Stories of Innovation

INNOVATE® New Jersey Vol.2

Optical Academy

Has been pioneering the change in the delivery of eye care

Optical Academy- Has been pioneering the change in the delivery of eye care by making eye care the most convenient, affordable, and accessible it has ever been. The company came to life 14 years ago after CEO, Abby Ayoub, crossed paths with a 15-year-old girl who was desperate for an...

INNOVATE® Milwaukee

BLOCK TIME FINANCIAL

PIONEERING THE FUTURE: VISION FOR DISRUPTION

PIONEERING THE FUTURE: VISION FOR DISRUPTION Block Time Financial is pioneering the financial technology sector in Milwaukee—and beyond. With a profound understanding of the rapidly changing landscape of global finance, CEO Bruce Rosenheimer, a seasoned Wall Street veteran, and CTO Lou Morgan, with three decades’ experience in the financial trading...

United Nations Lesotho

RCO

THE UNITED NATIONS RESIDENT COORDINATOR OFFICE

The Office of the Resident Coordinator’s Support to Lesotho Strategic Leadership and Coordination The United Nations Resident Coordinator Office (RCO) plays a pivotal role in supporting the work of the UN Resident Coordinator, who leads the UN Country Team (UNCT) in consultation with the Government of Lesotho. Together, they define...

INNOVATION Quebec

DISTRIQ

ZONE D’INNOVATION QUANTIQUE

DistriQ, zone d’innovation quantique est un organisme catalyseur d’expertises et d’infrastructures favorisant l’émergence et l’accélération d’innovation dans le secteur des sciences et des technologies quantiques. Les technologies quantiques ont le potentiel de révolutionner plusieurs secteurs, entre autres les domaines de l’environnement, la mobilité, la santé et l’énergie renouvelable. C’est-à-dire que...

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® Jacksonville

Office Evolution Of Jacksonville

Office Evolution Of Jacksonville-Provides Flexible Shared Workspace

Provides Flexible Shared Workspace

Office Evolution provides flexible shared workspace to small businesses, entrepreneurs, and startup companies. This is done by providing turnkey workspace solutions in the form of coworking, private offices, meeting space, and other business services. Office Evolution plays a key role in building Jacksonville’s entrepreneurial ecosystem through creating a collaborative community...

INNOVATE™ Oeiras

António Gaspar Physio Therapy & Performance

António Gaspar Physio Therapy & Performance A Side By Side Evolution

A Side By Side Evolution

The continuous will of Physiotherapist António Gaspar to assist people led him to open, in 2018, his current clinic, António Gaspar – Physio Therapy & Performance. This project seeks to respond to an insufficiency in the Portuguese Physiotherapy market, which was the provision of multidisciplinary health care in the recovery...

INNOVATE® Washington DMV Edition

PROXY FOODS INC.

Feeding the Future

Washington, D.C., is a bustling food and beverage innovation hub. Proxy Foods Inc. stands out for its groundbreaking technology and profound mission to reshape how we think about and create food. Founded by Panos Kostopoulos, a visionary who migrated from Athens, Greece, with a dream to revolutionize food systems through...

INNOVATE® New Jersey Vol.2

RUTGERS RESEARCH

Complex societal challenges require innovative solutions that transform and improve lives around the world. As a top 20 public research university with more than 300 research centers and institutions, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, offers a wide variety of programs that drive and support diverse and inclusive research,...

INNOVATE® Seattle

Watson Immigration Law

Meet the Startup Visa Lawyer trying to change the law while helping startups and founders grow

Meet the Startup Visa Lawyer trying to change the law while helping startups and founders grow Tahmina Watson, founder of Watson Immigration Law in Seattle, fell into immigration law by chance and hasn’t looked back since. She is now a nationally acclaimed, award-winning lawyer, best-selling author, podcast host, and go-to...

INNOVATE® Gaming & Esports

QUILES LAW

QUILES LAW-POWERLEVELING ESPORTS BUSINESSES AND TALENT SINCE 2015

POWERLEVELING ESPORTS BUSINESSES AND TALENT SINCE 2015, WE ARE A BUSINESS-FORWARD LAW FIRM FOR THE GLOBAL ESPORTS AND GAMING INDUSTRIES

Quiles Law is one of the world’s first esports and gaming focused law firms. Based in New York City and founded by Roger Quiles in 2014, Roger merged his interest in sports and video games to focus the firm on the then nascent esports industry in 2015. Our firm represents...

INNOVATE™ Oeiras

Carolina Almeida Cruz

Carolina Almeida Cruz Co-Founder Of Sapana.org And Entrepreneur @C-More – Beyond The Obvious I believe that I’m going to change the world. I love the sea, my biological family and beyond, my team of leaders of change and above all I belong to the world and the world is mine....

INNOVATION Quebec

INNOVLOG CCTT EN LOGISTIQUE

L’INSTITUT D’INNOVATION EN LOGISTIQUE DU QUÉBEC (INNOVLOG) AU SERVICE DE L’INNOVATION QUÉBÉCOISE!

Depuis plusieurs années, l’innovation dans le domaine de la logistique est restée dans l’ombre, laissant place à d’autres priorités : expansion du marché, rentabilité financière, développement de nouveaux produits, etc. Cependant, avec la pandémie COVID-19, il y a eu une prise de conscience collective de l’importance de la logistique sur...

INNOVATION Quebec

Xn Québec

Mobiliser la créativité numérique au service de l’innovation

Xn Québec est l’association des producteur. rice.s d’expériences numériques du Québec. L’association regroupe les principaux acteurs de l’industrie de la créativité numérique, soit plus de 165 studios membres – producteur.rice.s de contenu, original ou de commande, pour différentes plateformes, lieux et espaces. Elle représente les intérêts de l’industrie auprès des...

INNOVATE® Blockchain

EDGE OF NFT

EDGE OF NFT

Edge of NFT launched as a podcast in March 2021 to cover “the top 1% in NFTs today, as well as what will stand the test of time.” The three hosts, Eathan Janney, Jeff Kelley and Josh Kriger, quickly found that this placed them in a unique position within the...

INNOVATE® Jacksonville

The Positive Life Company

The Positive Life Company - In a World of Chaos

In a World of Chaos, Our Happiness Is Being Tested Everyday

In a world of chaos, our happiness is being tested everyday. According to the World Happiness Report, the United States is the unhappiest it has ever been. Finding innovative ways to protect and sustain our happiness levels is the basis of The Positive Life Company.   We believe that, through...

INNOVATE™ Bristol & Bath

Bristol - Designated UNESCO City Of Film

Bristol - Designated UNESCO City Of Film

ELEVATOR PITCH In 2017 Bristol was designated UNESCO City of Film, a permanent global status that recognises the city’s achievements as a world leader in the field of film and the moving image. Bristol now stands alongside Bitola, Bradford, Busan, Galway, Łódź, Qingdao, Rome, Santos, Sofia, Sydney, Terrassa and Yamagata...

INNOVATION Quebec

Le CMQ

LE CMQ-Le Centre de métallurgie du Québec est un centre collégial de transfert technologique (CCTT) rattaché au Cégep de Trois-Rivières. Créé en 1985

Le Centre de métallurgie du Québec est un centre collégial de transfert technologique (CCTT) rattaché au Cégep de Trois-Rivières. Créé en 1985, le CMQ vise à « Soutenir la compétitivité de l’industrie métallurgique par la recherche et le développement technologique dans une approche collaborative de partenaires privés et publics tout en supportant l’enseignement technique au collégial et le transfert de connaissances en entreprise

L’équipe composée de 60 personnes, incluant 10 à 15 étudiants collégiaux et universitaires par année, met l’accent sur la recherche appliquée et le transfert technologique pour soutenir l’effort de croissance et de positionnement stratégique des entreprises ayant des activités reliées à la transformation métallique. En plus d’assurer des formations de...

INNOVATE® Puerto Rico

MONLLOR CAPITAL PARTNERS

MONLLOR CAPITAL PARTNERS-INVESTING IN THE FUTURE OF PUERTO

INVESTING IN THE FUTURE OF PUERTO RICO

With over 27 years of global private equity and investment banking experience, Jose A. Torres returns to Puerto Rico to bring innovation to the alternative assets and private equity industry. INNOVATION IN ALTERNATIVE ASSETSMonllor Capital Partners LLC (“MCP”) was founded in 2018 by Jose A. Torres, as a minority-owned alternative...

INNOVATE™ South Africa

FLUX TRENDS

IS A BOUTIQUE TRENDS CONSULTANCY THAT SPECIALISES IN HELPING COMPANIES TO UNDERSTAND THE WORLD WE LIVE IN AND WHERE WE ARE HEADED

The Flux research methodology falls under six pillars T.R.E.N.D.S. - Technology, Retail & Marketing, Economy, Natural world, Diplomacy and Sociocultural. These six pillars encapsulate all the business and consumer trends that companies need to be cognisant of....

INNOVATE™ South Africa

CARBON1

CARBON1-PIONEERING SOUTH AFRICA’S DIGITAL MARKETING TRANSFORMATION

PIONEERING SOUTH AFRICA’S DIGITAL MARKETING TRANSFORMATION

Let’s start at the beginningBack in 2009, Programmatic ad buying was in its infancy locally, despite its success being celebrated internationally. This spurred on the birth of Mark1, a company that would go on to pioneer technology and data-driven media buying in the South African market. Fast forward to 2020,...

INNOVATE® Puerto Rico

FORWARD LEARNING

FORWARD LEARNING-EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY FOR A BETTER PUERTO RICO

EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY FOR A BETTER PUERTO RICO

ABOUT FORWARD LEARNINGForward Learning was founded in 1993 with the vision of promoting the effective use of technology for the development of individuals, companies, and society. Over the years they have worked with enthusiastic professionals to promote innovation through technology, creativity, personal and professional development. Their services include in-person and...

INNOVATE® Nashville

FreightWise

Bringing transportation technology and supply chain solutions to SMB and midmarket businesses.

FOUNDED IN 2015 IN BRENTWOOD, TN, FREIGHTWISE HAS BECOME A TRUSTED PARTNER FOR ITS CUSTOMERS, PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION EXPERTISE AND TECHNOLOGY TO DRIVE EFFICIENCY AND INNOVATION FOR BUSINESSES. Agile transportation technology and solutions FreightWise offers flexible Transportation Management System (TMS) technology to SMB and mid-market businesses through FreightWise TMS and Kuebix...

INNOVATE™ Stockholm

FROM MEMORY TO MASTERPIECE

MARIA WESTERBERG’S T-SHIRT CHAIR WEAVES STORIES INTO SUSTAINABLE DESIGN

Swedish designer Maria Westerberg has long been a pioneer in upcycling and sustainable design, but it was a single chair — woven from worn-out T-shirts — that propelled her into the global spotlight. Known as the “Queen of ReMake design,” Westerberg blends narrative, memory, and sustainability in a way that...

INNOVATE® New Jersey Vol.2

Optical Academy

Has been pioneering the change in the delivery of eye care

Optical Academy- Has been pioneering the change in the delivery of eye care by making eye care the most convenient, affordable, and accessible it has ever been. The company came to life 14 years ago after CEO, Abby Ayoub, crossed paths with a 15-year-old girl who was desperate for an...

INNOVATE® Milwaukee

BLOCK TIME FINANCIAL

PIONEERING THE FUTURE: VISION FOR DISRUPTION

PIONEERING THE FUTURE: VISION FOR DISRUPTION Block Time Financial is pioneering the financial technology sector in Milwaukee—and beyond. With a profound understanding of the rapidly changing landscape of global finance, CEO Bruce Rosenheimer, a seasoned Wall Street veteran, and CTO Lou Morgan, with three decades’ experience in the financial trading...

United Nations Lesotho

RCO

THE UNITED NATIONS RESIDENT COORDINATOR OFFICE

The Office of the Resident Coordinator’s Support to Lesotho Strategic Leadership and Coordination The United Nations Resident Coordinator Office (RCO) plays a pivotal role in supporting the work of the UN Resident Coordinator, who leads the UN Country Team (UNCT) in consultation with the Government of Lesotho. Together, they define...

INNOVATION Quebec

DISTRIQ

ZONE D’INNOVATION QUANTIQUE

DistriQ, zone d’innovation quantique est un organisme catalyseur d’expertises et d’infrastructures favorisant l’émergence et l’accélération d’innovation dans le secteur des sciences et des technologies quantiques. Les technologies quantiques ont le potentiel de révolutionner plusieurs secteurs, entre autres les domaines de l’environnement, la mobilité, la santé et l’énergie renouvelable. C’est-à-dire que...

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® Jacksonville

Office Evolution Of Jacksonville

Office Evolution Of Jacksonville-Provides Flexible Shared Workspace

Provides Flexible Shared Workspace

Office Evolution provides flexible shared workspace to small businesses, entrepreneurs, and startup companies. This is done by providing turnkey workspace solutions in the form of coworking, private offices, meeting space, and other business services. Office Evolution plays a key role in building Jacksonville’s entrepreneurial ecosystem through creating a collaborative community...

INNOVATE™ Oeiras

António Gaspar Physio Therapy & Performance

António Gaspar Physio Therapy & Performance A Side By Side Evolution

A Side By Side Evolution

The continuous will of Physiotherapist António Gaspar to assist people led him to open, in 2018, his current clinic, António Gaspar – Physio Therapy & Performance. This project seeks to respond to an insufficiency in the Portuguese Physiotherapy market, which was the provision of multidisciplinary health care in the recovery...

INNOVATE® Washington DMV Edition

PROXY FOODS INC.

Feeding the Future

Washington, D.C., is a bustling food and beverage innovation hub. Proxy Foods Inc. stands out for its groundbreaking technology and profound mission to reshape how we think about and create food. Founded by Panos Kostopoulos, a visionary who migrated from Athens, Greece, with a dream to revolutionize food systems through...

INNOVATE® New Jersey Vol.2

RUTGERS RESEARCH

Complex societal challenges require innovative solutions that transform and improve lives around the world. As a top 20 public research university with more than 300 research centers and institutions, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, offers a wide variety of programs that drive and support diverse and inclusive research,...

INNOVATE® Seattle

Watson Immigration Law

Meet the Startup Visa Lawyer trying to change the law while helping startups and founders grow

Meet the Startup Visa Lawyer trying to change the law while helping startups and founders grow Tahmina Watson, founder of Watson Immigration Law in Seattle, fell into immigration law by chance and hasn’t looked back since. She is now a nationally acclaimed, award-winning lawyer, best-selling author, podcast host, and go-to...

INNOVATE® Gaming & Esports

QUILES LAW

QUILES LAW-POWERLEVELING ESPORTS BUSINESSES AND TALENT SINCE 2015

POWERLEVELING ESPORTS BUSINESSES AND TALENT SINCE 2015, WE ARE A BUSINESS-FORWARD LAW FIRM FOR THE GLOBAL ESPORTS AND GAMING INDUSTRIES

Quiles Law is one of the world’s first esports and gaming focused law firms. Based in New York City and founded by Roger Quiles in 2014, Roger merged his interest in sports and video games to focus the firm on the then nascent esports industry in 2015. Our firm represents...

INNOVATE™ Oeiras

Carolina Almeida Cruz

Carolina Almeida Cruz Co-Founder Of Sapana.org And Entrepreneur @C-More – Beyond The Obvious I believe that I’m going to change the world. I love the sea, my biological family and beyond, my team of leaders of change and above all I belong to the world and the world is mine....

INNOVATION Quebec

INNOVLOG CCTT EN LOGISTIQUE

L’INSTITUT D’INNOVATION EN LOGISTIQUE DU QUÉBEC (INNOVLOG) AU SERVICE DE L’INNOVATION QUÉBÉCOISE!

Depuis plusieurs années, l’innovation dans le domaine de la logistique est restée dans l’ombre, laissant place à d’autres priorités : expansion du marché, rentabilité financière, développement de nouveaux produits, etc. Cependant, avec la pandémie COVID-19, il y a eu une prise de conscience collective de l’importance de la logistique sur...

INNOVATION Quebec

Xn Québec

Mobiliser la créativité numérique au service de l’innovation

Xn Québec est l’association des producteur. rice.s d’expériences numériques du Québec. L’association regroupe les principaux acteurs de l’industrie de la créativité numérique, soit plus de 165 studios membres – producteur.rice.s de contenu, original ou de commande, pour différentes plateformes, lieux et espaces. Elle représente les intérêts de l’industrie auprès des...

INNOVATE® Blockchain

EDGE OF NFT

EDGE OF NFT

Edge of NFT launched as a podcast in March 2021 to cover “the top 1% in NFTs today, as well as what will stand the test of time.” The three hosts, Eathan Janney, Jeff Kelley and Josh Kriger, quickly found that this placed them in a unique position within the...

INNOVATE® Jacksonville

The Positive Life Company

The Positive Life Company - In a World of Chaos

In a World of Chaos, Our Happiness Is Being Tested Everyday

In a world of chaos, our happiness is being tested everyday. According to the World Happiness Report, the United States is the unhappiest it has ever been. Finding innovative ways to protect and sustain our happiness levels is the basis of The Positive Life Company.   We believe that, through...

INNOVATE™ Bristol & Bath

Bristol - Designated UNESCO City Of Film

Bristol - Designated UNESCO City Of Film

ELEVATOR PITCH In 2017 Bristol was designated UNESCO City of Film, a permanent global status that recognises the city’s achievements as a world leader in the field of film and the moving image. Bristol now stands alongside Bitola, Bradford, Busan, Galway, Łódź, Qingdao, Rome, Santos, Sofia, Sydney, Terrassa and Yamagata...

INNOVATION Quebec

Le CMQ

LE CMQ-Le Centre de métallurgie du Québec est un centre collégial de transfert technologique (CCTT) rattaché au Cégep de Trois-Rivières. Créé en 1985

Le Centre de métallurgie du Québec est un centre collégial de transfert technologique (CCTT) rattaché au Cégep de Trois-Rivières. Créé en 1985, le CMQ vise à « Soutenir la compétitivité de l’industrie métallurgique par la recherche et le développement technologique dans une approche collaborative de partenaires privés et publics tout en supportant l’enseignement technique au collégial et le transfert de connaissances en entreprise

L’équipe composée de 60 personnes, incluant 10 à 15 étudiants collégiaux et universitaires par année, met l’accent sur la recherche appliquée et le transfert technologique pour soutenir l’effort de croissance et de positionnement stratégique des entreprises ayant des activités reliées à la transformation métallique. En plus d’assurer des formations de...

INNOVATE® Puerto Rico

MONLLOR CAPITAL PARTNERS

MONLLOR CAPITAL PARTNERS-INVESTING IN THE FUTURE OF PUERTO

INVESTING IN THE FUTURE OF PUERTO RICO

With over 27 years of global private equity and investment banking experience, Jose A. Torres returns to Puerto Rico to bring innovation to the alternative assets and private equity industry. INNOVATION IN ALTERNATIVE ASSETSMonllor Capital Partners LLC (“MCP”) was founded in 2018 by Jose A. Torres, as a minority-owned alternative...

INNOVATE™ South Africa

FLUX TRENDS

IS A BOUTIQUE TRENDS CONSULTANCY THAT SPECIALISES IN HELPING COMPANIES TO UNDERSTAND THE WORLD WE LIVE IN AND WHERE WE ARE HEADED

The Flux research methodology falls under six pillars T.R.E.N.D.S. - Technology, Retail & Marketing, Economy, Natural world, Diplomacy and Sociocultural. These six pillars encapsulate all the business and consumer trends that companies need to be cognisant of....

INNOVATE™ South Africa

CARBON1

CARBON1-PIONEERING SOUTH AFRICA’S DIGITAL MARKETING TRANSFORMATION

PIONEERING SOUTH AFRICA’S DIGITAL MARKETING TRANSFORMATION

Let’s start at the beginningBack in 2009, Programmatic ad buying was in its infancy locally, despite its success being celebrated internationally. This spurred on the birth of Mark1, a company that would go on to pioneer technology and data-driven media buying in the South African market. Fast forward to 2020,...

INNOVATE® Puerto Rico

FORWARD LEARNING

FORWARD LEARNING-EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY FOR A BETTER PUERTO RICO

EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY FOR A BETTER PUERTO RICO

ABOUT FORWARD LEARNINGForward Learning was founded in 1993 with the vision of promoting the effective use of technology for the development of individuals, companies, and society. Over the years they have worked with enthusiastic professionals to promote innovation through technology, creativity, personal and professional development. Their services include in-person and...

INNOVATE® Nashville

FreightWise

Bringing transportation technology and supply chain solutions to SMB and midmarket businesses.

FOUNDED IN 2015 IN BRENTWOOD, TN, FREIGHTWISE HAS BECOME A TRUSTED PARTNER FOR ITS CUSTOMERS, PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION EXPERTISE AND TECHNOLOGY TO DRIVE EFFICIENCY AND INNOVATION FOR BUSINESSES. Agile transportation technology and solutions FreightWise offers flexible Transportation Management System (TMS) technology to SMB and mid-market businesses through FreightWise TMS and Kuebix...

INNOVATE™ Stockholm

FROM MEMORY TO MASTERPIECE

MARIA WESTERBERG’S T-SHIRT CHAIR WEAVES STORIES INTO SUSTAINABLE DESIGN

Swedish designer Maria Westerberg has long been a pioneer in upcycling and sustainable design, but it was a single chair — woven from worn-out T-shirts — that propelled her into the global spotlight. Known as the “Queen of ReMake design,” Westerberg blends narrative, memory, and sustainability in a way that...

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