Stories of Innovation
INNOVATE™ Botswana Vol.1
LITTER KINGS
AND A GREEN ECONOMY
With a staff complement of close to 10 employees on a full-time basis, Litter Kings is a pronounced example of a local business that started from the bottom and relentlessly worked hard to ensure growth and sustainability of the company over the years. The company started running in 2013 when...
INNOVATE® Washington DMV Edition
BRESHNA.IO
Lightning Strikes in Game Creation
Breshna.io is a barrier-breaking platform. It is a game maker platform that empowers a non-tech, non-gamer audience to create, share, and monetize their own video games with no code and at lightning speed. With Breshna, everyone can create snackable games for entertainment, educational, marketing, and training purposes, like Canva for...
INNOVATE™ Toronto
SPECIFIC BIOLOGICS
DEVELOPING A NEXT-GENERATION GENE EDITING TECHNOLOGY TO TREAT SERIOUS GENETIC DISEASES
Gene editing holds the potential to cure a wide range of genetic diseases by altering DNA in the genome inside cells – but today’s gene editors have limitations. To better realize the significant opportunity of this therapeutic approach, and allow for its application to new therapeutic areas, Specific Biologics (“Specific”)...
INNOVATION Quebec
La Société des arts technologiques [SAT]
Décloisonner la science, l’art et la technologie
La Société des arts technologiques [SAT] est un laboratoire de recherche et de création ouvert sur le monde qui multiplie les possibles technologiques, l’hybridation des réalités et des disciplines artistiques. Depuis plus de 25 ans, c’est un lieu de découverte, d’apprentissage collectif et d’expérimentation immersive où des générations d’artistes se...
INNOVATE® Miami
ARVISL
Bridging the gap between the online world and the offline world
ARVISL FutureARVISL Future is a technology company that focuses on creating future AR and VR real-life gamification experiences. With strong location-based service apps, ARVISL Future will provide Cost Per Traffic™ marketing metrics for real physical foot traffic.Think of Pokemon Go, but with exclusive deals and perks at local businesses. My...
INNOVATE® Nashville
NTT DATA
INVENTING WITH PURPOSE: How NTT DATA Powers Innovation in Nashville and Beyond
NTT DATA is a global leader in AI, digital business and technology services and a catalyst for transformation. With a presence in more than 70 countries and a legacy of innovation spanning decades, NTT DATA brings together deep industry expertise, cutting-edge technology and a human-centered approach to help clients solve...
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,...
INNOVATE™ South Africa
THE GOOD THINGS GUY
BEST KNOWN AS A SOURCE OF GOOD NEWS AND INSPIRATIONAL STORIES BY SOUTH AFRICANS FOR SOUTH AFRICANS. SPARKED BY AN ONLINE VIRAL MOVEMENT, THE GOOD THINGS GUY IS NOW A GLOBAL MULTI-PLATFORM MEDIA COMPANY DELIVERING GOOD NEWS DAILY TO SOUTH AFRICANS
Kindness is the only thing that mattersSouth Africa’s news feeds are filled with hard news, stories of murder, corruption, robberies, and failing state-owned enterprises. Is there a space for good news – and do South Africans have an appetite for it? Brent Lindeque founded the Good Things Guy on 1...
INNOVATE® Chicago Vol.1
THE FORGE ADVENTURE PARKS
GET OUT AND PLAY
Chicagoland is home to one of the world’s most fantastic recreation destinations: The Forge: Lemont Quarries. Since opening in the summer of 2020, the 300-acre park has been named one of the top three new destinations in the United States. The park provides authentic, purpose-driven outdoor experiences for people of...
INNOVATE® Washington DMV Edition
UNLEASHING INNOVATION
THE THINKNIMBLE REVOLUTION
“We are a product design and software development agency that turns clients into confident tech leaders who understand their customers and build great tech.” ThinkNimble is a guiding light of innovation. It’s carved out a niche that’s as unique as its approach to technology and entrepreneurship. Founded on the principle...
INNOVATE® Gaming & Esports
302 INTERACTIVE
IS A STUDIO OF GAME DESIGNERS ON A MISSION TO SAVE THE WORLD BY BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY AND REAL-WORLD SOLUTIONS
Over the last seven years, their mission has been to provide an environment that brings game developers together to build the games of today and the metaverse of tomorrow. As digital experience developers, 302 Interactive has adopted the best practices of modern game development, product design, lean, and agile methodologies...
INNOVATE® South Carolina
JTEKT North America
Looking for Trouble, Delivering Solutions
At JTEKT North America, innovation isn’t just a buzzword; it’s an invitation. An invitation to businesses facing their toughest challenges. When it comes to solving the problems that seem unsolvable, JTEKT isn’t shy about one thing: we’re actively “looking for trouble.” Not the kind of trouble that comes with poor...
INNOVATION Quebec
NGTC
YOUR GO-TO PARTNER FOR MORE RESPONSIBLE USE OF ENERGY
Founded in 1992, NGTC is a non-profit research and development center that specializes in energy technologies. Although the use of natural gas is at the origin of its raison d’être, NGTC has been actively working, since 2007, on integrating new energy sources, notably renewable natural gas, hydrogen, aerothermal and solar...
INNOVATION Quebec
La Maison de l’innovation sociale (MIS)en bref
Née en 2017 à Montréal, la Maison de l’innovation sociale (MIS) est un OBNL qui a comme mission d’éliminer les obstacles qui se dressent entre une idée à impact social et environnemental positif et sa mise en œuvre. En agissant spécifiquement sur la phase d’amorce d’initiatives à fort potentiel d’impact,...
INNOVATE® Miami
SynerTechCloud
Accelerate and Secure Your Business with Hybrid Cloud
ELEVATOR PITCHThe hybrid cloud, a powerful combination of public and private clouds, has revolutionized the way enterprises do business. It enables employees and customers to experience unparalleled user satisfaction, embrace new business models, and achieve substantially enhanced productivity. SynerTechCloud empowers businesses to leverage the hybrid cloud by identifying the best...
INNOVATE® Detroit
THE SALVATION ARMY
MOBILIZING FOOD DISTRIBUTION EFFORTS IN METRO DETROIT THE SALVATION ARMY GREAT LAKES DIVISION
One Night in January 1988…One night in January 1988, a Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services truck loaded up with 75 sandwiches, soup and hot chocolate to serve Detroit’s homeless. After driving around the city’s east side, the crew couldn’t find anyone to serve. When the truck pulled into an alley...
INNOVATION Quebec
THE ADRIQ
ACCOMPANY. GATHER. TRANSFORM.
Mission and outreach in QuebecSupport and promote research and innovation in Quebec with the aim of increasing the competitiveness of businesses, here and abroad. Our mission at the ADRIQ (The Association pour le Développement de la Recherche et de l’Innovation du Québec) guides us in our objectives, actions, operations, and...
INNOVATE™ South Africa
iTOUCH
FROM ZERO TO BILLION$
In a world where data has become the currency of our supposed future resulting in valuations of businesses from zero to billions within a relatively short while, you need to ask yourself this question; How am I benefitting from the data-sets I have in my business, if at all? And...
INNOVATE™ South Africa
YIEDI
A COMPANY DESIGNED BY ENTREPRENEURS FOR ENTREPRENEURS
Just over eight years ago the founder of YIEDI, Jayshree Naidoo and Jay Naidoo her business and life partner, sat across from a branding expert and outlined the vision for the company. They went on to describe a model that they had created, it was still drawn on a napkin...
INNOVATE® Chicago Vol.1
SIWA THERAPEUTICS
We Founded SIWA, Drawing Upon An Understanding Of Aging And The AGEs, To Combat Cancer
SIWA Therapeutics, Inc. has developed 318H, a monoclonal antibody that we believe can become a broadly effective cancer immunotherapeutic. Most recently, we showed that 318H enabled complete remission of pancreatic cancer in vivo in humanized mice – we hope to file an IND application for pancreatic cancer next year. Our...
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
Pharmabio Développement
Since 1999, Pharmabio Développement, a sectoral committee for Québec’s pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, has been proudly carrying out its mission to actively contribute to the workforce and employment development of companies in the sector
To support its mission, the mandate of Pharmabio Développement is as follows: According to recent estimates, Québec’s pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry consists of some 280 companies and employs over 16,000 people. Vacancies in the industry are estimated at 1,325 currently and at more than 4,000 over a three-year projection. As...
INNOVATE® Austin Volume 2
PRECINA
SOCIAL WORK + MEDICINE = PROGRESS FOR PATIENTS
Precina helps patients feel better, faster. Our chronic care practice monitors patients’ diabetes every day – just as they do. Our practice combines medical care with social workers to address the complex challenges of controlling diabetes and related comorbidities. We meet with patients consistently and give them unlimited access to...
INNOVATE™ Estonia
TALTECH
SHAPING THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION: IT DIDACTICS RESEARCH GROUP AT TALTECH
Our Vision and Laboratory Looking around us, we witness the rapid rise of technology that touches every aspect of our lives—robots, artificial intelligence, social media, and countless other digital tools. But how do these innovations translate into meaningful changes in education? At Tallinn University of Technology’s IT College, the IT...
INNOVATE™ Botswana Vol.1
LITTER KINGS
AND A GREEN ECONOMY
With a staff complement of close to 10 employees on a full-time basis, Litter Kings is a pronounced example of a local business that started from the bottom and relentlessly worked hard to ensure growth and sustainability of the company over the years. The company started running in 2013 when...
INNOVATE® Washington DMV Edition
BRESHNA.IO
Lightning Strikes in Game Creation
Breshna.io is a barrier-breaking platform. It is a game maker platform that empowers a non-tech, non-gamer audience to create, share, and monetize their own video games with no code and at lightning speed. With Breshna, everyone can create snackable games for entertainment, educational, marketing, and training purposes, like Canva for...
INNOVATE™ Toronto
SPECIFIC BIOLOGICS
DEVELOPING A NEXT-GENERATION GENE EDITING TECHNOLOGY TO TREAT SERIOUS GENETIC DISEASES
Gene editing holds the potential to cure a wide range of genetic diseases by altering DNA in the genome inside cells – but today’s gene editors have limitations. To better realize the significant opportunity of this therapeutic approach, and allow for its application to new therapeutic areas, Specific Biologics (“Specific”)...
INNOVATION Quebec
La Société des arts technologiques [SAT]
Décloisonner la science, l’art et la technologie
La Société des arts technologiques [SAT] est un laboratoire de recherche et de création ouvert sur le monde qui multiplie les possibles technologiques, l’hybridation des réalités et des disciplines artistiques. Depuis plus de 25 ans, c’est un lieu de découverte, d’apprentissage collectif et d’expérimentation immersive où des générations d’artistes se...
INNOVATE® Miami
ARVISL
Bridging the gap between the online world and the offline world
ARVISL FutureARVISL Future is a technology company that focuses on creating future AR and VR real-life gamification experiences. With strong location-based service apps, ARVISL Future will provide Cost Per Traffic™ marketing metrics for real physical foot traffic.Think of Pokemon Go, but with exclusive deals and perks at local businesses. My...
INNOVATE® Nashville
NTT DATA
INVENTING WITH PURPOSE: How NTT DATA Powers Innovation in Nashville and Beyond
NTT DATA is a global leader in AI, digital business and technology services and a catalyst for transformation. With a presence in more than 70 countries and a legacy of innovation spanning decades, NTT DATA brings together deep industry expertise, cutting-edge technology and a human-centered approach to help clients solve...
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,...
INNOVATE™ South Africa
THE GOOD THINGS GUY
BEST KNOWN AS A SOURCE OF GOOD NEWS AND INSPIRATIONAL STORIES BY SOUTH AFRICANS FOR SOUTH AFRICANS. SPARKED BY AN ONLINE VIRAL MOVEMENT, THE GOOD THINGS GUY IS NOW A GLOBAL MULTI-PLATFORM MEDIA COMPANY DELIVERING GOOD NEWS DAILY TO SOUTH AFRICANS
Kindness is the only thing that mattersSouth Africa’s news feeds are filled with hard news, stories of murder, corruption, robberies, and failing state-owned enterprises. Is there a space for good news – and do South Africans have an appetite for it? Brent Lindeque founded the Good Things Guy on 1...
INNOVATE® Chicago Vol.1
THE FORGE ADVENTURE PARKS
GET OUT AND PLAY
Chicagoland is home to one of the world’s most fantastic recreation destinations: The Forge: Lemont Quarries. Since opening in the summer of 2020, the 300-acre park has been named one of the top three new destinations in the United States. The park provides authentic, purpose-driven outdoor experiences for people of...
INNOVATE® Washington DMV Edition
UNLEASHING INNOVATION
THE THINKNIMBLE REVOLUTION
“We are a product design and software development agency that turns clients into confident tech leaders who understand their customers and build great tech.” ThinkNimble is a guiding light of innovation. It’s carved out a niche that’s as unique as its approach to technology and entrepreneurship. Founded on the principle...
INNOVATE® Gaming & Esports
302 INTERACTIVE
IS A STUDIO OF GAME DESIGNERS ON A MISSION TO SAVE THE WORLD BY BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY AND REAL-WORLD SOLUTIONS
Over the last seven years, their mission has been to provide an environment that brings game developers together to build the games of today and the metaverse of tomorrow. As digital experience developers, 302 Interactive has adopted the best practices of modern game development, product design, lean, and agile methodologies...
INNOVATE® South Carolina
JTEKT North America
Looking for Trouble, Delivering Solutions
At JTEKT North America, innovation isn’t just a buzzword; it’s an invitation. An invitation to businesses facing their toughest challenges. When it comes to solving the problems that seem unsolvable, JTEKT isn’t shy about one thing: we’re actively “looking for trouble.” Not the kind of trouble that comes with poor...
INNOVATION Quebec
NGTC
YOUR GO-TO PARTNER FOR MORE RESPONSIBLE USE OF ENERGY
Founded in 1992, NGTC is a non-profit research and development center that specializes in energy technologies. Although the use of natural gas is at the origin of its raison d’être, NGTC has been actively working, since 2007, on integrating new energy sources, notably renewable natural gas, hydrogen, aerothermal and solar...
INNOVATION Quebec
La Maison de l’innovation sociale (MIS)en bref
Née en 2017 à Montréal, la Maison de l’innovation sociale (MIS) est un OBNL qui a comme mission d’éliminer les obstacles qui se dressent entre une idée à impact social et environnemental positif et sa mise en œuvre. En agissant spécifiquement sur la phase d’amorce d’initiatives à fort potentiel d’impact,...
INNOVATE® Miami
SynerTechCloud
Accelerate and Secure Your Business with Hybrid Cloud
ELEVATOR PITCHThe hybrid cloud, a powerful combination of public and private clouds, has revolutionized the way enterprises do business. It enables employees and customers to experience unparalleled user satisfaction, embrace new business models, and achieve substantially enhanced productivity. SynerTechCloud empowers businesses to leverage the hybrid cloud by identifying the best...
INNOVATE® Detroit
THE SALVATION ARMY
MOBILIZING FOOD DISTRIBUTION EFFORTS IN METRO DETROIT THE SALVATION ARMY GREAT LAKES DIVISION
One Night in January 1988…One night in January 1988, a Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services truck loaded up with 75 sandwiches, soup and hot chocolate to serve Detroit’s homeless. After driving around the city’s east side, the crew couldn’t find anyone to serve. When the truck pulled into an alley...
INNOVATION Quebec
THE ADRIQ
ACCOMPANY. GATHER. TRANSFORM.
Mission and outreach in QuebecSupport and promote research and innovation in Quebec with the aim of increasing the competitiveness of businesses, here and abroad. Our mission at the ADRIQ (The Association pour le Développement de la Recherche et de l’Innovation du Québec) guides us in our objectives, actions, operations, and...
INNOVATE™ South Africa
iTOUCH
FROM ZERO TO BILLION$
In a world where data has become the currency of our supposed future resulting in valuations of businesses from zero to billions within a relatively short while, you need to ask yourself this question; How am I benefitting from the data-sets I have in my business, if at all? And...
INNOVATE™ South Africa
YIEDI
A COMPANY DESIGNED BY ENTREPRENEURS FOR ENTREPRENEURS
Just over eight years ago the founder of YIEDI, Jayshree Naidoo and Jay Naidoo her business and life partner, sat across from a branding expert and outlined the vision for the company. They went on to describe a model that they had created, it was still drawn on a napkin...
INNOVATE® Chicago Vol.1
SIWA THERAPEUTICS
We Founded SIWA, Drawing Upon An Understanding Of Aging And The AGEs, To Combat Cancer
SIWA Therapeutics, Inc. has developed 318H, a monoclonal antibody that we believe can become a broadly effective cancer immunotherapeutic. Most recently, we showed that 318H enabled complete remission of pancreatic cancer in vivo in humanized mice – we hope to file an IND application for pancreatic cancer next year. Our...
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
Pharmabio Développement
Since 1999, Pharmabio Développement, a sectoral committee for Québec’s pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, has been proudly carrying out its mission to actively contribute to the workforce and employment development of companies in the sector
To support its mission, the mandate of Pharmabio Développement is as follows: According to recent estimates, Québec’s pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry consists of some 280 companies and employs over 16,000 people. Vacancies in the industry are estimated at 1,325 currently and at more than 4,000 over a three-year projection. As...
INNOVATE® Austin Volume 2
PRECINA
SOCIAL WORK + MEDICINE = PROGRESS FOR PATIENTS
Precina helps patients feel better, faster. Our chronic care practice monitors patients’ diabetes every day – just as they do. Our practice combines medical care with social workers to address the complex challenges of controlling diabetes and related comorbidities. We meet with patients consistently and give them unlimited access to...
INNOVATE™ Estonia
TALTECH
SHAPING THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION: IT DIDACTICS RESEARCH GROUP AT TALTECH
Our Vision and Laboratory Looking around us, we witness the rapid rise of technology that touches every aspect of our lives—robots, artificial intelligence, social media, and countless other digital tools. But how do these innovations translate into meaningful changes in education? At Tallinn University of Technology’s IT College, the IT...