewriting the rulebook for what a modern, sustainable food company can be. From its very first day, the brand has challenged the industry with one radical idea: great food at scale can – and must – coexist...
INNOVATE® Chicago Vol.1
JELLYVISION
CELEBRATING THREE DECADES IN CHICAGO TECH
WHO IS JELLYVISION?Jellyvision is the benefits engagement platform trusted by companies large and small, including many of the Fortune 500. We’re committed to reinventing how employees choose and use benefits, and our sophisticated technology delights and guides employees to make better decisions — leading them and our customers to more...
INNOVATE® Jacksonville
Essential Culture Podcast Network
Podcast-based media platform for Northeast Florida
The Essential Culture Podcast Network (ECPN) is a podcast-based media platform for Northeast Florida. Through strategic collaborations with Jacksonville-based media institutions, our network provides a series of cultural programs available to be downloaded on multiple streaming platforms. Listeners can subscribe to shows dedicated to subjects centered around business, advocacy, entertainment,...
Global Innovation Spotlight
Anand Sweets-Spreading Happiness, Sweetly
Pivoting from an old school traditional mithai brand to the go-to brand for every celebration, Anand Sweets has used every technological aid to gallop ahead in its category. What is now one of South India’s largest sweets’ brands started its story with one man’s dream to revolutionise the sweetmeat industry and ‘make...
INNOVATE™ South Africa
DATADISTILLR
COLLABORATE AND EXPLORE DATA LIKE NEVER BEFORE
Data is the source of all learning, and nothing should get in the way of that. Data should be easy to access and explore. We spend too long working on our data instead of with our data. Data tells a story, and it’s our job to unearth and tell that...
INNOVATE® Ohio
ALLOY GROWTH LAB
GROW HERE. CONNECT HERE. THRIVE HERE.
At Alloy Growth Lab, entrepreneurs find more than a place to work. They enter a connected organization built to help businesses develop stronger ideas, build valuable relationships, access capital and create a lasting regional impact. On any given day at Alloy Growth Lab, an entrepreneur may be building a circuit...
INNOVATION Quebec
NERGICA
CCTT EN ÉNERGIES RENOUVELABLES
Nergica est un centre de recherche appliquée qui stimule l’innovation en matière d’énergies renouvelables à travers des activités de recherche, d’aide technique, de transfert technologique et d’accompagnement aux entreprises et aux collectivités. Sa mission : accélérer le développement et l’adoption des énergies renouvelables. Nergica se spécialise dans le développement de...
INNOVATION Quebec
CTRI
FOR INDUSTRIAL WASTE
Our mission at Centre technologique des résidus industriels (CTRI) is to promote socio-economic development by providing support to companies in the mining, forest and agricultural sectors. Through exploring, identifying and achieving innovative solutions for the valorization of industrial waste and underutilized natural resources, we aim to accelerate the implementation of...
INNOVATE® Milwaukee
FINDORFF
TRANSFORMING A SPACE SO IT BETTER BENEFITS THE STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND COMMUNITY
TRANSFORMING A SPACE SO IT BETTER BENEFITS THE STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND COMMUNITY For over a decade, Findorff has been honored to build, reimagine, and renovate various spaces at Marquette University. From smaller and expedited projects to multi-million state-of-the-art facilities, Findorff understands the importance of innovation and deeply appreciates and values...
INNOVATE® Chicago Vol.1
REBOOT PARTNERS
REBOOT PARTNERS Reboot Partners helps emerging growth company CEO’s to operate at scale and accelerate global growth—and advises Fortune 1000 executives and multi-national corporations on how to tackle their most challenging issues, by seizing emerging market opportunities, building global partnerships and development initiatives, and leading sustainable digital-transformation programs. From behind-the-scenes...
INNOVATE™ South Africa
CAPITEC
LET’S BUILD A BANK
Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come, suggested Victor Hugo, French literary genius, in 1852. Capitec was – and is still – such an idea, but you might not have thought so at the time. At the beginning of the 21st century, the general consensus was...
INNOVATE™ Alberta
GRANDE PRAIRIE REGIONAL INNOVATION NETWORK (GPRIN)
INVESTING IN INNOVATION
GPRIN is the Innovation Network serving northwestern Alberta innovators and entrepreneurs. We offer resources, knowledge, and connections to develop, validate, manufacture, market and launch innovations into the marketplace. The innovation ecosystem in Alberta is expansive and GPRIN has access to resources and expertise in a wide variety of areas, in...
INNOVATE™ Botswana Vol.1
DIGITAL NATIVES
LEADING THE CHANGE
Digital Natives is a 100% youth and citizen-owned, multi-award-winning software and disruptive agency with the founder, Mthabisi Bokete, being Standard Bank Africa Group’s youngest Board Member in the history of Stanbic Bank, both locally & globally. Digital Natives won the regional 2020 SADC Innovation and Investment Competition with their remarkable...
INNOVATE™ Adelaide
TAV SYSTEMS
EXPORTING HIGH-QUALITY E-BIKE TECHNOLOGIES TO THE WORLD
TAV is an E-Bike startup based in Adelaide, Australia, that was incorporated in April 2020. Supported by the Government of South Australia and Flinders University under the program called Supporting innovation in South Australia, TAV’s mission is to export Australian-built E-Bike technologies to global brands, foster local innovation, and deliver...
INNOVATE® Georgia
7FACTOR
BUILDING GOOD THINGS RIGHT, THE FIRST TIME, TAKES THOUGHTFUL INTENTION.
7Factor Software was founded on human-centric principles held fiercely true at every step in their work to design, develop, deploy, and maintain well-engineered software solutions for tech-forward enterprises and ambitious start-ups with great ideas and a commitment to quality. They tackle their clients’ most unique problems, empowering them to seize...
INNOVATE® Chicago Vol.1
LOGGERHEAD TOOLS
Award-Winning American Innovation
LoggerHead Tools’ mission is to create innovative hand tools manufactured in America. The company’s flagship product is the Bionic Wrench™, a tool that combines the convenience of pliers with the performance of a wrench. The company launched the Bionic Wrench at the National Hardware Show in 2005 and has since...
INNOVATE® South Carolina
Software Projects Consulting
Driving Excellence Through ERP: The Story of a Visionary Company
Founded in 2000 and officially incorporated in 2005, Software Projects Consulting is the realization of an ambitious vision by its founder, Frank Muehlenkamp. Frank sought to create something unique—a company driven by an innovative symbiosis of Engineering and Business principles and methodologies to yield innovative and highly effective results to...
INNOVATE® Puerto Rico
TALE+
A group of bilingual speech-language pathologists dedicated to helping others communicate better
TALE+ is a teletherapy company made up of a group of licensed, bilingual, speech language pathologists whose mission is to help others be more confident in their language of choice, while also supporting the professional growth of speech pathologists. Founded and based in Puerto Rico, TALE+’s focus is twofold: expanding...
INNOVATE® Nashville
CELERO COMMERCE
WAS FOUNDED WITH ONE PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVE: TO HELP SMALL AND MID-SIZED BUSINESSES WIN
We know that we can deliver that by leveraging our investment in FinTech and our commitment to partnerships with community /regional banks. It is this combination that truly empowers local businesses in a way that enables them to compete and win in this ever more complex and competitive market. ...
INNOVATION Quebec
C2T3
CCTT EN TÉLÉCOMMUNICATIONS
Le C2T3 a pour mission de contribuer à l’innovation technologique et à l’essor économique des entreprises associées au secteur des télécommunications, de l’Internet des objets, des réseaux 5G et de la connectivité intelligente. En adoptant des procédures d’innovation technologique, le C2T3 se veut un pôle d’excellence en télécommunications qui valorise...
INNOVATE® Maryland
BioHealth Innovation
Translating Breakthroughs into Impact
In Maryland, scientific discovery rarely slows progress. Laboratories across the state generate breakthrough therapeutics, diagnostics, and medical technologies at remarkable speed. Moving those innovations beyond the lab and into the hands of patients and investors requires a different kind of expertise, grounded in market insight, capital strategy, and disciplined execution....
INNOVATE™ Curitiba
MEDLESS
YOUR SOURCE FOR THE BEST MEDICINE PRICES
Medless Group is a HealthTech company founded in 2017 in the city of Curitiba by the gynecologist and scientist Dr. Rodrigo Berger, with the aim of studying and developing innovative treatments for women’s health. Having dedicated its first two years to the development and study of an innovative technology, the...
INNOVATE™ Flanders
BEDENK
BOOST YOUR INNOVATION CULTURE LET YOUR EMPLOYEES DRIVE CHANGE
In our fast-evolving business landscape, organizations must consistently innovate to remain competitive. However, true innovation isn’t just about investing in new technologies or launching groundbreaking products; it’s about building a culture that empowers employees to be the driving force behind that change. “Innovation can improve the financial results of an...
INNOVATE™ Toronto
ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH
MOBILIZING THE CANCER RESEARCH COMMUNITY TO DRIVE PERSONALIZED CARE
Cancer is not just one disease. Each tumour is unique, and each person will experience cancer differently, requiring tailored therapies matched to the unique drivers of their disease. To address this tremendous challenge effectively, it takes a diverse range of people working together in multidisciplinary networks on innovations in...
INNOVATE™ Stockholm
K-MÄRKT
THE RESTAURANT REBELS RETHINKING SUSTAINABILITY
Since its founding in 2014 in Stockholm’s historic Garnisonen building, K-märkt has been rewriting the rulebook for what a modern, sustainable food company can be. From its very first day, the brand has challenged the industry with one radical idea: great food at scale can – and must – coexist...
INNOVATE® Chicago Vol.1
JELLYVISION
CELEBRATING THREE DECADES IN CHICAGO TECH
WHO IS JELLYVISION?Jellyvision is the benefits engagement platform trusted by companies large and small, including many of the Fortune 500. We’re committed to reinventing how employees choose and use benefits, and our sophisticated technology delights and guides employees to make better decisions — leading them and our customers to more...
INNOVATE® Jacksonville
Essential Culture Podcast Network
Podcast-based media platform for Northeast Florida
The Essential Culture Podcast Network (ECPN) is a podcast-based media platform for Northeast Florida. Through strategic collaborations with Jacksonville-based media institutions, our network provides a series of cultural programs available to be downloaded on multiple streaming platforms. Listeners can subscribe to shows dedicated to subjects centered around business, advocacy, entertainment,...
Global Innovation Spotlight
Anand Sweets-Spreading Happiness, Sweetly
Pivoting from an old school traditional mithai brand to the go-to brand for every celebration, Anand Sweets has used every technological aid to gallop ahead in its category. What is now one of South India’s largest sweets’ brands started its story with one man’s dream to revolutionise the sweetmeat industry and ‘make...
INNOVATE™ South Africa
DATADISTILLR
COLLABORATE AND EXPLORE DATA LIKE NEVER BEFORE
Data is the source of all learning, and nothing should get in the way of that. Data should be easy to access and explore. We spend too long working on our data instead of with our data. Data tells a story, and it’s our job to unearth and tell that...
INNOVATE® Ohio
ALLOY GROWTH LAB
GROW HERE. CONNECT HERE. THRIVE HERE.
At Alloy Growth Lab, entrepreneurs find more than a place to work. They enter a connected organization built to help businesses develop stronger ideas, build valuable relationships, access capital and create a lasting regional impact. On any given day at Alloy Growth Lab, an entrepreneur may be building a circuit...
INNOVATION Quebec
NERGICA
CCTT EN ÉNERGIES RENOUVELABLES
Nergica est un centre de recherche appliquée qui stimule l’innovation en matière d’énergies renouvelables à travers des activités de recherche, d’aide technique, de transfert technologique et d’accompagnement aux entreprises et aux collectivités. Sa mission : accélérer le développement et l’adoption des énergies renouvelables. Nergica se spécialise dans le développement de...
INNOVATION Quebec
CTRI
FOR INDUSTRIAL WASTE
Our mission at Centre technologique des résidus industriels (CTRI) is to promote socio-economic development by providing support to companies in the mining, forest and agricultural sectors. Through exploring, identifying and achieving innovative solutions for the valorization of industrial waste and underutilized natural resources, we aim to accelerate the implementation of...
INNOVATE® Milwaukee
FINDORFF
TRANSFORMING A SPACE SO IT BETTER BENEFITS THE STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND COMMUNITY
TRANSFORMING A SPACE SO IT BETTER BENEFITS THE STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND COMMUNITY For over a decade, Findorff has been honored to build, reimagine, and renovate various spaces at Marquette University. From smaller and expedited projects to multi-million state-of-the-art facilities, Findorff understands the importance of innovation and deeply appreciates and values...
INNOVATE® Chicago Vol.1
REBOOT PARTNERS
REBOOT PARTNERS Reboot Partners helps emerging growth company CEO’s to operate at scale and accelerate global growth—and advises Fortune 1000 executives and multi-national corporations on how to tackle their most challenging issues, by seizing emerging market opportunities, building global partnerships and development initiatives, and leading sustainable digital-transformation programs. From behind-the-scenes...
INNOVATE™ South Africa
CAPITEC
LET’S BUILD A BANK
Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come, suggested Victor Hugo, French literary genius, in 1852. Capitec was – and is still – such an idea, but you might not have thought so at the time. At the beginning of the 21st century, the general consensus was...
INNOVATE™ Alberta
GRANDE PRAIRIE REGIONAL INNOVATION NETWORK (GPRIN)
INVESTING IN INNOVATION
GPRIN is the Innovation Network serving northwestern Alberta innovators and entrepreneurs. We offer resources, knowledge, and connections to develop, validate, manufacture, market and launch innovations into the marketplace. The innovation ecosystem in Alberta is expansive and GPRIN has access to resources and expertise in a wide variety of areas, in...