Stories of Innovation

INNOVATE™ Vancouver Vol.2

Glüxkind

A Vancouver-based tech startup, is disrupting the baby gear market

Glüxkind- A Vancouver-based tech startup, is disrupting the baby gear market with the world’s smartest parent assist baby stroller. Powered by AI, Glüxkind is leading the charge,making gear for today’s families safer,more inclusive and convenient for all. Anyone who has had to push a conventional baby stroller while attending to...

INNOVATE™ Flanders

EXOVIBE

BACK TO THE FUTURE FROM SOFT EXOSKELETON TO SAAS PLATFORM AND BACK

OriginsThe idea for ExoVibe came to founder Gabriel Samlali in 2014, while he was struggling to carry a heavy box to his attic. Gabriel wondered how an elderly or disabled person would manage to complete the same task. A cursory google search for personal equipment solutions led Gabriel to exoskeletons....

INNOVATE® Washington DMV Edition

GOODFYND

Revolutionizing Mobile Food Businesses

Amid Washington, D.C.’s vibrant food scene and entrepreneurial spirit, a game-changer is revolutionizing the landscape for mobile vendors. Meet Goodfynd, a cutting-edge payments platform and marketplace transforming how food trucks and mobile vendors operate. Founded by Sofiat Abdulrazaaq, Kyle Miller, and Lemaire Stewart, Goodfynd epitomizes thoughtful innovation and simplicity, harnessing...

INNOVATE® Georgia

EMORY

FOSTERING INNOVATION FOR A DATA AND TECHNOLOGY-DRIVEN WORLD

Emory University’s Goizueta Business School is a top-20 ranked business school. Emory University’s Goizueta Business School is a top-ranked driving force for change. In a vibrant global city, it prepares the future’s brightest minds principled leaders who believe in equitable business practices, constant innovation, and the critical intersection of business...

INNOVATE® Nashville

DECODE HEALTH

DECODE HEALTH-Advancing Precision Medicine to Improve Lives

Advancing Precision Medicine to Improve Lives

Current methods of managing healthcare are unsustainable, with chronic disease treatment alone putting a $4 trillion annual strain on the U.S. economy. Healthcare professionals across the board agree that earlier diagnosis, better preventative care, and improved disease management will significantly reduce those costs while improving the lives of millions of...

INNOVATE™ Botswana Vol.1

DIGITAL NATIVES

DIGITAL NATIVES LEADING THE CHANGE

LEADING THE CHANGE

Digital Natives is a 100% youth and citizen-owned, multi-award-winning software and disruptive agency with the founder, Mthabisi Bokete, being Standard Bank Africa Group’s youngest Board Member in the history of Stanbic Bank, both locally & globally. Digital Natives won the regional 2020 SADC Innovation and Investment Competition with their remarkable...

INNOVATE™ Toronto

PEAK POWER

PEAK POWER- MAKING IT PROFITABLE FOR THE BUILDING SECTOR TO ACHIEVE NET ZERO

MAKING IT PROFITABLE FOR THE BUILDING SECTOR TO ACHIEVE NET ZERO

Peak Power is a Canadian climate tech company at the forefront of the energy transition. We are the only company bringing together batteries, grid-interactive buildings, and bi-directional electric vehicles into one technology platform, Peak Synergy. This technology enables our commercial and industrial real estate partners to achieve net-zero goals, cut operating...

INNOVATION Quebec

Bio.Enviro.In

Bio.Enviro.In-Innovating for a resilient and adaptive bio-food system

Innovating for a resilient and adaptive bio-food system

Founded in 2018, the Center for Bio-food and Environmental Innovation, Bio.Enviro.In, is affiliated with the Cégep de Lanaudière à Joliette, an educational and technical college. It has developed extensive expertise in the bio-food sector, from the field to the consumer’s plate and food processing. While integrating into the socio-economic context...

INNOVATE™ Curitiba

RENAULT GROUP

A 25-YEAR LEGACY AND THE START OF A NEW ERA

On 12 March 1996, Renault Group chose Paraná as the site for its new plant, marking the start of a new chapter in automotive history for Brazil. On 4 December 1998, the Ayrton Senna industrial complex opened its doors in Curitiba, becoming one of Renault Group’s main sites in South...

INNOVATE™ Toronto

AMPLIFY CAPITAL

TARGETING QUANTITATIVE IMPACT OUTCOMES; DELIVERING DOUBLE BOTTOM LINE RETURNS

Amplify Capital is a Canadian-based investment fund that provides early-stage companies long-term equity solutions and strategic support to develop their business to solve challenges affecting our future. Led by veteran private equity executive Kathryn Wortsman, Amplify Capital invests exclusively in impact ventures that demonstrate significant, measurable impact alongside market-rate returns....

INNOVATE® Detroit

ITC HOLDINGS CORP.

Transmission is Key to Unlocking Our Energy Future

From electric vehicles to renewable energy, the world is looking at electricity in a new way, and ITC is focused on building and maintaining a power grid that can handle it all. The path to a highly connected, advanced society in which vehicles and infrastructure talk to each other, drones...

INNOVATE® Detroit

Breadless

Fuel Your Next Move

In a market dominated by fast-food giants, Breadless has emerged as a bold disruptor, transforming fast-casual dining with its nutrient-packed, bread-free innovation. This Detroit-born brand is redefining how Americans fuel their lives by replacing traditional bread with leafy super greens. At Breadless, meals are not just sustenance — they’re catalysts...

INNOVATE™ Botswana Vol.1

FIRST-AID COUNSELLING

FIRST-AID COUNSELLING-A DIGITAL PLATFORM THAT ALLOWS USERS TO ACCESS MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES INSTANTLY AND ANONYMOUSLY

A DIGITAL PLATFORM THAT ALLOWS USERS TO ACCESS MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES INSTANTLY AND ANONYMOUSLY

I always say to my team, “Digitisation has become a necessity in a world consumed by mobile devices”. Our digital mental health platforms aim to promote mental wellness by being up close and personal in your mobile device. – Kesego Mosime, CEO and Co-Founder, First-Aid Counselling. In a country with...

INNOVATION Quebec

LAVAL INNOV

LAVAL INNOV-Founded in 2018 at the instigation of visionary Laval residents and benefiting from the financial support of the Ministry of Economy and Innovation (MEI) and the city of Laval

Fondé en 2018 sous l’impulsion de Lavallois visionnaires et bénéficiant du soutien financier du Ministère de l’Économie et de l’Innovation (MEI) et de ville de Laval, Laval Innov a pour objectif de faire de l’innovation un levier incontournable pour le développement durable de Laval

En tant qu’Espace régional d’accélération et de croissance (ERAC) de Laval, il vise à stimuler et rehausser l’appropriation et l’intégration de l’innovation sur le territoire, que ce soit par ses actions auprès des entreprises qu’à travers la réalisation de projets structurants à portée régionale. Innover à LavalStratégiquement positionné au nord...

INNOVATE™ Vancouver Vol.2

JIBE

LEADING ECOMMERCE INTO THE FUTURE

JIBE Ecommerce.JIBE is a digital ecommerce agency, originally founded in 2009 to help better-life brands transform into thriving ecommerce businesses by helping them navigate and build their growing technology ecosystem. In the decade or so since, JIBE has grown from building brochure business websites to a multidisciplinary team of developers,...

Global Innovation Spotlight

The Future of Crypto Payments in E-Commerce

Discover how blockchain innovations, stablecoins, and new regulations are driving crypto adoption by merchants and consumers in e-commerce.

Cryptocurrencies are poised to reshape online retail payments by offering near-instant global transfers and lower fees compared to traditional methods. These advantages appeal to both merchants and consumers: a survey found about 46% of crypto users cite transaction speed and efficiency, and 41% value crypto’s borderless reach. Savvy retailers are...

INNOVATE® Chicago Vol.1

Enduvo’s

Enduvo’s -No-Code Platform Enables Anyone With the Power to Create and Share Immersive Content Within Their Organizations and the Metaverse

No-Code Platform Enables Anyone With the Power to Create and Share Immersive Content Within Their Organizations and the Metaverse

Enduvo was born at the University of Illinois and initially funded through a Jump Applied Research for Community Health through Engineering and Simulation (ARCHES) grant. These grants support collaborative research and development between OSF Healthcare and the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria. Dr. Matt Bramlet, Justin Drawz,...

INNOVATE® Washington DMV Edition

MASON ENTERPRISE

Building the Entrepreneurs of Today and Tomorrow

Mason EnterpriseTM is a George Mason University-based economic development division that focuses the energy, skills, and intellectual capital of Virginians on new company creation and small business expansion. Through 24 intertwined, complementary programs that include business counseling, workshops, training, and connection to university assets (research, class projects, interns), Mason Enterprise...

INNOVATE® Nashville

Bradley

The Legal Architects Behind Innovation

A construction supervisor reviews jobsite footage delivered remotely by an onsite robot. In a rural hospital, a patient’s MRI is uploaded to an online portal, where a specialist on the other side of the country reviews it. An aviation breakthrough gains patent protection to power the next generation of supersonic...

INNOVATE® Puerto Rico

AMASAR

A women-led agribusiness that provides Nutritional and Tasty Food, based on Breadfruit: A Superfood

Amasar LLC is an eco-friendly and sustainable food agribusiness located in the fresh highlands of Jayuya. We promote the consumption of Breadfruit (Pana: Artocarpus altilis) , a superfruit, now in an innovative way, as flour blends. Amasar promotes breadfruit’s great nutritional benefits, as well as the development of formal breadfruit...

INNOVATE® Washington DMV Edition

THE LOURIE CENTER

THE LEADER IN EARLY CHILDHOOD TRAUMA CARE

The Lourie Center exists to help young children and their caregiving adults overcome adversity and live to their fullest potential. The Lourie Center story is reflected in the heroic stories of our families, like Liliana’s story. Listen to Liliana tell her family’s journey and how The Lourie Center changed her...

INNOVATE™ Stockholm

FLÖDE

REWRITING FASHION’S DNA THROUGH SCALABLE UPCYCLING AND RADICAL RESPONSIBILITY

FLÖDE is a research-driven upcycling studio and remanufacturing lab founded in 2024 with one purpose: to prove that sustainable fashion production is not only possible, it’s necessary, scalable, and better by design. Where others see textile waste, Flöde sees a vast, untapped resource. Beyond waste: How Flöde turns discarded clothing...

Global Innovation Spotlight

CABIFY

CABIFY-10 Years Transforming Urban Mobility

10 Years Transforming Urban Mobility

We were founded in 2011 with a clear mission – to make cities better places to live. Today, ten years have passed in which we have managed to enter the streets of more than 40 cities in Spain and Latin America, all thanks to a team of passion and commitment....

INNOVATION Quebec

MAIN

EST LE MOUVEMENT DES ACCÉLÉRATEURS D’INNOVATION DU QUÉBEC

Depuis 2016, nous avons la conviction que la collaboration et la mutualisation des pratiques et des ressources (le mouvement) de tous ceux et celles qui par leur accompagnement permettent de réaliser en moins de temps qu’il n’en faudrait autrement (les accélérateurs), peuvent décupler l’impact des startups (l’innovation) de toutes les...

INNOVATE™ Vancouver Vol.2

Glüxkind

A Vancouver-based tech startup, is disrupting the baby gear market

Glüxkind- A Vancouver-based tech startup, is disrupting the baby gear market with the world’s smartest parent assist baby stroller. Powered by AI, Glüxkind is leading the charge,making gear for today’s families safer,more inclusive and convenient for all. Anyone who has had to push a conventional baby stroller while attending to...

INNOVATE™ Flanders

EXOVIBE

BACK TO THE FUTURE FROM SOFT EXOSKELETON TO SAAS PLATFORM AND BACK

OriginsThe idea for ExoVibe came to founder Gabriel Samlali in 2014, while he was struggling to carry a heavy box to his attic. Gabriel wondered how an elderly or disabled person would manage to complete the same task. A cursory google search for personal equipment solutions led Gabriel to exoskeletons....

INNOVATE® Washington DMV Edition

GOODFYND

Revolutionizing Mobile Food Businesses

Amid Washington, D.C.’s vibrant food scene and entrepreneurial spirit, a game-changer is revolutionizing the landscape for mobile vendors. Meet Goodfynd, a cutting-edge payments platform and marketplace transforming how food trucks and mobile vendors operate. Founded by Sofiat Abdulrazaaq, Kyle Miller, and Lemaire Stewart, Goodfynd epitomizes thoughtful innovation and simplicity, harnessing...

INNOVATE® Georgia

EMORY

FOSTERING INNOVATION FOR A DATA AND TECHNOLOGY-DRIVEN WORLD

Emory University’s Goizueta Business School is a top-20 ranked business school. Emory University’s Goizueta Business School is a top-ranked driving force for change. In a vibrant global city, it prepares the future’s brightest minds principled leaders who believe in equitable business practices, constant innovation, and the critical intersection of business...

INNOVATE® Nashville

DECODE HEALTH

DECODE HEALTH-Advancing Precision Medicine to Improve Lives

Advancing Precision Medicine to Improve Lives

Current methods of managing healthcare are unsustainable, with chronic disease treatment alone putting a $4 trillion annual strain on the U.S. economy. Healthcare professionals across the board agree that earlier diagnosis, better preventative care, and improved disease management will significantly reduce those costs while improving the lives of millions of...

INNOVATE™ Botswana Vol.1

DIGITAL NATIVES

DIGITAL NATIVES LEADING THE CHANGE

LEADING THE CHANGE

Digital Natives is a 100% youth and citizen-owned, multi-award-winning software and disruptive agency with the founder, Mthabisi Bokete, being Standard Bank Africa Group’s youngest Board Member in the history of Stanbic Bank, both locally & globally. Digital Natives won the regional 2020 SADC Innovation and Investment Competition with their remarkable...

INNOVATE™ Toronto

PEAK POWER

PEAK POWER- MAKING IT PROFITABLE FOR THE BUILDING SECTOR TO ACHIEVE NET ZERO

MAKING IT PROFITABLE FOR THE BUILDING SECTOR TO ACHIEVE NET ZERO

Peak Power is a Canadian climate tech company at the forefront of the energy transition. We are the only company bringing together batteries, grid-interactive buildings, and bi-directional electric vehicles into one technology platform, Peak Synergy. This technology enables our commercial and industrial real estate partners to achieve net-zero goals, cut operating...

INNOVATION Quebec

Bio.Enviro.In

Bio.Enviro.In-Innovating for a resilient and adaptive bio-food system

Innovating for a resilient and adaptive bio-food system

Founded in 2018, the Center for Bio-food and Environmental Innovation, Bio.Enviro.In, is affiliated with the Cégep de Lanaudière à Joliette, an educational and technical college. It has developed extensive expertise in the bio-food sector, from the field to the consumer’s plate and food processing. While integrating into the socio-economic context...

INNOVATE™ Curitiba

RENAULT GROUP

A 25-YEAR LEGACY AND THE START OF A NEW ERA

On 12 March 1996, Renault Group chose Paraná as the site for its new plant, marking the start of a new chapter in automotive history for Brazil. On 4 December 1998, the Ayrton Senna industrial complex opened its doors in Curitiba, becoming one of Renault Group’s main sites in South...

INNOVATE™ Toronto

AMPLIFY CAPITAL

TARGETING QUANTITATIVE IMPACT OUTCOMES; DELIVERING DOUBLE BOTTOM LINE RETURNS

Amplify Capital is a Canadian-based investment fund that provides early-stage companies long-term equity solutions and strategic support to develop their business to solve challenges affecting our future. Led by veteran private equity executive Kathryn Wortsman, Amplify Capital invests exclusively in impact ventures that demonstrate significant, measurable impact alongside market-rate returns....

INNOVATE® Detroit

ITC HOLDINGS CORP.

Transmission is Key to Unlocking Our Energy Future

From electric vehicles to renewable energy, the world is looking at electricity in a new way, and ITC is focused on building and maintaining a power grid that can handle it all. The path to a highly connected, advanced society in which vehicles and infrastructure talk to each other, drones...

INNOVATE® Detroit

Breadless

Fuel Your Next Move

In a market dominated by fast-food giants, Breadless has emerged as a bold disruptor, transforming fast-casual dining with its nutrient-packed, bread-free innovation. This Detroit-born brand is redefining how Americans fuel their lives by replacing traditional bread with leafy super greens. At Breadless, meals are not just sustenance — they’re catalysts...

INNOVATE™ Botswana Vol.1

FIRST-AID COUNSELLING

FIRST-AID COUNSELLING-A DIGITAL PLATFORM THAT ALLOWS USERS TO ACCESS MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES INSTANTLY AND ANONYMOUSLY

A DIGITAL PLATFORM THAT ALLOWS USERS TO ACCESS MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES INSTANTLY AND ANONYMOUSLY

I always say to my team, “Digitisation has become a necessity in a world consumed by mobile devices”. Our digital mental health platforms aim to promote mental wellness by being up close and personal in your mobile device. – Kesego Mosime, CEO and Co-Founder, First-Aid Counselling. In a country with...

INNOVATION Quebec

LAVAL INNOV

LAVAL INNOV-Founded in 2018 at the instigation of visionary Laval residents and benefiting from the financial support of the Ministry of Economy and Innovation (MEI) and the city of Laval

Fondé en 2018 sous l’impulsion de Lavallois visionnaires et bénéficiant du soutien financier du Ministère de l’Économie et de l’Innovation (MEI) et de ville de Laval, Laval Innov a pour objectif de faire de l’innovation un levier incontournable pour le développement durable de Laval

En tant qu’Espace régional d’accélération et de croissance (ERAC) de Laval, il vise à stimuler et rehausser l’appropriation et l’intégration de l’innovation sur le territoire, que ce soit par ses actions auprès des entreprises qu’à travers la réalisation de projets structurants à portée régionale. Innover à LavalStratégiquement positionné au nord...

INNOVATE™ Vancouver Vol.2

JIBE

LEADING ECOMMERCE INTO THE FUTURE

JIBE Ecommerce.JIBE is a digital ecommerce agency, originally founded in 2009 to help better-life brands transform into thriving ecommerce businesses by helping them navigate and build their growing technology ecosystem. In the decade or so since, JIBE has grown from building brochure business websites to a multidisciplinary team of developers,...

Global Innovation Spotlight

The Future of Crypto Payments in E-Commerce

Discover how blockchain innovations, stablecoins, and new regulations are driving crypto adoption by merchants and consumers in e-commerce.

Cryptocurrencies are poised to reshape online retail payments by offering near-instant global transfers and lower fees compared to traditional methods. These advantages appeal to both merchants and consumers: a survey found about 46% of crypto users cite transaction speed and efficiency, and 41% value crypto’s borderless reach. Savvy retailers are...

INNOVATE® Chicago Vol.1

Enduvo’s

Enduvo’s -No-Code Platform Enables Anyone With the Power to Create and Share Immersive Content Within Their Organizations and the Metaverse

No-Code Platform Enables Anyone With the Power to Create and Share Immersive Content Within Their Organizations and the Metaverse

Enduvo was born at the University of Illinois and initially funded through a Jump Applied Research for Community Health through Engineering and Simulation (ARCHES) grant. These grants support collaborative research and development between OSF Healthcare and the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria. Dr. Matt Bramlet, Justin Drawz,...

INNOVATE® Washington DMV Edition

MASON ENTERPRISE

Building the Entrepreneurs of Today and Tomorrow

Mason EnterpriseTM is a George Mason University-based economic development division that focuses the energy, skills, and intellectual capital of Virginians on new company creation and small business expansion. Through 24 intertwined, complementary programs that include business counseling, workshops, training, and connection to university assets (research, class projects, interns), Mason Enterprise...

INNOVATE® Nashville

Bradley

The Legal Architects Behind Innovation

A construction supervisor reviews jobsite footage delivered remotely by an onsite robot. In a rural hospital, a patient’s MRI is uploaded to an online portal, where a specialist on the other side of the country reviews it. An aviation breakthrough gains patent protection to power the next generation of supersonic...

INNOVATE® Puerto Rico

AMASAR

A women-led agribusiness that provides Nutritional and Tasty Food, based on Breadfruit: A Superfood

Amasar LLC is an eco-friendly and sustainable food agribusiness located in the fresh highlands of Jayuya. We promote the consumption of Breadfruit (Pana: Artocarpus altilis) , a superfruit, now in an innovative way, as flour blends. Amasar promotes breadfruit’s great nutritional benefits, as well as the development of formal breadfruit...

INNOVATE® Washington DMV Edition

THE LOURIE CENTER

THE LEADER IN EARLY CHILDHOOD TRAUMA CARE

The Lourie Center exists to help young children and their caregiving adults overcome adversity and live to their fullest potential. The Lourie Center story is reflected in the heroic stories of our families, like Liliana’s story. Listen to Liliana tell her family’s journey and how The Lourie Center changed her...

INNOVATE™ Stockholm

FLÖDE

REWRITING FASHION’S DNA THROUGH SCALABLE UPCYCLING AND RADICAL RESPONSIBILITY

FLÖDE is a research-driven upcycling studio and remanufacturing lab founded in 2024 with one purpose: to prove that sustainable fashion production is not only possible, it’s necessary, scalable, and better by design. Where others see textile waste, Flöde sees a vast, untapped resource. Beyond waste: How Flöde turns discarded clothing...

Global Innovation Spotlight

CABIFY

CABIFY-10 Years Transforming Urban Mobility

10 Years Transforming Urban Mobility

We were founded in 2011 with a clear mission – to make cities better places to live. Today, ten years have passed in which we have managed to enter the streets of more than 40 cities in Spain and Latin America, all thanks to a team of passion and commitment....

INNOVATION Quebec

MAIN

EST LE MOUVEMENT DES ACCÉLÉRATEURS D’INNOVATION DU QUÉBEC

Depuis 2016, nous avons la conviction que la collaboration et la mutualisation des pratiques et des ressources (le mouvement) de tous ceux et celles qui par leur accompagnement permettent de réaliser en moins de temps qu’il n’en faudrait autrement (les accélérateurs), peuvent décupler l’impact des startups (l’innovation) de toutes les...

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