UpNext World Tour
The 2026 edition was Web Summit Rio's biggest — 40,287 attendees, 1,572 startups, 688 investors. All three startups in the PITCH final on Center Stage were Brazilian. Dalton Lab, an UpNext founder, took the win. Here's the full cohort.
UpNext World Tour
The 11th edition of the Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge came to Amsterdam for the first time. The 26 finalists weren't pitching moonshots, they were reporting from the field.
Flashpoint POV
Cricket Lee's 26 years of research revealed something the fashion industry ignored: the fit standard running global apparel was designed around production efficiency, not the human body. BodyCodes replaces it with a fit-by-shape architecture that evolves with women through their lives.
UpNext World Tour
Mitiga Solutions took the Global Winner title as Madrid's most international edition pushed AI into health, capital markets, water, and defense.
What's UpNext
The F1 Circuit of the Startup Ecosystem. Tracking founders, momentum, and signals as they emerge.
Flashpoint POV
Large multinational clients of LiORA can carry up to $64 billion in AROs, roughly half of which is tied to soil and groundwater contamination. Nick Gray left B2B tech to join LiORA, replacing grab samples with live AI-powered data that finally makes site closure possible.
What's UpNext
The F1 Circuit of the Startup Ecosystem. Tracking founders, momentum, and signals as they emerge.
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Canada's AI ecosystem has moved from research credibility to deployment infrastructure. The 2026 Google Accelerator cohort signals the shift — 14 startups building for enterprise buyers, not labs, with technical stacks vetted for scale.
The possible link between long-term use of hormonal contraception and autoimmune disease led Jennifer Johnston to build a better option for patients. Elle MD’s copper vaginal ring is a once-monthly, hormone-free contraceptive that women can use themselves, without surgery or a prescription routine.
The F1 Circuit of the Startup Ecosystem. Tracking founders, momentum, and signals as they emerge.
Enterprise AI projects stalled as buyers demanded working systems. Clean tech competed on economics, not ESG. Vancouver surfaced constraint-driven founders.
The F1 Circuit of the Startup Ecosystem. Tracking founders, momentum, and signals as they emerge.
The F1 Circuit of the Startup Ecosystem. Tracking founders, momentum, and signals as they emerge.
Recruiting has been solving a relationship problem with search tools. After two years inside the system, Alexander Farr built Clera to fix it, reaching passive candidates through WhatsApp, iMessage, and email and already representing 80,000 people in relevant roles.
OneEleven’s ScaleUp 10: Ones to Watch spotlighted Canadian scaleups building across AI, healthcare, manufacturing, mobility, and enterprise systems at DiscoveryX 2026. The cohort reflected where commercial traction and operational scale are emerging across Canada’s tech ecosystem.
When chemotherapy fails, immunotherapy does not respond, and targeted therapies do not apply, patients are left without a path forward. BiPER Therapeutics is developing an oral drug, selected by blood test, to treat that gap directly.
The F1 Circuit of the Startup Ecosystem. Tracking founders, momentum, and signals as they emerge.
Aquaplaning has caused accidents since the first cars drove on wet roads. Giovanni Blandina founded EasyRain in Turin to become the first company to actively restore grip, not just detect its loss.
The F1 Circuit of the Startup Ecosystem. Tracking founders, momentum, and signals as they emerge.