Stories of Innovation

Founded in 2020, Ethereal Ventures AB builds on two decades of experience in AI and data innovation — helping leaders transform potential into purpose. Our mission is simple: to add value to leaders who multiply value to others—through coaching, speaking, writing, and investing in dreams. We believe that achieving a...

“Screen time.”Two simple words — and a thousand questions for parents. Is my child spending too much time with a tablet?What are they watching?Is it just entertainment — or something more?And most of all: Is this helping them grow, or slowly replacing real connection? It’s a real and valid concern.Research continues...

Marimo’s innovation is not just in delivering a personal luxury experience, but in educating the customer toward a new mindset: one that embraces intentionality, sustainability, and long-term value in fashion. Marimo is a small Estonian luxury fashion brand quietly leading a mindset shift in how fashion is worn, understood, and...

SOUTIENT ET PROPULSE LES ENTREPRENEURS QUI UTILISENT LES TECHNOLOGIES INNOVANTES POUR RÉVOLUTIONNER LES INDUSTRIES CRÉATIVES ET GÉNÉRER DES PROPRIÉTÉS INTELLECTUELLES DE CLASSE MONDIALE Incubateur initié par Guy Laliberté en 2018, Zú offre des programmes d’accompagnement pour startups, des services en innovation ouverte pour les PME et grandes entreprises, une expertise...

The Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (IHCC) is a community of business owners, entrepreneurs, and professionals committed to empowering individuals by helping them start and grow their businesses. As the largest community of Latino business owners across Illinois and the Midwest, they represent more than 100,000 businesses. Latinos in Illinois...

“Circle is focused on raising global economic prosperity through the frictionless exchange of value by empowering businesses with digital currencies and blockchain technology.” Founded with the ambitious goal of raising global economic prosperity through the frictionless exchange of value, Circle leverages the power of digital currencies and blockchain technology to...

At P33, we started with one question: How does Chicago, and our region, stack up as a technology and innovation center? Through conversations with hundreds of technology and business leaders, founders, and tech workers, we learned we Chicago’s reputation as a tech center lags behind its perception.   We launched...

When its founders, Richard Chan and Winston Walker, learned that educators were purchasing their research-grade equipment to help students get hands-on experience with electrophoresis in their classrooms, they sought to develop a teacher and student-friendly electrophoresis system that was safe, compact, fast, and affordable, making it possible to complete inquiry...

A 501(c)3 nonprofit charity dedicated to communities, leaders, and organizations by offering innovative consultant services. In 2018, UKnightedXP, Inc. (UKXP) was like all ventures in the beginning – an idea and a dream. Devastated by hurricane Michael, the Panhandle of Florida was reeling from one of the most devastating category...

Lingokids es una aplicación 100 % segura y divertida con contenido exclusivo de Playlearning™ para niños de entre 2 y 8 años. Nació en 2016, cuando nuestro CEO, Cristóbal Viedma, buscaba una herramienta educativa para enseñar inglés a su sobrina pequeña. Ese mismo año, en Lingokids comenzamos una asociación con...

Kartrij is a free platform that helps gamers discover brands through cash back offers. Gamers earn cash back automatically by securely linking their credit card to the platform and shopping at the stores they already do. Kartrij enables gaming brands to effectively advertise through real-time customer insights and custom offers....

Alcon is the global leader in eye care, dedicated to helping people see brilliantly. With a heritage of more than seven decades, we offer the broadest portfolio of products to improve people’s vision and lives. Our surgical and vision care products touch the lives of more than 260 million people...

Using Michael Porter’s cluster theory as a cornerstone of its strategy, CiTi designed interventions to grow, transform and enable a leading digital economy on the continent.   CiTi’s interventions have been acknowledged to have supported South Africa’s charge to the top of the inaugural fDi Africa “Tech Ecosystems of the...

Rafael Santa Ana Architecture Workshop (RSAAW) is a Vancouver-based architectural practice that creates expressive, contemporary interventions that contribute to our communities in thoughtful and meaningful ways. The practice’s diverse team pursues projects where design can be developed, including residential, commercial, institutional, industrial, and mixed use development programs. RSAAW seeks creative...

To create a corporate campus that would redefine Hato Rey as a center of urban movement. That is the vision that Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico’s leading financial institution dreamt up years ago for Popular Campus, a $300 million expansion project that will centralize a significant portion of...

Employees are undeniably the lifeblood of any organization, as they bring energy (a pulse) that beats through every project, idea, and achievement, so a thriving workforce isn’t just a strategic necessity but the secret to success in business. Your business depends on a strong workforce, now and in the future,...

“CarpeDM can have a massive positive impact on the collective economic and health status of the Black community.” Swiping right and superficial connections often dominate the realm of online dating. Naza Shelley founded CarpeDM to revolutionize how professional Black women find love in Washington, D.C., and beyond. This exclusive, member-only...

In many rural regions, fresh harvests are lost before they ever reach a market — not because of poor quality, but due to heat, humidity, and lack of proper preservation. GlobeDry, a family-owned Estonian company, is tackling this challenge with solar-powered food dryers that allow communities and food entrepreneurs to...

In 1993, the first GSM Networks were installed in Africa opening the door to exciting new business opportunities in the telecommunications sector. 4C Group’s journey began a decade later when our pioneering founder, Rudolph Du Plessis, combined his extensive on the ground experience in information technology with a desire to...

Many online users face a similar dilemma: they love supporting local but are too tempted by the ease of filling up their Big Box Store online shopping cart and pressing “Order.” If only there was another option—one that could effortlessly help users find and buy from local businesses instead. Good...

ANSWERING THE CALL TO HEALFor as long as I can remember, medicine has been a special calling for me. And nearly as long, I realized my passion for healing was through dermatology. This was a gift that I inherited from my father, Frederick David Curcio, III, M.D. He knew that...

FOR 20 YEARS, THE INSTITUT DU NOUVEAU MONDE (INM), AN INDEPENDENT, NON-PARTISAN ORGANIZATION, HAS PLACED CITIZEN PARTICIPATION AT THE CORE OF ITS PROJECTS AND THOSE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT IT SUPPORTS. INM is driven by the conviction that this endeavor strengthens democracy and helps organizations make better decisions for the...

With more than 4.5 million customers acquired since launching in February 2019, TymeBank is one of the world’s fastest-growing digital banks....

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...