An Alberta-based influencer marketing platform this month announced two key hires aimed at accelerating the company’s growth within the Canadian market. Calgary-born Embold recently brought on board Shawn Downey as Vice President of Sales and Sandra Mackechnie as Sales Director, according to an official statement released by the firm. Downey, based out of Embold’s Calgary […]
Calgary Startup Launches to Offer Digital Healthcare Alternative in Canada
A new mobile medical service startup has launched in Alberta. Founded by people who are passionate about developing innovative healthcare solutions, Scrubs Health has officially launched to serve individual and corporate clients. Scrubs makes it easier for patients to connect with care providers for same-day and next-day bloodwork, electrocardiograms, and other specialized tests, according to […]
Sustainability Venture Fund Invests in Calgary Cleantech Startup Arolytics
A provider of methane software and data analytics solutions for the oil and gas sector has received investment from BDC Capital’s new $150 million Sustainability Venture Fund. Calgary-based Arolytics, which earlier this year secured $400,000 in funding from the Government of Canada through Sustainable Development Technology Canada, is the inaugural investment in BDC’s new fund. The fund […]
Solar Gains Steam in Alberta as Foresight Accelerates Clean Energy Innovation
Last year, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation posited that the province of Alberta was on the verge of a “solar power gold rush.” Not long after, the federal government unveiled $160 million in investment for an array of solar projects across Alberta, and has since followed up with even more investments in solar in the region. But beyond implementing […]
Government Builds on Investment in Alberta Solar with More Projects
With an aim to bring affordable, reliable, and clean energy to communities in every region of Canada, the federal government is investing in job-creating projects across the country. Alberta’s potential for clean energy development, combined with the expertise of workers and community partners, is creating economic opportunities in the province, according to the government. Canada’s […]
How Calgary’s TradeSpace Helps Alberta Entrepreneurs Pursue Their Dreams
Even with digital transformation sweeping across the Western world, trades remain as topical as ever. With unprecedented levels of immigration stacked on top of unaffordable housing, the need for industrial-level innovation in Canada is tremendous. That is part of why we’re seeing Alberta companies such as Mercator AI, Arthrotó, and PolarBlock blend tech and industry to advance […]
Alberta Professionals Both Optimistic and Skeptical When It Comes to AI at Work
We learned recently from a Canadian analysis that businesses in Alberta may be lagging in terms of adopting generative artificial intelligence tools. But how do employees feel? Recent data released by Salesforce shed insight in to how Canadian professionals in marketing, sales, commerce, and customer service roles feel about AI in 2023. Many think AI […]
FORM Innovates Construction Industry with PolarBlock Tech
Only about 1% of construction businesses in Alberta used AI last year. Regardless, construction innovation is booming in Alberta—through hustling startups orienting their tech around the space. Cofounded by Chloe Smith and Hogan Lee, real-time construction intelligence platform Mercator AI this year secured US$3.75 million in an oversubscribed seed round co-led by Freestyle Ventures and Builders VC. By mining […]
Alberta Businesses Lag on AI Adoption in Canada, Analysis Finds
Canada launched the Pan-Canadian AI Strategy in 2017, the first of its kind in the country, building on the nation’s existing history of AI investments. The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research was assigned to lead the strategy, and three new AI research institutions were created to support the advancement of the tech—including the Alberta Machine […]
Can ‘Agri-Solar’ Tech Solve Alberta Energy Tensions?
Last year, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation posited that the province of Alberta was on the verge of a “solar power gold rush.” Not long after, the federal government unveiled $160 million in investment for an array of solar projects across Alberta. But recently, Premier Danielle Smith temporarily halted “renewable energy” development in the province in […]