Paradigm Inputs led the winners at Platform Calgary’s 2026 Top 10 pitch night, taking home both Startup of the Year and the Ecosystem Award ahead of Thursday’s Launch Party. Presented by Alberta Innovates, the evening brought together ten early-stage startups to pitch their businesses, answer audience questions and connect with Calgary’s tech community. Paradigm Inputs […]
OCIF Backs MindFuel With $1.5 Million to Develop Calgary’s Next Founders
The Opportunity Calgary Investment Fund (OCIF) will provide up to $1.5 million over three years to the MindFuel Foundation to help young innovators turn ideas and prototypes into Calgary startups. The investment aims to support the creation of 14 Calgary startups, three direct high-skill jobs within MindFuel and 60 indirect high-skill jobs at local startups. […]
BigGeo Turns Real-World Visits into Digital Ad Audiences
Calgary-based BigGeo has launched Audience Composer, a platform that helps brands and agencies build digital advertising audiences based on visits to physical locations. Announced last week, the product allows marketers to create audiences around their own stores, competitors’ locations, or broader business categories, connecting real-world visitation patterns with online campaigns. Users select locations, date ranges, […]
North Vector Dynamics Raises $29 Million-Plus Series A
Calgary-based North Vector Dynamics has closed a Series A just shy of $30 million to expand manufacturing and pursue international markets for its air-defence technology. The financing values the Canadian-owned and controlled company at more than $125 million. NVD describes it as one of Canada’s largest defence-technology financings. European defence and security investor Tech Horizons […]
Skip Brings Grocery Delivery Push to Calgary Through Instacart Partnership
Skip is bringing a giant grocery cart to downtown Calgary as the Canadian-founded delivery platform promotes its expanded grocery and retail offering through a new partnership with Instacart. Calgary played a role in Skip’s early growth, with co-founder Andrew Chau and his team going door to door to recruit local restaurants. That connection extends into […]
Beckhoff Opens Calgary Office to Support Alberta’s Automation Sector
Beckhoff Automation has opened a new Calgary office, expanding its Western Canadian presence with a local base for sales, application engineering, and customer training. The 2,900-square-foot space at 48 Quarry Park Boulevard SE is the automation and PC-based control technology company’s fourth Canadian location. It joins Beckhoff Canada’s headquarters in Cambridge, Ontario, and regional offices […]
Calgary’s Carrot Ventures Launches $150,000 Food and AgTech Challenge
Calgary-based Carrot Ventures is looking for food and agriculture technologies ready to move from promising ideas to commercial businesses. The agtech venture studio, operated by Verdex Capital, has launched the Food & AgTech Innovation Challenge in collaboration with XPRIZE Canada Hub. The competition offers a $150,000 prize, with selected opportunities also eligible for consideration for […]
Blackline Safety’s G8 Wins Firehouse Innovation Award
Calgary-based Blackline Safety has won a 2026 Firehouse Innovation Award for its G8 connected safety wearable, marking the company’s second consecutive win for technology supporting firefighters and emergency responders. The recognition follows last year’s award for Blackline’s EXO 8 area monitor. This year, G8 was selected for its ability to improve situational awareness and support […]
Tall Grass Ventures Brings Agtech Leaders to Calgary for OneAg
Calgary-based Tall Grass Ventures is bringing agriculture and innovation together next week with OneAg, a three-day gathering focused on technology, collaboration, and strategic partnerships. Running October 19–21 in Calgary, the event combines curated meetings, working sessions, roundtables, and social gatherings aimed at building connections across global agriculture. Tall Grass Ventures invests in entrepreneurs and solutions […]
Former CoolIT CEO’s 3C Datalec Plans Calgary Facility Following Merger
A new data centre infrastructure company led by former CoolIT Systems CEO Steve Walton expects its planned Calgary operation to grow to up to 50 people by the end of 2027. 3C Datalec says the Calgary team will include management, administrative staff, and service and installation engineers supporting its global teams. Detailed staffing plans are […]