Stories of Innovation

INNOVATE® Nashville

MobileFlow

Carpool, Cash In: MobileFlow’s Congestion Hack.

Mobility is more fragmented than ever. Urban congestion has long been treated as a civil-engineering problem—a matter of pouring more concrete or pricing drivers off the road. Urban gridlock has become the invisible tax of modern life. In cities like Los Angeles and New York, commuters lose between 50 to...

INNOVATION Quebec

CISA

CCTT D’INNOVATION SOCIALE EN AGRICULTURE

Créé en 2009, le Centre d’innovation sociale en agriculture (CISA) du Cégep de Victoriaville est un centre de recherche collégial dont la mission consiste à piloter des réflexions et des projets de recherche-action misant sur les innovations sociales, dans le but de générer desrésultats ayant une pertinence pratique pour le...

INNOVATE® South Florida

GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE ALLIANCE

WORK IN THE CLOUD. LIVE IN THE SUN.™

Greater Fort Lauderdale has played an important role as a birthplace of global technology and innovation. This is evident in the products, services, and devices people use daily, including personal computers, mobile phones, mixed reality, satellite radio, and even pet products. Greater Fort Lauderdale is the launchpad for such household...

INNOVATION Quebec

CERASP

CCTT EN SCIENCES PHARMACEUTIQUES

Localisé dans le Centre d’Innovation de Montréal à Saint-Laurent, le CERASP, centre de recherche appliquée en sciences pharmaceutiques, est un partenaire unique qui apporte des solutions clés en main, innovantes et durables avec des résultats tangibles. Le centre vous accompagne de l’idée au produit commercialisé via des services de recherche...

INNOVATE® Jacksonville

JAXPAL

JAXPAL - The Police Athletic League Of Jacksonville

The Police Athletic League Of Jacksonville, Inc.

The Police Athletic League of Jacksonville, Inc. (JaxPAL) enriches the lives of children by creating positive relationships between law enforcement officers and the youth of our community through education, athletic, leadership, and outreach programs.   THE STORY It only takes one moment to change the trajectory of a life. Years...

INNOVATE® New Jersey Vol.2

BEKTEK

INNOVATING MANAGEMENT: CUTTING-EDGE HR, PAYROLL, AND MORE FOR TODAY’S WORKFORCE

INTRODUCTIONSince our inception, Bektek has been on a remarkable journey of innovation and growth. What began as a pioneering venture into Time and Attendance management, with the introduction of HostedTime, our flagship software, has evolved into a one stop solution for today’s workforce. OUR STORYAt Bektek, our story is one...

INNOVATE™ Atlantic Canada

C-Therm

Thermal Conductivity Instrument

Established in 2007, C-Therm Technologies is the world leader in transient thermal conductivity instrumentation for the testing of a wide range of materials with applications ranging from Batteries and Electric vehicles to Textiles and Soft lines. C-Therm is led by the team of Adam Harris (CEO), Brandon Brown (VP Engineering)...

INNOVATE™ Curitiba

SPRO

End-to-end solutions for agribusiness

It is well known that agribusiness is one of the sectors responsible for sustaining Brazil’s trade balance and feeding the world. Its importance ranges from small rural producers to the agro-industries, with a turnover of 640 billion dollars in 2023. A pioneer in the development of end-to-end technological solutions for...

INNOVATE™ Oeiras

Banco Primus

Is A Portuguese Bank, Based In The Disruptive “Oeiras Valley” Ecosystem.

The Bank was founded in 2005 and is part of Groupe BPCE, the second largest banking group in France. Our statement “O seu Futuro Primeiro” (Your Future First) reflects our mission, the creation of benefits and opportunities for Customers, Partners, Employees and Shareholders. OUR HISTORY Banco Primus started its activity...

INNOVATION Quebec

CHAIRE DE RECHERCHE EN PRÉVENTION DE LA CYBERCRIMINALITÉ

RESEARCH CHAIR IN CYBERCRIME PREVENTION - UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL

Understanding how cybercrime can be prevented and helping protect its victims against online harms. The Research Chair in Cybercrime Prevention was launched in September 2018 at the initiative of the Université de Montréal, Desjardins and the National Bank of Canada. It is headed by Benoît Dupont, professor of criminology and...

INNOVATE™ Curitiba

SENAI

DRIVING INNOVATION AND INDUSTRIAL COMPETITIVENESS IN THE STATE

Brazil celebrates its achievement as the 49th most innovative country in the world, leading in Latin America, according to the Global Innovation Index, which assesses 132 nations. In this context, the Senai Technology and Innovation Network plays a crucial role in technological and industrial development, especially in Paraná. With eight...

INNOVATION Quebec

ZONE AGTECH

STIMULATING THE EMERGENCE AND PROPELLING INNOVATIVE AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES IN QUEBEC

Since 2020, Quebec has been a pioneer in innovative agricultural technologies and plant bioproducts thanks to the development of Zone Agtech, a localized innovation ecosystem near the city of Montreal in the MRC of L’Assomption. Its mission? It is to intensify the development of clean, efficient and viable innovative technologies...

INNOVATION Quebec

OPTECH

CCTT IN OPTICS-PHOTONICS

Optech is a College Centre for Technology Transfer (CCTT) incorporated as a non-profit organization (NPO) founded in 2002 with a mission to raise awareness of optics/photonics-related technologies and help implement them to support efforts to improve productivity and innovation in companies across Quebec. Our team is made up of thirty-plus...

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...

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® Washington DMV Edition

Mintwood Strategies

THE INNOVATORS OF UNOFFICIAL WASHINGTON

There is official Washington you see on TV, which features the National Mall, Congress, and the White House, and there is unofficial Washington, which is home to 700,000 citizens who are denied the ability to electorally participate in official Washington. Mintwood Strategies has carved out a niche in the media...

INNOVATE® Nashville

InPaceline

Riding Alongside Entrepreneurs

“You are the most qualified person to help the person you used to be.” This belief is the foundation of InPaceline, a venture studio model built by Clay Banks, a serial entrepreneur, mentor, investor, and endurance athlete. After years of scaling mountains – both literal and entrepreneurial – Banks is...

INNOVATION Quebec

HEC MONTRÉAL

A hub of management knowledge that inspires, innovates, and makes its mark worldwide

One of the most renowned business schools in the world for the quality of its programs, for the success rate of its alumni and for its influence in research, HEC Montréal does much more than just move your career forward. It drives new ideas. HEC Montréal is that place of...

INNOVATE® Jacksonville

Rethreaded

Rethreaded-Provides A Second Chance At Life Through Employment For Survivors Of Human Trafficking

Provides A Second Chance At Life Through Employment For Survivors Of Human Trafficking

ELEVATOR PITCH Rethreaded provides a second chance at life through employment for survivors of human trafficking. Women have employment opportunities in different facets of the company, including production, inventory, sales, marketing and finance/admin. Through its own enterprise and its distribution company that partners with like-minded businesses, Rethreaded’s mission is to...

INNOVATE™ South Africa

DATADISTILLR

DATADISTILLR- COLLABORATE AND EXPLORE DATA LIKE NEVER BEFORE

COLLABORATE AND EXPLORE DATA LIKE NEVER BEFORE

Data is the source of all learning, and nothing should get in the way of that. Data should be easy to access and explore. We spend too long working on our data instead of with our data. Data tells a story, and it’s our job to unearth and tell that...

INNOVATIONS in Pharmaceutical Development®

MBQ PHARMA

The first biopharmaceutical drug development company started in Puerto Rico based on proprietary research in cancer, autoimmune and fibrotic diseases

Selective Targeting of GTPases – A novel, promising approach to treating Cancer, Autoimmune Conditions and Chronic Fibrotic DiseaseMBQ PHARMA – The Company and its missionMBQ Pharma is a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company dedicated to developing treatments with high unmet medical needs such as Cancer, Autoimmune Disease and Chronic Fibrotic Syndromes. Our...

INNOVATE® New Jersey Vol.2

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY

NEWARK DRIVING INNOVATION THROUGH DIVERSITY & SOCIAL MOBILITY

Rutgers University–Newark is a leading urban research university that leverages diversity and high-impact scholarship to cultivate the talent essential to transform communities and change the world. An anchor institution in our home city, we are not just in but of Newark. The RU-N community has long recognized that our location...

INNOVATE™ Toronto

INFLUITIVE

INFLUITIVE - THE ENGAGEMENT PLATFORM OF CHOICE FOR ADVOCACY

THE ENGAGEMENT PLATFORM OF CHOICE FOR ADVOCACY, COMMUNITY, AND LOYALTY

Influitive helps the world’s leading brands engage with their customers to drive business value across multiple dimensions. Customer referrals, references and reviews are now recognized as the most effective way to drive business growth and Influitive enables this at scale. Since 2010, Influitive has pioneered advocate marketing and built an...

INNOVATE® Georgia

UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA

INNOVATING TOMORROW: UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA’S CUTTING-EDGE APPROACH TO EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

Nestled in the heart of Georgia, the University of West Georgia (UWG) stands as a beacon of innovation and research, setting the stage for a future in which creativity and entrepreneurial spirit thrive. As the seventh-largest public university in the state, UWG is not just an institution of higher learning;...

INNOVATE® Nashville

MobileFlow

Carpool, Cash In: MobileFlow’s Congestion Hack.

Mobility is more fragmented than ever. Urban congestion has long been treated as a civil-engineering problem—a matter of pouring more concrete or pricing drivers off the road. Urban gridlock has become the invisible tax of modern life. In cities like Los Angeles and New York, commuters lose between 50 to...

INNOVATION Quebec

CISA

CCTT D’INNOVATION SOCIALE EN AGRICULTURE

Créé en 2009, le Centre d’innovation sociale en agriculture (CISA) du Cégep de Victoriaville est un centre de recherche collégial dont la mission consiste à piloter des réflexions et des projets de recherche-action misant sur les innovations sociales, dans le but de générer desrésultats ayant une pertinence pratique pour le...

INNOVATE® South Florida

GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE ALLIANCE

WORK IN THE CLOUD. LIVE IN THE SUN.™

Greater Fort Lauderdale has played an important role as a birthplace of global technology and innovation. This is evident in the products, services, and devices people use daily, including personal computers, mobile phones, mixed reality, satellite radio, and even pet products. Greater Fort Lauderdale is the launchpad for such household...

INNOVATION Quebec

CERASP

CCTT EN SCIENCES PHARMACEUTIQUES

Localisé dans le Centre d’Innovation de Montréal à Saint-Laurent, le CERASP, centre de recherche appliquée en sciences pharmaceutiques, est un partenaire unique qui apporte des solutions clés en main, innovantes et durables avec des résultats tangibles. Le centre vous accompagne de l’idée au produit commercialisé via des services de recherche...

INNOVATE® Jacksonville

JAXPAL

JAXPAL - The Police Athletic League Of Jacksonville

The Police Athletic League Of Jacksonville, Inc.

The Police Athletic League of Jacksonville, Inc. (JaxPAL) enriches the lives of children by creating positive relationships between law enforcement officers and the youth of our community through education, athletic, leadership, and outreach programs.   THE STORY It only takes one moment to change the trajectory of a life. Years...

INNOVATE® New Jersey Vol.2

BEKTEK

INNOVATING MANAGEMENT: CUTTING-EDGE HR, PAYROLL, AND MORE FOR TODAY’S WORKFORCE

INTRODUCTIONSince our inception, Bektek has been on a remarkable journey of innovation and growth. What began as a pioneering venture into Time and Attendance management, with the introduction of HostedTime, our flagship software, has evolved into a one stop solution for today’s workforce. OUR STORYAt Bektek, our story is one...

INNOVATE™ Atlantic Canada

C-Therm

Thermal Conductivity Instrument

Established in 2007, C-Therm Technologies is the world leader in transient thermal conductivity instrumentation for the testing of a wide range of materials with applications ranging from Batteries and Electric vehicles to Textiles and Soft lines. C-Therm is led by the team of Adam Harris (CEO), Brandon Brown (VP Engineering)...

INNOVATE™ Curitiba

SPRO

End-to-end solutions for agribusiness

It is well known that agribusiness is one of the sectors responsible for sustaining Brazil’s trade balance and feeding the world. Its importance ranges from small rural producers to the agro-industries, with a turnover of 640 billion dollars in 2023. A pioneer in the development of end-to-end technological solutions for...

INNOVATE™ Oeiras

Banco Primus

Is A Portuguese Bank, Based In The Disruptive “Oeiras Valley” Ecosystem.

The Bank was founded in 2005 and is part of Groupe BPCE, the second largest banking group in France. Our statement “O seu Futuro Primeiro” (Your Future First) reflects our mission, the creation of benefits and opportunities for Customers, Partners, Employees and Shareholders. OUR HISTORY Banco Primus started its activity...

INNOVATION Quebec

CHAIRE DE RECHERCHE EN PRÉVENTION DE LA CYBERCRIMINALITÉ

RESEARCH CHAIR IN CYBERCRIME PREVENTION - UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL

Understanding how cybercrime can be prevented and helping protect its victims against online harms. The Research Chair in Cybercrime Prevention was launched in September 2018 at the initiative of the Université de Montréal, Desjardins and the National Bank of Canada. It is headed by Benoît Dupont, professor of criminology and...

INNOVATE™ Curitiba

SENAI

DRIVING INNOVATION AND INDUSTRIAL COMPETITIVENESS IN THE STATE

Brazil celebrates its achievement as the 49th most innovative country in the world, leading in Latin America, according to the Global Innovation Index, which assesses 132 nations. In this context, the Senai Technology and Innovation Network plays a crucial role in technological and industrial development, especially in Paraná. With eight...

INNOVATION Quebec

ZONE AGTECH

STIMULATING THE EMERGENCE AND PROPELLING INNOVATIVE AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES IN QUEBEC

Since 2020, Quebec has been a pioneer in innovative agricultural technologies and plant bioproducts thanks to the development of Zone Agtech, a localized innovation ecosystem near the city of Montreal in the MRC of L’Assomption. Its mission? It is to intensify the development of clean, efficient and viable innovative technologies...

INNOVATION Quebec

OPTECH

CCTT IN OPTICS-PHOTONICS

Optech is a College Centre for Technology Transfer (CCTT) incorporated as a non-profit organization (NPO) founded in 2002 with a mission to raise awareness of optics/photonics-related technologies and help implement them to support efforts to improve productivity and innovation in companies across Quebec. Our team is made up of thirty-plus...

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...

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® Washington DMV Edition

Mintwood Strategies

THE INNOVATORS OF UNOFFICIAL WASHINGTON

There is official Washington you see on TV, which features the National Mall, Congress, and the White House, and there is unofficial Washington, which is home to 700,000 citizens who are denied the ability to electorally participate in official Washington. Mintwood Strategies has carved out a niche in the media...

INNOVATE® Nashville

InPaceline

Riding Alongside Entrepreneurs

“You are the most qualified person to help the person you used to be.” This belief is the foundation of InPaceline, a venture studio model built by Clay Banks, a serial entrepreneur, mentor, investor, and endurance athlete. After years of scaling mountains – both literal and entrepreneurial – Banks is...

INNOVATION Quebec

HEC MONTRÉAL

A hub of management knowledge that inspires, innovates, and makes its mark worldwide

One of the most renowned business schools in the world for the quality of its programs, for the success rate of its alumni and for its influence in research, HEC Montréal does much more than just move your career forward. It drives new ideas. HEC Montréal is that place of...

INNOVATE® Jacksonville

Rethreaded

Rethreaded-Provides A Second Chance At Life Through Employment For Survivors Of Human Trafficking

Provides A Second Chance At Life Through Employment For Survivors Of Human Trafficking

ELEVATOR PITCH Rethreaded provides a second chance at life through employment for survivors of human trafficking. Women have employment opportunities in different facets of the company, including production, inventory, sales, marketing and finance/admin. Through its own enterprise and its distribution company that partners with like-minded businesses, Rethreaded’s mission is to...

INNOVATE™ South Africa

DATADISTILLR

DATADISTILLR- COLLABORATE AND EXPLORE DATA LIKE NEVER BEFORE

COLLABORATE AND EXPLORE DATA LIKE NEVER BEFORE

Data is the source of all learning, and nothing should get in the way of that. Data should be easy to access and explore. We spend too long working on our data instead of with our data. Data tells a story, and it’s our job to unearth and tell that...

INNOVATIONS in Pharmaceutical Development®

MBQ PHARMA

The first biopharmaceutical drug development company started in Puerto Rico based on proprietary research in cancer, autoimmune and fibrotic diseases

Selective Targeting of GTPases – A novel, promising approach to treating Cancer, Autoimmune Conditions and Chronic Fibrotic DiseaseMBQ PHARMA – The Company and its missionMBQ Pharma is a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company dedicated to developing treatments with high unmet medical needs such as Cancer, Autoimmune Disease and Chronic Fibrotic Syndromes. Our...

INNOVATE® New Jersey Vol.2

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY

NEWARK DRIVING INNOVATION THROUGH DIVERSITY & SOCIAL MOBILITY

Rutgers University–Newark is a leading urban research university that leverages diversity and high-impact scholarship to cultivate the talent essential to transform communities and change the world. An anchor institution in our home city, we are not just in but of Newark. The RU-N community has long recognized that our location...

INNOVATE™ Toronto

INFLUITIVE

INFLUITIVE - THE ENGAGEMENT PLATFORM OF CHOICE FOR ADVOCACY

THE ENGAGEMENT PLATFORM OF CHOICE FOR ADVOCACY, COMMUNITY, AND LOYALTY

Influitive helps the world’s leading brands engage with their customers to drive business value across multiple dimensions. Customer referrals, references and reviews are now recognized as the most effective way to drive business growth and Influitive enables this at scale. Since 2010, Influitive has pioneered advocate marketing and built an...

INNOVATE® Georgia

UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA

INNOVATING TOMORROW: UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA’S CUTTING-EDGE APPROACH TO EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

Nestled in the heart of Georgia, the University of West Georgia (UWG) stands as a beacon of innovation and research, setting the stage for a future in which creativity and entrepreneurial spirit thrive. As the seventh-largest public university in the state, UWG is not just an institution of higher learning;...

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