Calgary’s Green Impact Partners has finalized the carbon credit pathways under the Alberta Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction (TIER) program for its flagship project, the Future Energy Park. To be located in Calgary, the Future Energy Park will be North America’s largest carbon negative biofuels facility spanning both the agriculture and energy sectors by using […]
OCIF Invests $996,000 in SAIT’s ACT Hub to Boost Construction Innovation
Today the Opportunity Calgary Investment Fund (OCIF) announced an investment of almost $1 million over three years into the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology’s (SAIT) Alternative Construction Technologies (ACT) Hub to accelerate new construction and manufacturing materials and processes development. Part of the Centre for Innovation and Research in Advanced Manufacturing and Materials (CIRAMM) within […]
Carbon Upcycling Achieves B Corporation Certification
Calgary’s Carbon Upcycling, a leading decarbonization and carbon capture & utilization technology provider for hard-to-abate industries, has achieved B Corporation certification by the B Lab. This prestigious recognition underscores Carbon Upcycling’s ongoing commitment to meeting rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability and deep commitment to being a powerful force for good. Last month Carbon […]
Alberta Enterprise Invests $7.5M in Amplitude Ventures to Boost Health Startups
Alberta Enterprise Corporation announced today that it has made an investment into Amplitude Ventures‘ USD $192-million Fund II. The USD $7.5 million investment aims to provide early-stage health and life science startups in Alberta with continued access to Amplitude’s specialized expertise and funding in precision medicine. Amplitude Ventures is a full-stack venture capital firm focused on investing in precision […]
WaitWell Propels Service Organizations to New Efficiencies, Serving Over 20 Million Users
Calgary-based all-in-one queuing and booking platform WaitWell has enabled service for over 20 million users in Canada and the United States. The recently announced two innovative features – staff scheduling and payments – to its platform that will further arm service delivery organizations to elevate their customer’s experience. Named one of 10 homegrown Calgary startups to […]
Alberta Invests $44.4 Million in Innovative SME-Led Projects to Reduce Emissions and Boost Economy
Building a testing facility that uses an alternative approach to processing biofuels is one of 21 projects led by small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) receiving a total of $44.4 million from the Government of Alberta through Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA)’s Emerging Innovators Challenge. Funding is sourced from the Government of Alberta’s Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction […]
Albertans Urge Stronger Climate Action with Carbon Removal Support
Canadian carbon removal project developer Deep Sky commissioned a public opinion survey that polled 1,200 Albertans on climate change and the findings were overwhelming. There is a growing sense of urgency among Albertans to address climate change. Two-thirds (67%) of Albertans believe climate change poses a severe threat to the planet and 53% want the Alberta provincial […]
MRU Honors Scaling Success: Goodlawyer, Kathairos, and ZayZoon Win at ScaleUP Awards 2024
As part of the inaugural ScaleUP Week 2024, Mount Royal University announced the winners of the first ScaleUP Awards in celebration of outstanding achievements in scaling companies across Western Canada. Powered by Growth Compass, the awards highlight exceptional companies and entrepreneurs who have demonstrated significant growth and innovation in their fields. “ScaleUP Week is dedicated to propelling entrepreneurs and […]
OCIF invests in Platform Calgary’s National Bank Investor Hub
The Opportunity Calgary Investment Fund (OCIF) announced today it will provide up to $400,000 to Platform Calgary to support the National Bank Investor Hub to unlock capital for underrepresented founders. The National Bank Investor Hub helps broaden the city’s investor pool and creates more opportunities for Calgarians to build their companies. This investment, over 28 […]
Alberta Enterprise Invests in Third McRock Industrial Innovation Fund
Alberta Enterprise announced today that it has invested USD $10 million into McRock Capital Fund III to support the growth of early stage Alberta companies focused on digital transformation of industrial sectors. Alberta Enterprise (AEC) is joined in Fund III by institutional investors including Export Development Canada and industry leaders including Bell Ventures, CIBC Innovation Banking and AspenTech. […]