Stories of Innovation
INNOVATE® Chicago Vol.1
ROOMII
ROOMII’S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO ASPIRATIONAL FURNITURE FOR EVERY ROOM IN YOUR HOME
Roomii is an online marketplace that lets you lease out your furniture to people who don’t want to own it. Our platform lets you earn a return on your furniture investment while helping people furnish their space short-term with quality pre-owned furniture. Roomii’s story began in the spring of 2020....
INNOVATION Quebec
QCAM
THE QUEBEC CENTRE FOR ADVANCED MATERIALS (QCAM) IS A FRQNT1 -FUNDED STRATEGIC CLUSTER.
Bringing together more than 100 university or college research groups and several scientific platforms, QCAM aims to provide solutions to major societal challenges through advanced materials2 . To do so, its members study nano, self-assembled and polymer materials and collaborate with industrial partners to address energy, health and sustainable development...
INNOVATE® Nashville
DARVIS
Fueling companies of the future with automation and innovation
DARVIS empowers companies with ultimate visibility of objects, processes and efficient solutions. This productivity as a service platform uses cutting edge artificial intelligence and computer vision technology to track objects and processes with the highest precision and privacy standards on the market. OUR TECHNOLOGY Using an existing camera infrastructure, DARVIS...
INNOVATE® Jacksonville
Big Data Jax
Focusing on all things data—from analytics and statistics to machine learning and AI
A meetup group that serves as a forum for professionals to network and learn from industry leaders about the latest in data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. Big Data Jax focuses on all things data—from analytics and statistics to machine learning and AI. This 2,400-member group consists of the...
INNOVATE® South Carolina
Fusion Cyber
HUMAN LED, AI POWERED.
HUMAN LED, AI POWERED. Founded in 2021, Fusion Cyber has grown from a small start-up to are cognized leader in cybersecurity education. It has partnerships with fourw ell-known universities: the University of South Carolina, the University of Kentucky, Florida International University, and Denmark Technical College. Fusion Cyber offers cutting-edge courses...
INNOVATION Quebec
RQIS
THE BEATING HEART OF QUEBEC’S SOCIAL INNOVATION SYSTEM
The Réseau québécois en innovation sociale (RQIS) is a space for sharing and mobilizing knowledge and experience, helping to make social innovation an essential lever for sustainable development in Quebec. Created in 2005 as part of the Université du Québec network, RQIS first focused on gaining a better understanding of...
INNOVATE® Detroit
DCI MARKETING
FOSTERS A CULTURE OF INNOVATION FOCUSED ON INVENTIVE SOLUTIONS FOR LEADING AUTOMOTIVE AND LIFESTYLE BRANDS, MAJOR RETAILERS AND CONSUMERS
Even in its earliest history, DCI Marketing was focused on brand-building. Originally known as ColorPrint Products Printing, the company built a name for itself producing window signage for shoe stores. But new opportunities with Cadillac and Harley-Davidson propelled DCI Marketing forward, establishing it as not only an innovative design firm,...
INNOVATE™ Adelaide
SAGE
CREATING A SMARTER FUTURE, BETTER WORLD
SAGE is a specialist industrial digitalisation services provider, combining the best thinking with world-leading technology to deliver the best outcome. SAGE’s specialist businesses – SAGE Automation, Nukon, Skills Lab and Embedded Expertise – work with organisations to deliver strategy and horizon phasing, automation of industrial operations, data-driven business transformation, training...
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
INNOVATION Quebec
ExperiSens
CCTT IN THE MULTISENSORY CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE AND HOSPITALITY
ExperiSens is a college centre for the transfer of technologies and innovative social practices (CCTT) at the Institut de tourisme et d’hôtellerie du Québec (ITHQ) that performs applied research and provides technical assistance, training, and information to tourismand hospitality organizations and professionals while enriching the ITHQ’s educational mission. Optimizing hospitality...
INNOVATION Quebec
MEDTECH CANADA
Promouvoir l’innovation en soin de santé
Depuis cinq décennies, Medtech Canada défend vigoureusement l’innovation en soins de santé au Québec. Les membres de notre association nationale représentant le secteur de la technologie médicale offrent des innovations qui, chaque jour, servent à diagnostiquer, à traiter et à rehausser la qualité de vie des patients au Canada et...
INNOVATE™ South Africa
DISCOVERY
CAN A COMPANY REALLY MAKE PEOPLE HEALTHIER?
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) were already a priority on the global health agenda, responsible for 70% of deaths at a significant and escalating cost to the international economy. The pandemic has magnified the importance of addressing lifestyle-related risk: global research demonstrates that more than 50% of COVID-19...
INNOVATION Quebec
Photonics can be found everywhere: laser surgery, battery manufacturing, and quantum computers are among many other applications that benefit from light-based technologies. The presence of research centers and industries on Quebec soil has led to a fertile ground for innovation among deep tech start-ups and established businesses. Optonique, Québec’s Photonics...
INNOVATE™ Botswana Vol.1
DOCTORS E-CONSULT
TAKING DIGITAL HEALTH IN BOTSWANA UP A NOTCH!!!
It is without a doubt that the Coronavirus has hampered many businesses, but like they say, “every problem contains in it the seeds of a solution.” From all across the world, solutions have been created to mitigate the effects of the virus, and here in Botswana, the lockdown period presented...
INNOVATION Quebec
LA GUILDE DU JEU VIDÉO DU QUÉBEC
A MAJOR PLAYER IN THE INDUSTRY
La Guilde du jeu vidéo du Québec, born from the merger between the Alliance numérique and La Guilde des développeurs de jeux indépendants du Québec, is a Cooperative which brings together video game studios, academic institutions and entrepreneurs from related fields established in Quebec. With more than 300 members, the...
INNOVATE® New Jersey Vol.2
RENOVATIO GLOBAL
DRIVING SUCCESS THROUGH PEOPLE-LED “PLUG AND PLAY” PARTNERSHIPS AND BRINGING VISIONARY TO LIFE
Renovatio Global (“Renovatio”) is a strategic business development consulting firm that helps “abundance mentality” CEOs hone vision, relationships, and resources into a force that hyper grows companies and redirects markets. The company is actively engaged in sectors including Technology, Defense, Energy, Healthcare, Media, and Internet Platforms. Renovatio is a Latin...
INNOVATION Quebec
PROPULSION QUÉBEC
Propulsion Quebec in briefCommitment on the part of the Quebec industry and government to accelerate the development of the Quebec Electric and Smart Transportation (EST) sector led to the creation of Propulsion Québec, the industrial cluster for electric and smart transportation in Quebec, on April 20, 2017. As an industrial...
INNOVATE™ Estonia
MIFUNDO
THE VERIFIED AND PASSPORTABLE FINANCIAL IDENTITY CONNECTING EUROPE’S CREDIT MARKETS
EUROPE’S FIRST INTEGRATED CREDIT INFRASTRUCTURE Mifundo provides European banks with cross-border credit data that allows consumer credit histories to move between countries. This technology removes one of the last remaining barriers to financial mobility in the European Union: fragmented data locked within national borders. For millions of people who live,...
INNOVATION Quebec
THE CONCORDIA APPLIED AI INSTITUTE (AI2)
The Concordia Applied AI Institute (AI2) is a multidisciplinary applied research unit representing more than 120 Faculty members and their graduate students from the 4 Concordia University Faculties: Arts and Science, Fine Arts, Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science, and John Molson School of Business. Organized in 3...
INNOVATE® Austin Volume 2
MOBILE LOAVES & FISHES
FOOD, HOPE, DIGNITY … AND THE MOST TALKED ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD IN AUSTIN, TEXAS
What started as five men in Austin, Texas answering God’s call to “love your neighbor” by serving meals out of the back of a green minivan has turned into one of the country’s most innovative approaches for mitigating homelessness. In 1998, the seed of the idea for Mobile Loaves &...
INNOVATE™ Oeiras
Palaceo
We Are A Group Of Companies, Within Several Emerging Areas Of The Creative Industry, Our Activity Is Based On A Multidisciplinary Of Businesses, Such As Entertainment, Tourism, Design, Digital Marketing, Computer Technology, Video And Music. These Businesses Operate With A Common Premise: A Complete And Global Offer Of Services, Achieved Through Close Cooperation Between Companies.
Having been based in the municipality of Oeiras for some years, in 2017, due to spatial limitations resulting from our growth and consequent creation of new jobs, we sought to unite with those in similar areas of entrepreneurship, in order to seek spaces for rent. Because of our strong, coworking...
INNOVATE™ Curitiba
HIPE
INNOVATION CENTER CURITIBA DRIVING INNOVATION IN RETAIL.
HIPE Innovation Center is the only innovation ecosystem in Brazil that drives and invests in every step of the retail entrepreneuring cycle. In over 22,000 square feet of workspace, HIPE houses about 300 workers between traditional companies, startups and independent professionals using a shared space model. According to HIPE’s CCO,...
United Nations Lesotho
UNAIDS
Leads global and national efforts to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 as part of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Introduction Since the first cases of HIV were reported 40 years ago, globally 88.4 million people have become infected with HIV and 42.3 million have died from AIDS-related illnesses. Since it started operations in 1996, UNAIDS has led and inspired global, regional, national and local leadership, innovation and partnership to...
INNOVATE™ Toronto
LI-CYCLE
THE SHIFT TOWARDS CLEAN ENERGY HAS CREATED TRANSFORMATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND ADVANCEMENTS ACROSS THE GLOBE
One notable development is the move from internal combustion engines (ICE) to electric vehicles (EVs). The lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries used in EVs are becoming more prevalent everywhere. These days, they are the go-to choice when it comes to powering everything from mobile phones to power tools, drones, EVs, and more....
INNOVATE® Chicago Vol.1
ROOMII
ROOMII’S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO ASPIRATIONAL FURNITURE FOR EVERY ROOM IN YOUR HOME
Roomii is an online marketplace that lets you lease out your furniture to people who don’t want to own it. Our platform lets you earn a return on your furniture investment while helping people furnish their space short-term with quality pre-owned furniture. Roomii’s story began in the spring of 2020....
INNOVATION Quebec
QCAM
THE QUEBEC CENTRE FOR ADVANCED MATERIALS (QCAM) IS A FRQNT1 -FUNDED STRATEGIC CLUSTER.
Bringing together more than 100 university or college research groups and several scientific platforms, QCAM aims to provide solutions to major societal challenges through advanced materials2 . To do so, its members study nano, self-assembled and polymer materials and collaborate with industrial partners to address energy, health and sustainable development...
INNOVATE® Nashville
DARVIS
Fueling companies of the future with automation and innovation
DARVIS empowers companies with ultimate visibility of objects, processes and efficient solutions. This productivity as a service platform uses cutting edge artificial intelligence and computer vision technology to track objects and processes with the highest precision and privacy standards on the market. OUR TECHNOLOGY Using an existing camera infrastructure, DARVIS...
INNOVATE® Jacksonville
Big Data Jax
Focusing on all things data—from analytics and statistics to machine learning and AI
A meetup group that serves as a forum for professionals to network and learn from industry leaders about the latest in data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. Big Data Jax focuses on all things data—from analytics and statistics to machine learning and AI. This 2,400-member group consists of the...
INNOVATE® South Carolina
Fusion Cyber
HUMAN LED, AI POWERED.
HUMAN LED, AI POWERED. Founded in 2021, Fusion Cyber has grown from a small start-up to are cognized leader in cybersecurity education. It has partnerships with fourw ell-known universities: the University of South Carolina, the University of Kentucky, Florida International University, and Denmark Technical College. Fusion Cyber offers cutting-edge courses...
INNOVATION Quebec
RQIS
THE BEATING HEART OF QUEBEC’S SOCIAL INNOVATION SYSTEM
The Réseau québécois en innovation sociale (RQIS) is a space for sharing and mobilizing knowledge and experience, helping to make social innovation an essential lever for sustainable development in Quebec. Created in 2005 as part of the Université du Québec network, RQIS first focused on gaining a better understanding of...
INNOVATE® Detroit
DCI MARKETING
FOSTERS A CULTURE OF INNOVATION FOCUSED ON INVENTIVE SOLUTIONS FOR LEADING AUTOMOTIVE AND LIFESTYLE BRANDS, MAJOR RETAILERS AND CONSUMERS
Even in its earliest history, DCI Marketing was focused on brand-building. Originally known as ColorPrint Products Printing, the company built a name for itself producing window signage for shoe stores. But new opportunities with Cadillac and Harley-Davidson propelled DCI Marketing forward, establishing it as not only an innovative design firm,...
INNOVATE™ Adelaide
SAGE
CREATING A SMARTER FUTURE, BETTER WORLD
SAGE is a specialist industrial digitalisation services provider, combining the best thinking with world-leading technology to deliver the best outcome. SAGE’s specialist businesses – SAGE Automation, Nukon, Skills Lab and Embedded Expertise – work with organisations to deliver strategy and horizon phasing, automation of industrial operations, data-driven business transformation, training...
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
INNOVATION Quebec
ExperiSens
CCTT IN THE MULTISENSORY CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE AND HOSPITALITY
ExperiSens is a college centre for the transfer of technologies and innovative social practices (CCTT) at the Institut de tourisme et d’hôtellerie du Québec (ITHQ) that performs applied research and provides technical assistance, training, and information to tourismand hospitality organizations and professionals while enriching the ITHQ’s educational mission. Optimizing hospitality...
INNOVATION Quebec
MEDTECH CANADA
Promouvoir l’innovation en soin de santé
Depuis cinq décennies, Medtech Canada défend vigoureusement l’innovation en soins de santé au Québec. Les membres de notre association nationale représentant le secteur de la technologie médicale offrent des innovations qui, chaque jour, servent à diagnostiquer, à traiter et à rehausser la qualité de vie des patients au Canada et...
INNOVATE™ South Africa
DISCOVERY
CAN A COMPANY REALLY MAKE PEOPLE HEALTHIER?
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) were already a priority on the global health agenda, responsible for 70% of deaths at a significant and escalating cost to the international economy. The pandemic has magnified the importance of addressing lifestyle-related risk: global research demonstrates that more than 50% of COVID-19...
INNOVATION Quebec
Photonics can be found everywhere: laser surgery, battery manufacturing, and quantum computers are among many other applications that benefit from light-based technologies. The presence of research centers and industries on Quebec soil has led to a fertile ground for innovation among deep tech start-ups and established businesses. Optonique, Québec’s Photonics...
INNOVATE™ Botswana Vol.1
DOCTORS E-CONSULT
TAKING DIGITAL HEALTH IN BOTSWANA UP A NOTCH!!!
It is without a doubt that the Coronavirus has hampered many businesses, but like they say, “every problem contains in it the seeds of a solution.” From all across the world, solutions have been created to mitigate the effects of the virus, and here in Botswana, the lockdown period presented...
INNOVATION Quebec
LA GUILDE DU JEU VIDÉO DU QUÉBEC
A MAJOR PLAYER IN THE INDUSTRY
La Guilde du jeu vidéo du Québec, born from the merger between the Alliance numérique and La Guilde des développeurs de jeux indépendants du Québec, is a Cooperative which brings together video game studios, academic institutions and entrepreneurs from related fields established in Quebec. With more than 300 members, the...
INNOVATE® New Jersey Vol.2
RENOVATIO GLOBAL
DRIVING SUCCESS THROUGH PEOPLE-LED “PLUG AND PLAY” PARTNERSHIPS AND BRINGING VISIONARY TO LIFE
Renovatio Global (“Renovatio”) is a strategic business development consulting firm that helps “abundance mentality” CEOs hone vision, relationships, and resources into a force that hyper grows companies and redirects markets. The company is actively engaged in sectors including Technology, Defense, Energy, Healthcare, Media, and Internet Platforms. Renovatio is a Latin...
INNOVATION Quebec
PROPULSION QUÉBEC
Propulsion Quebec in briefCommitment on the part of the Quebec industry and government to accelerate the development of the Quebec Electric and Smart Transportation (EST) sector led to the creation of Propulsion Québec, the industrial cluster for electric and smart transportation in Quebec, on April 20, 2017. As an industrial...
INNOVATE™ Estonia
MIFUNDO
THE VERIFIED AND PASSPORTABLE FINANCIAL IDENTITY CONNECTING EUROPE’S CREDIT MARKETS
EUROPE’S FIRST INTEGRATED CREDIT INFRASTRUCTURE Mifundo provides European banks with cross-border credit data that allows consumer credit histories to move between countries. This technology removes one of the last remaining barriers to financial mobility in the European Union: fragmented data locked within national borders. For millions of people who live,...
INNOVATION Quebec
THE CONCORDIA APPLIED AI INSTITUTE (AI2)
The Concordia Applied AI Institute (AI2) is a multidisciplinary applied research unit representing more than 120 Faculty members and their graduate students from the 4 Concordia University Faculties: Arts and Science, Fine Arts, Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science, and John Molson School of Business. Organized in 3...
INNOVATE® Austin Volume 2
MOBILE LOAVES & FISHES
FOOD, HOPE, DIGNITY … AND THE MOST TALKED ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD IN AUSTIN, TEXAS
What started as five men in Austin, Texas answering God’s call to “love your neighbor” by serving meals out of the back of a green minivan has turned into one of the country’s most innovative approaches for mitigating homelessness. In 1998, the seed of the idea for Mobile Loaves &...
INNOVATE™ Oeiras
Palaceo
We Are A Group Of Companies, Within Several Emerging Areas Of The Creative Industry, Our Activity Is Based On A Multidisciplinary Of Businesses, Such As Entertainment, Tourism, Design, Digital Marketing, Computer Technology, Video And Music. These Businesses Operate With A Common Premise: A Complete And Global Offer Of Services, Achieved Through Close Cooperation Between Companies.
Having been based in the municipality of Oeiras for some years, in 2017, due to spatial limitations resulting from our growth and consequent creation of new jobs, we sought to unite with those in similar areas of entrepreneurship, in order to seek spaces for rent. Because of our strong, coworking...
INNOVATE™ Curitiba
HIPE
INNOVATION CENTER CURITIBA DRIVING INNOVATION IN RETAIL.
HIPE Innovation Center is the only innovation ecosystem in Brazil that drives and invests in every step of the retail entrepreneuring cycle. In over 22,000 square feet of workspace, HIPE houses about 300 workers between traditional companies, startups and independent professionals using a shared space model. According to HIPE’s CCO,...
United Nations Lesotho
UNAIDS
Leads global and national efforts to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 as part of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Introduction Since the first cases of HIV were reported 40 years ago, globally 88.4 million people have become infected with HIV and 42.3 million have died from AIDS-related illnesses. Since it started operations in 1996, UNAIDS has led and inspired global, regional, national and local leadership, innovation and partnership to...
INNOVATE™ Toronto
LI-CYCLE
THE SHIFT TOWARDS CLEAN ENERGY HAS CREATED TRANSFORMATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND ADVANCEMENTS ACROSS THE GLOBE
One notable development is the move from internal combustion engines (ICE) to electric vehicles (EVs). The lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries used in EVs are becoming more prevalent everywhere. These days, they are the go-to choice when it comes to powering everything from mobile phones to power tools, drones, EVs, and more....