Stories of Innovation

INNOVATE® Georgia

ISACA ATLANTA CHAPTER

INNOVATING WITH A LEGACY OF SERVICE

Founded nearly four decades ago, the ISACA Atlanta Chapter has evolved significantly over the years while steadfastly adhering to its mission of serving its members, partners, and communities. With nearly 3,000 members across the state, this mission has only gained importance, prompting the current board to innovate and reinforce the...

INNOVATE™ Estonia

CAPIO

CHANGE AS A RESPONSE TO HEALTHCARE CHALLENGES

Swedish healthcare is in the midst of profound change. An ageing population, rising demand for care, and persistent staff shortages mean that resources must be used differently. For the system to remain sustainable, both new organisational models and more efficient ways of working are needed. Capio, one of Sweden’s largest...

INNOVATE™ Kenya

NERDHUB KENYA

NERDHUB KENYA- OUR MISSION IS TO UTILIZE OUR ESPORTS CENTRE TO HELP GIVE YOUNG ASPIRING ESPORT ATHLETES A PLATFORM TO GROW THEIR ESPORTS CAREERS AND COMPETE ON THE WORLD STAGE

OUR MISSION IS TO UTILIZE OUR ESPORTS CENTRE TO HELP GIVE YOUNG ASPIRING ESPORT ATHLETES A PLATFORM TO GROW THEIR ESPORTS CAREERS AND COMPETE ON THE WORLD STAGE

Nerdhub Kenya was started as a platform to give talented Kenyan youth an opportunity to grow. Kenya is an underdeveloped country where youth really struggle to follow their dreams. We are giving the youth the opportunity to be the next pop star, Esports champion, Comic artist, Dancer etc. We are...

INNOVATE™ South Africa

OGILVY

OGILVY-HOW FEARLESS PARTNERSHIPS DRIVE BRAND GROWTH

HOW FEARLESS PARTNERSHIPS DRIVE BRAND GROWTH

BRAVE IDEAS ARE WHAT ENABLES A BRAND TO RELENTLESSLY CAPTURE THE ATTENTION AND LOYALTY OF CONSUMERS.   Creating a partnership based on shared responsibility enables clients and their agencies to build brands that become permanent fixtures in the hearts and minds of consumers. It is a philosophy and way of...

INNOVATE® Detroit

SNIFFER ROBOTICS

Reaching New Heights Through Environmental Innovation

Sniffer Robotics has quickly become an industry leader in the environmental technology sector. The company develops unique solutions and provides crucial emissions monitoring services to the waste, biogas, and renewable natural gas industries. Their mission is clear: to detect and mitigate methane emissions to help protect our environment. Surface emissions...

INNOVATE™ Toronto

MICROSOFT CANADA

MICROSOFT CANADA -GROWING CANADA’S TECH COMMUNITIES

GROWING CANADA’S TECH COMMUNITIES

Tech is about more than just new tools. It is about unlocking opportunities and markets, supporting new approaches, and empowering more high-tech innovations. Microsoft has worked closely with Toronto and Canada’s venture capital community looking to bolster its investments in Canadian startups.   Toronto and Canada’s venture capitalists are innovation...

INNOVATE® Gaming & Esports

AQUATIK ESPORTS

AQUATIK ESPORTS

CREATING AND FOSTERING A COMMUNITY UNLIKE ANY OTHER!

With a mantra of ‘Esports for Everyone,’ Aquatik Esports is truly unique and has propelled an abrupt tidal wave of followers, fans, and participants spread across multiple channels and touchpoints across the world. By providing approachable spaces, opportunities, and platforms for amateur competitive gamers, creators, and streamers to launch their...

INNOVATE® Seattle

BRINC

TRANSFORMING PUBLIC SAFETY: THE FUTURE OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE

Blake Resnick, the founder and CEO of BRINC, started his engineering career at McLaren Automotive at 14. He later worked at Tesla Motors and DJI, the world’s largest drone company. Growing up in Las Vegas, the Route 91 Harvest Festival shooting deeply impacted Blake, leading him to focus on public...

INNOVATE® Milwaukee

CONTINUUS

DATA ENABLEMENT FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES INNOVATORS

Continuus is a data and analytics consulting firm headquartered in the heart of Milwaukee’s bustling Third Ward. Continuus is uniquely positioned to be the integrator and advisor that brings the Financial Services Data Cloud ecosystem together through technical expertise, partnerships, and core differentiator: industry expertise. Founder’s StoryMatt Moeser founded Continuus...

INNOVATE™ Flanders

AZ Zeno

Innovation with a heart: Merging Technology and Compassionate Care

In a constantly evolving healthcare environment, the general hospital AZ Zeno takes a resolute, forward-thinking approach in which innovation and humanity go hand in hand. From robotic surgery to integrative care, from artificial intelligence to health hubs – AZ Zeno combines cutting-edge technology with genuine attention to the human being...

INNOVATION Quebec

THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE (RI-MUHC)

THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE (RI-MUHC) IS A UNIQUE INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM AFFILIATED WITH THE FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES AT MCGILL UNIVERSITY. A global leader in precision healthcare across the lifespan, the RI-MUHC is home to more than 600 researchers, 1472 research trainees and 1,300...

INNOVATE® Georgia

ONETRUST

UNLOCKING THE FULL POTENTIAL OF DATA AND AI, RESPONSIBLY

“Companies want to use more data and AI. But they want to do it responsibly in a compliant way. And in away that builds trust.” — Kabir Barday, OneTrust founder and CEO Here’s the text spaced correctly: At the forefront of a digital revolution where data, privacy, and artificial intelligence...

INNOVATE™ Toronto

FOUNDER INSTITUTE

FOUNDER INSTITUTE-Since Its Inception In 2009

Since Its Inception In 2009, The Founder Institute Has Always Maintained One Guiding Principle; “There Are A Lot Of Big Problems In The World, And We Are Here To Help Founders Build Companies That Will Solve Them.”

OriginsFrom its Silicon Valley origins, Co-founders Adeo Ressi and Jonathan Greechan have built an unparalleled global network of over 5,000 Portfolio Companies, across 200 cities with the largest mentor network in the world of 21,000 Mentors, innovators, investors and ecosystem builders. With chapters on every continent except Antarctica and $30B...

INNOVATE™ Oeiras

ACTON IT

ACTON IT - Is Part Of Respol Group

Is Part Of Respol Group, A Global Player In The Pine Chemical Industry. Acton It Provides A Team With Extensive Experience In SAP Business One And SAP HANA From SAP, The World Leader In ERP Solutions.

We follow the latest trends in technology, offering the perfect fit to our customer’s needs, effective solutions that enhance business activity and leads to achieving competitive advantages.   All our products incorporate interoperability mechanisms for information systems, including support for Industry 4.0, namely IOT, Machine Learning and remote monitoring. Specific developments for...

INNOVATION Quebec

MONTÉRÉGIE ÉCONOMIQUE

L’ÉCOSYSTÈME INNOVANT DE LA MONTÉRÉGIE

Mis en place en 2020, l’Espace régional d’accélération et de croissance de la Montérégie est propulsé par Montérégie Économique, qui regroupe les organismes de développement économique issus des MRC et de l’agglomération de Longueuil. L’OBNL soutient les agents économiques, guide les entreprises vers les services d’accompagnement et d’accélération d’affaires et...

INNOVATE™ Stockholm

NAII

ACCELERATING AI AND QUANTUM IMPACT: FROM STOCKHOLM TO THE WORLD

Founded in 2017, the Stockholm-based Nordic Artificial Intelligence Institute (NAII) is an independent think-and-do tank that converts advances in AI, quantum, energy, and space technologies into executive-level strategy and delivery. NAII sits at the intersection of technology, industry, policy, and society with a consistent lens on European technological sovereignty. VIRTUAL...

INNOVATE™ Estonia

FIBENOL

DEFOSSILIZING THE FUTURE OF MATERIALS AND CHEMICALS

In Estonia, where wood has shaped livelihoods for centuries, one company is reimagining its potential for the next industrial era. Fibenol is transforming undervalued hardwood and plywood industry residues into high-purity biomaterials that offer sustainable alternatives to fossil-based inputs. Its mission is both simple and bold: To help industries defossilize...

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™ Alberta

TECHNOLOGY ALBERTA

BUILDING COMMUNITY, SUPPORTING TECH SECTOR GROWTH

Technology Alberta is an industry-business association that supports the growth of Alberta’s tech sector, by building community. With an entrepreneur-led approach, we coordinate efforts and collaborate with key stakeholders – so that together, we deliver greater value for all of Alberta’s advanced technology growth companies. As a province-wide organization, our...

INNOVATE® Georgia

UPS

REVOLUTIONIZING LOGISTICS WITH TOMORROW’S TECHNOLOGY TODAY

AT UPS, THE COMMITMENT TO INNOVATION AND FORWARD-THINKING STRATEGIES IS NOT JUST A VISION – IT’S A REALITY UNFOLDING EACH DAY. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, the logistics giant is at the forefront of technological advancements, continuously redefining industry standards. From the Network of the Future to implementing Smart Package Smart...

INNOVATE® New Jersey Vol.2

CORCENTRIC

IS A LEADING GLOBAL PROVIDER OF PAYMENTS, PROCUREMENT, ACCOUNTS PAYABLE, AND ACCOUNTS REC

Corcentric Inc., headquartered in Cherry Hill, N.J., is a global provider of best-in-class procurement, payments, and finance solutions coupled with expert guidance to enterprise and mid-market companies. The company reduces stress and increase savings for procurement and finance business leaders by forming a strategic partnership to diagnose pain points and...

INNOVATE® Detroit

TREMEC

A Tier 1 Supplier Continuously Innovating and Elevating Performance

TREMEC is a leading manufacturer of high-performance, highly engineered propulsion and driveline systems, subsystems, and componentry supporting conventional, hybrid, and fully electrified vehicles. TREMEC is agile and vertically integrated focusing on niche and moderate-volume applications across abroad spectrum of sectors including passenger car, commercial truck, vocational truck, off-highway heavy-duty, off-road...

INNOVATE™ Antwerp Vol.2

DELTA CARE

DELTA CARE -THE SOLUTION FOR MORE EFFICIENT HEALTHCARE IS NOT TECHNOLOGY ITSELF

THE SOLUTION FOR MORE EFFICIENT HEALTHCARE IS NOT TECHNOLOGY ITSELF, BUT HOW IT IS INTEGRATED AND EMBRACED BY USERS

European countries have been facing enormous pressure on their healthcare systems. The recent acute problems were resulting from exponential increases in the number of active COVID-19 cases, but there are several underlying challenges that the healthcare sector has been facing for some time now. These include the aging population and...

INNOVATE® Seattle

Madrona

A Partner and Backer of Founders at the Innovation, Early and Acceleration Stages

Madrona starts working with leadership teams before the first investment, supporting them with capital and hard work. We have been doing this since 1995 and actively invest in AI, enterprise technology, marketplaces and more. As the tech footprint in Seattle has grown, so have we. Madrona opened a Silicon Valley...

INNOVATE® Georgia

ISACA ATLANTA CHAPTER

INNOVATING WITH A LEGACY OF SERVICE

Founded nearly four decades ago, the ISACA Atlanta Chapter has evolved significantly over the years while steadfastly adhering to its mission of serving its members, partners, and communities. With nearly 3,000 members across the state, this mission has only gained importance, prompting the current board to innovate and reinforce the...

INNOVATE™ Estonia

CAPIO

CHANGE AS A RESPONSE TO HEALTHCARE CHALLENGES

Swedish healthcare is in the midst of profound change. An ageing population, rising demand for care, and persistent staff shortages mean that resources must be used differently. For the system to remain sustainable, both new organisational models and more efficient ways of working are needed. Capio, one of Sweden’s largest...

INNOVATE™ Kenya

NERDHUB KENYA

NERDHUB KENYA- OUR MISSION IS TO UTILIZE OUR ESPORTS CENTRE TO HELP GIVE YOUNG ASPIRING ESPORT ATHLETES A PLATFORM TO GROW THEIR ESPORTS CAREERS AND COMPETE ON THE WORLD STAGE

OUR MISSION IS TO UTILIZE OUR ESPORTS CENTRE TO HELP GIVE YOUNG ASPIRING ESPORT ATHLETES A PLATFORM TO GROW THEIR ESPORTS CAREERS AND COMPETE ON THE WORLD STAGE

Nerdhub Kenya was started as a platform to give talented Kenyan youth an opportunity to grow. Kenya is an underdeveloped country where youth really struggle to follow their dreams. We are giving the youth the opportunity to be the next pop star, Esports champion, Comic artist, Dancer etc. We are...

INNOVATE™ South Africa

OGILVY

OGILVY-HOW FEARLESS PARTNERSHIPS DRIVE BRAND GROWTH

HOW FEARLESS PARTNERSHIPS DRIVE BRAND GROWTH

BRAVE IDEAS ARE WHAT ENABLES A BRAND TO RELENTLESSLY CAPTURE THE ATTENTION AND LOYALTY OF CONSUMERS.   Creating a partnership based on shared responsibility enables clients and their agencies to build brands that become permanent fixtures in the hearts and minds of consumers. It is a philosophy and way of...

INNOVATE® Detroit

SNIFFER ROBOTICS

Reaching New Heights Through Environmental Innovation

Sniffer Robotics has quickly become an industry leader in the environmental technology sector. The company develops unique solutions and provides crucial emissions monitoring services to the waste, biogas, and renewable natural gas industries. Their mission is clear: to detect and mitigate methane emissions to help protect our environment. Surface emissions...

INNOVATE™ Toronto

MICROSOFT CANADA

MICROSOFT CANADA -GROWING CANADA’S TECH COMMUNITIES

GROWING CANADA’S TECH COMMUNITIES

Tech is about more than just new tools. It is about unlocking opportunities and markets, supporting new approaches, and empowering more high-tech innovations. Microsoft has worked closely with Toronto and Canada’s venture capital community looking to bolster its investments in Canadian startups.   Toronto and Canada’s venture capitalists are innovation...

INNOVATE® Gaming & Esports

AQUATIK ESPORTS

AQUATIK ESPORTS

CREATING AND FOSTERING A COMMUNITY UNLIKE ANY OTHER!

With a mantra of ‘Esports for Everyone,’ Aquatik Esports is truly unique and has propelled an abrupt tidal wave of followers, fans, and participants spread across multiple channels and touchpoints across the world. By providing approachable spaces, opportunities, and platforms for amateur competitive gamers, creators, and streamers to launch their...

INNOVATE® Seattle

BRINC

TRANSFORMING PUBLIC SAFETY: THE FUTURE OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE

Blake Resnick, the founder and CEO of BRINC, started his engineering career at McLaren Automotive at 14. He later worked at Tesla Motors and DJI, the world’s largest drone company. Growing up in Las Vegas, the Route 91 Harvest Festival shooting deeply impacted Blake, leading him to focus on public...

INNOVATE® Milwaukee

CONTINUUS

DATA ENABLEMENT FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES INNOVATORS

Continuus is a data and analytics consulting firm headquartered in the heart of Milwaukee’s bustling Third Ward. Continuus is uniquely positioned to be the integrator and advisor that brings the Financial Services Data Cloud ecosystem together through technical expertise, partnerships, and core differentiator: industry expertise. Founder’s StoryMatt Moeser founded Continuus...

INNOVATE™ Flanders

AZ Zeno

Innovation with a heart: Merging Technology and Compassionate Care

In a constantly evolving healthcare environment, the general hospital AZ Zeno takes a resolute, forward-thinking approach in which innovation and humanity go hand in hand. From robotic surgery to integrative care, from artificial intelligence to health hubs – AZ Zeno combines cutting-edge technology with genuine attention to the human being...

INNOVATION Quebec

THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE (RI-MUHC)

THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE (RI-MUHC) IS A UNIQUE INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM AFFILIATED WITH THE FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES AT MCGILL UNIVERSITY. A global leader in precision healthcare across the lifespan, the RI-MUHC is home to more than 600 researchers, 1472 research trainees and 1,300...

INNOVATE® Georgia

ONETRUST

UNLOCKING THE FULL POTENTIAL OF DATA AND AI, RESPONSIBLY

“Companies want to use more data and AI. But they want to do it responsibly in a compliant way. And in away that builds trust.” — Kabir Barday, OneTrust founder and CEO Here’s the text spaced correctly: At the forefront of a digital revolution where data, privacy, and artificial intelligence...

INNOVATE™ Toronto

FOUNDER INSTITUTE

FOUNDER INSTITUTE-Since Its Inception In 2009

Since Its Inception In 2009, The Founder Institute Has Always Maintained One Guiding Principle; “There Are A Lot Of Big Problems In The World, And We Are Here To Help Founders Build Companies That Will Solve Them.”

OriginsFrom its Silicon Valley origins, Co-founders Adeo Ressi and Jonathan Greechan have built an unparalleled global network of over 5,000 Portfolio Companies, across 200 cities with the largest mentor network in the world of 21,000 Mentors, innovators, investors and ecosystem builders. With chapters on every continent except Antarctica and $30B...

INNOVATE™ Oeiras

ACTON IT

ACTON IT - Is Part Of Respol Group

Is Part Of Respol Group, A Global Player In The Pine Chemical Industry. Acton It Provides A Team With Extensive Experience In SAP Business One And SAP HANA From SAP, The World Leader In ERP Solutions.

We follow the latest trends in technology, offering the perfect fit to our customer’s needs, effective solutions that enhance business activity and leads to achieving competitive advantages.   All our products incorporate interoperability mechanisms for information systems, including support for Industry 4.0, namely IOT, Machine Learning and remote monitoring. Specific developments for...

INNOVATION Quebec

MONTÉRÉGIE ÉCONOMIQUE

L’ÉCOSYSTÈME INNOVANT DE LA MONTÉRÉGIE

Mis en place en 2020, l’Espace régional d’accélération et de croissance de la Montérégie est propulsé par Montérégie Économique, qui regroupe les organismes de développement économique issus des MRC et de l’agglomération de Longueuil. L’OBNL soutient les agents économiques, guide les entreprises vers les services d’accompagnement et d’accélération d’affaires et...

INNOVATE™ Stockholm

NAII

ACCELERATING AI AND QUANTUM IMPACT: FROM STOCKHOLM TO THE WORLD

Founded in 2017, the Stockholm-based Nordic Artificial Intelligence Institute (NAII) is an independent think-and-do tank that converts advances in AI, quantum, energy, and space technologies into executive-level strategy and delivery. NAII sits at the intersection of technology, industry, policy, and society with a consistent lens on European technological sovereignty. VIRTUAL...

INNOVATE™ Estonia

FIBENOL

DEFOSSILIZING THE FUTURE OF MATERIALS AND CHEMICALS

In Estonia, where wood has shaped livelihoods for centuries, one company is reimagining its potential for the next industrial era. Fibenol is transforming undervalued hardwood and plywood industry residues into high-purity biomaterials that offer sustainable alternatives to fossil-based inputs. Its mission is both simple and bold: To help industries defossilize...

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™ Alberta

TECHNOLOGY ALBERTA

BUILDING COMMUNITY, SUPPORTING TECH SECTOR GROWTH

Technology Alberta is an industry-business association that supports the growth of Alberta’s tech sector, by building community. With an entrepreneur-led approach, we coordinate efforts and collaborate with key stakeholders – so that together, we deliver greater value for all of Alberta’s advanced technology growth companies. As a province-wide organization, our...

INNOVATE® Georgia

UPS

REVOLUTIONIZING LOGISTICS WITH TOMORROW’S TECHNOLOGY TODAY

AT UPS, THE COMMITMENT TO INNOVATION AND FORWARD-THINKING STRATEGIES IS NOT JUST A VISION – IT’S A REALITY UNFOLDING EACH DAY. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, the logistics giant is at the forefront of technological advancements, continuously redefining industry standards. From the Network of the Future to implementing Smart Package Smart...

INNOVATE® New Jersey Vol.2

CORCENTRIC

IS A LEADING GLOBAL PROVIDER OF PAYMENTS, PROCUREMENT, ACCOUNTS PAYABLE, AND ACCOUNTS REC

Corcentric Inc., headquartered in Cherry Hill, N.J., is a global provider of best-in-class procurement, payments, and finance solutions coupled with expert guidance to enterprise and mid-market companies. The company reduces stress and increase savings for procurement and finance business leaders by forming a strategic partnership to diagnose pain points and...

INNOVATE® Detroit

TREMEC

A Tier 1 Supplier Continuously Innovating and Elevating Performance

TREMEC is a leading manufacturer of high-performance, highly engineered propulsion and driveline systems, subsystems, and componentry supporting conventional, hybrid, and fully electrified vehicles. TREMEC is agile and vertically integrated focusing on niche and moderate-volume applications across abroad spectrum of sectors including passenger car, commercial truck, vocational truck, off-highway heavy-duty, off-road...

INNOVATE™ Antwerp Vol.2

DELTA CARE

DELTA CARE -THE SOLUTION FOR MORE EFFICIENT HEALTHCARE IS NOT TECHNOLOGY ITSELF

THE SOLUTION FOR MORE EFFICIENT HEALTHCARE IS NOT TECHNOLOGY ITSELF, BUT HOW IT IS INTEGRATED AND EMBRACED BY USERS

European countries have been facing enormous pressure on their healthcare systems. The recent acute problems were resulting from exponential increases in the number of active COVID-19 cases, but there are several underlying challenges that the healthcare sector has been facing for some time now. These include the aging population and...

INNOVATE® Seattle

Madrona

A Partner and Backer of Founders at the Innovation, Early and Acceleration Stages

Madrona starts working with leadership teams before the first investment, supporting them with capital and hard work. We have been doing this since 1995 and actively invest in AI, enterprise technology, marketplaces and more. As the tech footprint in Seattle has grown, so have we. Madrona opened a Silicon Valley...

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