Stories of Innovation

INNOVATE® Washington DMV Edition

DAINTREE CAPITAL

Investing In A Diverse Future

DAINTREE CAPITAL – Investing In A Diverse Future Daintree Capital emerges in the Washington, D.C., landscape not just as an investment firm but as a beacon of innovation and diversity. Founded by Alisha Griffey, a visionary with deep roots in the startup ecosystem, Daintree Capital’s mission resonates with the rich...

INNOVATE™ Botswana Vol.1

ACCLAIM EXPRESS

ACCLAIM EXPRESS- IS A TECH START-UP THAT IS FOCUSING ON REVOLUTIONIZING AND TRANSFORMING THE TECH INDUSTRY WITH ITS VIRTUAL MARKETPLACE - ACCLAIM

IS A TECH START-UP THAT IS FOCUSING ON REVOLUTIONIZING AND TRANSFORMING THE TECH INDUSTRY WITH ITS VIRTUAL MARKETPLACE - ACCLAIM

Acclaim will serve as a Virtual Business Environment (VBE) for all small businesses globally. The idea is to take small businesses to the internet and be able to create virtual offices, stalls, and markets which are manageable. This innovation was inspired by the digital transformation of the economy and the...

INNOVATION Quebec

FINTECH MONTRÉAL

“THE QUEBEC FINTECH INDUSTRY IS THRIVING. WITH THE LARGEST FINTECH HUB IN CANADA AND THE FINTECH CANADA FORUM, A MAJOR ANNUAL INDUSTRY GATHERING, THE STAGE IS SET FOR INNOVATION TO MEET THE REAL NEEDS OF A TRANSFORMING INDUSTRY.” Sebastian Boisjoly, vice-président, FinTech et Innovations technologiques, Finance Montréal Financial technologies (FinTech)...

INNOVATION Quebec

CIRADD

CCTT D’INNOVATION SOCIALE EN DÉVELOPPEMENT DURABLE

Fondé en 2006, le CIRADD est depuis 2010 un CCTT en pratiques sociales novatrices spécialisé en développement territorial durable. Situé en Gaspésie, le centre fait partie du Réseau des CCTT. La mission du CIRADD est de soutenir et d’accompagner les organismes, les entreprises et les collectivités vers le développement durable...

INNOVATE® Gaming & Esports

ESPAT

ESPAT-CHANGING THE WORLD

CHANGING THE WORLD, ONE PIXEL AT A TIME

ESPAT (Esports Pixels and Technology) is a technology company that is utilizing the legacy digital media licensing model to help gaming and esports IP holders monetize their digital assets. Through computer vision and machine learning technology, the company is converting traditional licensed assets into interactive, commerce-enabled experiences for viewers/consumers. As...

INNOVATE® Detroit

Duolingo

Duolingo's Detroit Journey: From Gunner to Hobbes and Animated Innovation.

In Detroit, two motion design studios were making waves in the animation world: Gunner, known for its bold illustration and character animation, and Hobbes, a leader in product-driven animation. The companies earned reputations for creativity and emotional intelligence, collaborating with high-profile clients for years. However, everything changed when Duolingo—the world’s...

INNOVATE™ Estonia

AVOKAADO

FROM LEGAL CHAOS TO OPERATIONAL CLARITY

For most businesses, contracts are critical but chaotic. They’re scattered across inboxes, cloud folders, and outdated templates. Legal teams spend days or even weeks managing reviews, chasing approvals, and mitigating compliance risks. The result is a bottleneck that slows deals, creates risk, and turns legal into a reactive cost center....

INNOVATE® Miami

Sustalytics

Sustalytics - A Platform For Fashion Brands And Retailers That Predicts Customer Demand By Leveraging Artificial Intelligence.

A Platform For Fashion Brands And Retailers That Predicts Customer Demand By Leveraging Artificial Intelligence.

Sustalytics is a service platform for fashion brands and retailers that predicts customer demand by leveraging artificial intelligence. We empower fashion companies to understand their customers’ needs to produce effectively and to be profitable and sustainable. Retail fashion companies overproduce because they are not able to accurately forecast for tomorrow...

INNOVATE™ Adelaide

Stone & Chalk Group

Is the largest innovation community in Australia.

Since its inception in 2015, Stone & Chalk’s mission has been to transform Australia into a sustainable, technology-driven economy. As a not-for-profit, purpose-driven, and sustainable organisation, Stone & Chalk works to support startups, scaleups, corporations, and governments through every stage of their innovation journey. The Stone & Chalk capital G...

INNOVATE™ Adelaide

FIVECAST

Enabling A Safer World

Fivecast is an Australian company based in Adelaide that has gone global capitalising on artificial intelligence and machine learning to uncover insights across the surface, deep and dark web, and help their customers enable a safer world. Whether it’s fraud detection, human trafficking or counter terrorism, the bad guys aren’t...

INNOVATE® Gaming & Esports

GIIKS GAME CITY

GIIKS GAME CITY-Live Streams

Live Streams, Discussions, Co-Operative And Competitive Games. What Are You Waiting For?

We are Giiks Game City (GGC), a non-profit organization with the primary goal of organizing gaming events, TV content, creating and re- modify existing local and contemporary games, for a wider audience.  Video gaming, a subculture of E-Sports (Electronic Sports) is seeing rapid growth in Ghana. The ubiquity of PC...

INNOVATE® Milwaukee

CODEBABY

AI THAT ENHANCES HUMAN CAPACITY

As AI reshapes industries, CodeBaby leads in emotionally intelligent, human-centric AI. Specializing in real-time, 3D animated avatars, CodeBaby bridges the gap between automation and authentic interaction—enhancing, rather than replacing, human capacity. Founded to improve communication and accessibility, CodeBaby redefines engagement in education, healthcare, customer service and workforce training. By merging...

INNOVATE® Maryland

OCCAMS GROUP

Building AI That Earns Its Place

Enterprise conversations about artificial intelligence sound very different today than they did just two years ago. Curiosity about what AI can do has given way to a more practical question: what can it reliably deliver? Occams Group helps organizations answer that question by turning complex technologies into practical solutions built...

INNOVATE™ Curitiba

ACCELERA HUB

IS MUCH MORE THAN A DYNAMIC AND WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT, IT IS A PLACE OF PROSPERITY.

The Accelera Hub innovation center was born from the vision of traditional entrepreneurs of the building sector in Curitiba – Paládio Group and Daher Technology a vision through which they grasped the opportunity to make a cultural change in their organizations out of innovation. This journey resulted in the bold...

INNOVATE® Miami

Gallardo Labs

Gallardo Labs - Redefining what is possible with design

Redefining what is possible with design, technology, and heart

Gallardo Labs is a new kind of digital experience agency that is redefining what is possible with design, technology, and heart. They provide strategy, storytelling, design and critical thinking for niche brands and complex products, and are on a mission to help forward-thinking organizations discover their true potential. Conscious that...

INNOVATION Quebec

THE INSTITUT QUANTIQUE OF UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE

Founded in 2016, the Institut quantique (IQ) of the Université de Sherbrooke brings together more than 300 world-renowned scientists specializing in quantum materials, information and engineering to conduct fundamental research and develop quantum technologies. From the architecture of quantum computers to superconductivity and the exploration of new states of matter,...

INNOVATE™ Alberta

GURU SEO SERVICES

PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE MARKETING SERVICES TO CLIENTS IN VARIOUS INDUSTRIES

Guru SEO Services, based in Red Deer, Alberta is a digital marketing agency that aims to provide comprehensive marketing, web, SEO, and advertising services. The agency was founded by Jesse Tutt, who describes himself as a “Serial Entrepreneur” and has helped many businesses over the years stand out in the...

INNOVATE™ Alberta

CARMELLA

TRANSFORMING COMMUNITIES

Carmella, an award-winning, nationally certified, net-zero, woman-owned, and women-led full-service marketing and sales agency, is on a mission to transform communities and make a significant GDP level impact. Grounded in a philosophy of providing complimentary education without expectations, offering extraordinary hospitality, relentlessly pursuing excellence, Carmella delivers the ultimate customer experience....

INNOVATE® Chicago Vol.1

HABITNU

HABITNU-Set Small Goals

Set Small Goals, Build Life-Lasting Healthy Habits, And Transform Your Life. HabitNu Is Built On Proven Scientific Research

HabitNu is a digital therapeutic technology company that focuses on preventing and managing chronic diseases by helping individuals build new, healthy habits. HabitNu leverages proven scientific goal-setting research to drive new habit formation for the prevention and management of chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and hypertension. HabitNu’s approach...

INNOVATE™ South Africa

CAPITEC

CAPITEC - LET’S BUILD A BANK

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® Ohio

BOUNCE INNOVATION HUB

WHERE INNOVATION MOVES FORWARD

Great ideas can start anywhere. Turning them into companies, jobs, new technologies and economic growth requires something more. In downtown Akron, Bounce Innovation Hub has built an environment designed to help make that happen. The second floor of The Generator, Bounce’s on-site coworking space which features a variety of different...

INNOVATE® Detroit

METALBUILT

Forming the Future of Mobility

Metalbuilt understands the importance of leveraging generations of manufacturing wisdom to shape the future of mobility in our world. When walking through their Metro Detroit facility, one will see a synchronized dance of large metal stamping presses cycling up and down, sparks flying behind welding curtains, and high-tech lasers cutting...

INNOVATE™ Toronto

GOTCARE

GOTCARE-The Next Frontier Of Home Care

The Next Frontier Of Home Care

Accelerated by the COVID-19 crisis, families are in dire need of home care, but labour shortages make accessible home care a challenge for most people in Canada and many suffer in silence. Take for example Mr. Jones*, who sustained a spinal cord injury in a car accident. After spending several...

Global Innovation Spotlight

What Makes Agritech Software Different From Standard Business Software?

Weather, seasons, sensors and spotty connectivity: why farm software has to be built differently.

Standard ERP and CRM systems handle invoices and customer records well, yet they have no data model for fields or growth stages. As a result, agribusinesses that use them for farm operations rely on spreadsheets for any work tied to land and machinery. This article explains what sets AgTech software...

INNOVATE® Washington DMV Edition

DAINTREE CAPITAL

Investing In A Diverse Future

DAINTREE CAPITAL – Investing In A Diverse Future Daintree Capital emerges in the Washington, D.C., landscape not just as an investment firm but as a beacon of innovation and diversity. Founded by Alisha Griffey, a visionary with deep roots in the startup ecosystem, Daintree Capital’s mission resonates with the rich...

INNOVATE™ Botswana Vol.1

ACCLAIM EXPRESS

ACCLAIM EXPRESS- IS A TECH START-UP THAT IS FOCUSING ON REVOLUTIONIZING AND TRANSFORMING THE TECH INDUSTRY WITH ITS VIRTUAL MARKETPLACE - ACCLAIM

IS A TECH START-UP THAT IS FOCUSING ON REVOLUTIONIZING AND TRANSFORMING THE TECH INDUSTRY WITH ITS VIRTUAL MARKETPLACE - ACCLAIM

Acclaim will serve as a Virtual Business Environment (VBE) for all small businesses globally. The idea is to take small businesses to the internet and be able to create virtual offices, stalls, and markets which are manageable. This innovation was inspired by the digital transformation of the economy and the...

INNOVATION Quebec

FINTECH MONTRÉAL

“THE QUEBEC FINTECH INDUSTRY IS THRIVING. WITH THE LARGEST FINTECH HUB IN CANADA AND THE FINTECH CANADA FORUM, A MAJOR ANNUAL INDUSTRY GATHERING, THE STAGE IS SET FOR INNOVATION TO MEET THE REAL NEEDS OF A TRANSFORMING INDUSTRY.” Sebastian Boisjoly, vice-président, FinTech et Innovations technologiques, Finance Montréal Financial technologies (FinTech)...

INNOVATION Quebec

CIRADD

CCTT D’INNOVATION SOCIALE EN DÉVELOPPEMENT DURABLE

Fondé en 2006, le CIRADD est depuis 2010 un CCTT en pratiques sociales novatrices spécialisé en développement territorial durable. Situé en Gaspésie, le centre fait partie du Réseau des CCTT. La mission du CIRADD est de soutenir et d’accompagner les organismes, les entreprises et les collectivités vers le développement durable...

INNOVATE® Gaming & Esports

ESPAT

ESPAT-CHANGING THE WORLD

CHANGING THE WORLD, ONE PIXEL AT A TIME

ESPAT (Esports Pixels and Technology) is a technology company that is utilizing the legacy digital media licensing model to help gaming and esports IP holders monetize their digital assets. Through computer vision and machine learning technology, the company is converting traditional licensed assets into interactive, commerce-enabled experiences for viewers/consumers. As...

INNOVATE® Detroit

Duolingo

Duolingo's Detroit Journey: From Gunner to Hobbes and Animated Innovation.

In Detroit, two motion design studios were making waves in the animation world: Gunner, known for its bold illustration and character animation, and Hobbes, a leader in product-driven animation. The companies earned reputations for creativity and emotional intelligence, collaborating with high-profile clients for years. However, everything changed when Duolingo—the world’s...

INNOVATE™ Estonia

AVOKAADO

FROM LEGAL CHAOS TO OPERATIONAL CLARITY

For most businesses, contracts are critical but chaotic. They’re scattered across inboxes, cloud folders, and outdated templates. Legal teams spend days or even weeks managing reviews, chasing approvals, and mitigating compliance risks. The result is a bottleneck that slows deals, creates risk, and turns legal into a reactive cost center....

INNOVATE® Miami

Sustalytics

Sustalytics - A Platform For Fashion Brands And Retailers That Predicts Customer Demand By Leveraging Artificial Intelligence.

A Platform For Fashion Brands And Retailers That Predicts Customer Demand By Leveraging Artificial Intelligence.

Sustalytics is a service platform for fashion brands and retailers that predicts customer demand by leveraging artificial intelligence. We empower fashion companies to understand their customers’ needs to produce effectively and to be profitable and sustainable. Retail fashion companies overproduce because they are not able to accurately forecast for tomorrow...

INNOVATE™ Adelaide

Stone & Chalk Group

Is the largest innovation community in Australia.

Since its inception in 2015, Stone & Chalk’s mission has been to transform Australia into a sustainable, technology-driven economy. As a not-for-profit, purpose-driven, and sustainable organisation, Stone & Chalk works to support startups, scaleups, corporations, and governments through every stage of their innovation journey. The Stone & Chalk capital G...

INNOVATE™ Adelaide

FIVECAST

Enabling A Safer World

Fivecast is an Australian company based in Adelaide that has gone global capitalising on artificial intelligence and machine learning to uncover insights across the surface, deep and dark web, and help their customers enable a safer world. Whether it’s fraud detection, human trafficking or counter terrorism, the bad guys aren’t...

INNOVATE® Gaming & Esports

GIIKS GAME CITY

GIIKS GAME CITY-Live Streams

Live Streams, Discussions, Co-Operative And Competitive Games. What Are You Waiting For?

We are Giiks Game City (GGC), a non-profit organization with the primary goal of organizing gaming events, TV content, creating and re- modify existing local and contemporary games, for a wider audience.  Video gaming, a subculture of E-Sports (Electronic Sports) is seeing rapid growth in Ghana. The ubiquity of PC...

INNOVATE® Milwaukee

CODEBABY

AI THAT ENHANCES HUMAN CAPACITY

As AI reshapes industries, CodeBaby leads in emotionally intelligent, human-centric AI. Specializing in real-time, 3D animated avatars, CodeBaby bridges the gap between automation and authentic interaction—enhancing, rather than replacing, human capacity. Founded to improve communication and accessibility, CodeBaby redefines engagement in education, healthcare, customer service and workforce training. By merging...

INNOVATE® Maryland

OCCAMS GROUP

Building AI That Earns Its Place

Enterprise conversations about artificial intelligence sound very different today than they did just two years ago. Curiosity about what AI can do has given way to a more practical question: what can it reliably deliver? Occams Group helps organizations answer that question by turning complex technologies into practical solutions built...

INNOVATE™ Curitiba

ACCELERA HUB

IS MUCH MORE THAN A DYNAMIC AND WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT, IT IS A PLACE OF PROSPERITY.

The Accelera Hub innovation center was born from the vision of traditional entrepreneurs of the building sector in Curitiba – Paládio Group and Daher Technology a vision through which they grasped the opportunity to make a cultural change in their organizations out of innovation. This journey resulted in the bold...

INNOVATE® Miami

Gallardo Labs

Gallardo Labs - Redefining what is possible with design

Redefining what is possible with design, technology, and heart

Gallardo Labs is a new kind of digital experience agency that is redefining what is possible with design, technology, and heart. They provide strategy, storytelling, design and critical thinking for niche brands and complex products, and are on a mission to help forward-thinking organizations discover their true potential. Conscious that...

INNOVATION Quebec

THE INSTITUT QUANTIQUE OF UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE

Founded in 2016, the Institut quantique (IQ) of the Université de Sherbrooke brings together more than 300 world-renowned scientists specializing in quantum materials, information and engineering to conduct fundamental research and develop quantum technologies. From the architecture of quantum computers to superconductivity and the exploration of new states of matter,...

INNOVATE™ Alberta

GURU SEO SERVICES

PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE MARKETING SERVICES TO CLIENTS IN VARIOUS INDUSTRIES

Guru SEO Services, based in Red Deer, Alberta is a digital marketing agency that aims to provide comprehensive marketing, web, SEO, and advertising services. The agency was founded by Jesse Tutt, who describes himself as a “Serial Entrepreneur” and has helped many businesses over the years stand out in the...

INNOVATE™ Alberta

CARMELLA

TRANSFORMING COMMUNITIES

Carmella, an award-winning, nationally certified, net-zero, woman-owned, and women-led full-service marketing and sales agency, is on a mission to transform communities and make a significant GDP level impact. Grounded in a philosophy of providing complimentary education without expectations, offering extraordinary hospitality, relentlessly pursuing excellence, Carmella delivers the ultimate customer experience....

INNOVATE® Chicago Vol.1

HABITNU

HABITNU-Set Small Goals

Set Small Goals, Build Life-Lasting Healthy Habits, And Transform Your Life. HabitNu Is Built On Proven Scientific Research

HabitNu is a digital therapeutic technology company that focuses on preventing and managing chronic diseases by helping individuals build new, healthy habits. HabitNu leverages proven scientific goal-setting research to drive new habit formation for the prevention and management of chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and hypertension. HabitNu’s approach...

INNOVATE™ South Africa

CAPITEC

CAPITEC - LET’S BUILD A BANK

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® Ohio

BOUNCE INNOVATION HUB

WHERE INNOVATION MOVES FORWARD

Great ideas can start anywhere. Turning them into companies, jobs, new technologies and economic growth requires something more. In downtown Akron, Bounce Innovation Hub has built an environment designed to help make that happen. The second floor of The Generator, Bounce’s on-site coworking space which features a variety of different...

INNOVATE® Detroit

METALBUILT

Forming the Future of Mobility

Metalbuilt understands the importance of leveraging generations of manufacturing wisdom to shape the future of mobility in our world. When walking through their Metro Detroit facility, one will see a synchronized dance of large metal stamping presses cycling up and down, sparks flying behind welding curtains, and high-tech lasers cutting...

INNOVATE™ Toronto

GOTCARE

GOTCARE-The Next Frontier Of Home Care

The Next Frontier Of Home Care

Accelerated by the COVID-19 crisis, families are in dire need of home care, but labour shortages make accessible home care a challenge for most people in Canada and many suffer in silence. Take for example Mr. Jones*, who sustained a spinal cord injury in a car accident. After spending several...

Global Innovation Spotlight

What Makes Agritech Software Different From Standard Business Software?

Weather, seasons, sensors and spotty connectivity: why farm software has to be built differently.

Standard ERP and CRM systems handle invoices and customer records well, yet they have no data model for fields or growth stages. As a result, agribusinesses that use them for farm operations rely on spreadsheets for any work tied to land and machinery. This article explains what sets AgTech software...

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