Calgary’s Tetra Trust has struck a partnership with Toronto’s 3iQ Digital Asset Management (3iQ) and Coinbase aimed at expanding the exchange-traded product (ETP) ecosystem for digital assets in Canada and generating new interest from the investment community. Tetra Trust is the first and only trust company licensed to custody digital assets in Canada. 3iQ is […]
Attabotics Introduces New Robot to Increase Warehouse Efficiency
After thousands of prototypes and millions of test cycles, the Calgary-based 3D robotics supply chain startup has unveiled the first commercialized version of its robot. Attabotics, the world’s first 3D robotics supply chain system for modern commerce, today revealed the Attabot™ 2022, the first commercialized version of its proprietary robot. Built stronger and smarter than […]
Movement51 Names Danielle Gifford Executive Director
Calgary’s Movement51 has completed their nationwide search for an Executive Director and announced that Danielle Gifford will be taking on the role. Formerly with AltaML and the Creative Destruction Lab (CDL), Gifford joins Movement51 with a wealth of experience in building national accelerators and training programs, as well as leadership in tech, entrepreneurship and business. […]
Attabotics to Bring Smart Robotics Solutions to Modernize Pet Fulfillment Distribution
Calgary’s Attabotics has landed a partnership with one of the largest pet retail distributors across Canada. Pan Pacific Pet has remained a stronghold family business with 130,000 square feet of warehouse and office space, leading Canada’s pet specialty distributors in the region. Attabotics, the world’s first 3D supply chain for modern commerce, will automate storage […]
Consumer Genius Expands FinTech Portfolio with More Online Services
A recent study shows the average Canadian household debt remains near record high levels with the average Canadian owing close to $1.78 for every dollar earned, which is why Calgary-based fintech startup Consumer Genius launched Juggling Debt earlier this year. More recently, the startup expanded on its fintech portfolio with the launch of Canadian Life Rates and Loanz.ca, two new […]
Benevity Surpasses $10 Billion in Global Donations, Adds 124 New Clients
More than $10 billion has been donated by Benevity clients and their people to over 326,000 nonprofits to-date. The Calgary tech behemoth announced the impressive stat today, adding that in the past year they added 124 clients, taking the company’s total client portfolio to 940. Almost 21 million users can now access Benevity’s platform, making […]
ZayZoon Secures $25.5 Million To Expand Beyond Wages On-Demand
Calgary fintech ZayZoon has secured $25.5 million in new financing, consisting of $12.5 million in equity and $13 million in a new credit facility with ATB Financial. The ZayZoon platform allows employees across the United States to instantly access their earned wages on-demand with more than 3,000 businesses using ZayZoon to offer their employees quicker access to pay. […]
TELUS to Create 8,500 Jobs in Alberta as Company Unveils New Calgary Headquarters
Telus this week reaffirmed its “generational” investment in the City of Calgary and across Alberta as a whole as the BC-based company opens a major new office in the region this month. The investment amount totals $430 million and will go toward the expansion and upgrading of operations, network infrastructure, and spectrum throughout Alberta. “This generational […]
IBM To Open New Client Innovation Centre In Calgary And Hire 250
Calgary will become home to another major technology hub as IBM announced today the creation of a Client Innovation Centre (CIC) for Western Canada based in the city, creating 250 jobs. In the last year Amazon, RBC, and Rogers have all announced that they would be establishing engineering hubs in Calgary and aggressively hiring. The new IBM innovation hub will […]
Calgary Crypto Trading Platform Bitvo Acquired By FTX
Calgary-headquartered crypto asset trading platform Bitvo has been acquired by FTX. In April 2022, Bitvo became the first Alberta-based crypto asset trading platform to register as a restricted dealer, allowing it to offer crypto asset trading services across all provinces and territories in Canada. Bitvo is also registered with FINTRAC as a money services business in the […]