What's UpNext
What’s UpNext: Signals from the Global Startup Circuit
The F1 Circuit of the Startup Ecosystem. Tracking founders, momentum, and signals as they emerge.
Edwin Frondozo is an award-winning podcaster, entrepreneur, and founder of UpNext Global. He spotlights innovators shaping the future through stories, interviews, and insights from the world’s top startup stages.
What's UpNext
The F1 Circuit of the Startup Ecosystem. Tracking founders, momentum, and signals as they emerge.
What's UpNext
The F1 Circuit of the Startup Ecosystem. Tracking founders, momentum, and signals as they emerge.
UpNext Ecosystem
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.
What's UpNext
The F1 Circuit of the Startup Ecosystem. Tracking founders, momentum, and signals as they emerge.
UpNext World Tour
Enterprise AI projects stalled as buyers demanded working systems. Clean tech competed on economics, not ESG. Vancouver surfaced constraint-driven founders.
What's UpNext
The F1 Circuit of the Startup Ecosystem. Tracking founders, momentum, and signals as they emerge.
What's UpNext
The F1 Circuit of the Startup Ecosystem. Tracking founders, momentum, and signals as they emerge.
UpNext Ecosystem
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.
What's UpNext
The F1 Circuit of the Startup Ecosystem. Tracking founders, momentum, and signals as they emerge.
What's UpNext
The F1 Circuit of the Startup Ecosystem. Tracking founders, momentum, and signals as they emerge.
What's UpNext
The F1 Circuit of the Startup Ecosystem. Tracking founders, momentum, and signals as they emerge.
UpNext World Tour
GITEX Africa 2026 confirmed that African tech has moved past infrastructure storytelling into deployment at scale. Sovereign digital strategies and cross-border fintech are now live products, not roadmaps.