Two homegrown Calgary startups are making waves on the North American stage — and you can help them go further. The 2026 Global Startup Awards have officially opened public voting for regional finalists across North America, and two Calgary tech innovators are in the running: ResVR in the Startup of the Year category and Arbor […]
Calgary Startups Earn National CIX Recognition
CIX has announced the recipients of its 2026 Startup Awards, recognizing 14 Canadian companies selected from more than 370 applicants and vetted by 94 leading North American investors. Spanning Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, and Calgary, the cohort reflects the breadth of Canada’s innovation economy, with startups tackling challenges across healthtech, climate, defence, fintech, and martech. More […]
Attabotics Gets Second Life in Calgary
Attabotics is restarting operations in Calgary as part of LaFayette Systems, marking a rare reboot for one of the city’s most high-profile robotics startups following last year’s bankruptcy. Founded in 2015 by Scott Gravelle, Attabotics developed automated fulfillment systems inspired by ant colonies, replacing traditional warehouse aisles with dense vertical storage structures. Fleets of autonomous […]
Flash Forest Bets on Calgary for Scale
B.C.-based reforestation startup Flash Forest has relocated its primary manufacturing facilities and field-operations hub to Calgary, positioning the city as a key base for scaling advanced reforestation and forest intelligence across Western North America. The move establishes Calgary as Flash Forest’s western operational headquarters, consolidating manufacturing, equipment staging, and field deployment in a single, purpose-built […]
CURA Reaches PITCH Semi-Finals at Web Summit Qatar
Calgary climatetech startup CURA advanced to the semi-finals of the PITCH startup competition at Web Summit Qatar 2026, representing Canada among the event’s Top 10 early-stage companies. The competition took place last week as part of Web Summit Qatar, which brought together 30,274 attendees, 1,637 startups, and 931 investors from 127 countries, offering founders a […]
Prévoir Raises $750K to Reinvent Fashion Merchandising
Calgary-based fashion technology startup Prévoir has raised $750,000 in pre-seed funding to help retailers make smarter merchandising and inventory decisions using computer vision–powered artificial intelligence. The round was led by AltaML, one of Alberta’s most active applied AI firms, and will support the scaling of Prévoir’s platform, which analyzes fashion products through image-based attribute extraction […]
Tech Thursday Kicks Off 2026 With Bold Predictions and Scaling Lessons
Calgary’s startup community is starting 2026 with a double dose of insight as Tech Thursday launches its first two sessions of the year later this month. The series returns on January 22nd with Hot Takes for 2026 Canadian Tech, a no-filter conversation on where the industry is heading. Topics will range from AI and humanoid […]
10 Homegrown Calgary Startups to Watch in 2026
Calgary’s startup ecosystem is entering 2026 with growing confidence—and growing ambition. Once defined largely by energy, the city is now producing globally relevant companies across AI, fintech, health, food, defence, agtech, and regulatory technology. The 10 startups featured here reflect that evolution: founders solving hard, real-world problems with export-ready technology, often from deeply local insight. […]
TechJutsu Warns of Surge in AI-Powered Phone Scams
Calgary-based cybersecurity company TechJutsu says phone-based fraud attempts are rising sharply, with new data showing a year-over-year increase as scammers increasingly target consumers during the holiday shopping season. TechJutsu analyzed 521,879 calls protected by its Caller Verify technology between January and November of 2024 and 2025. The company found that roughly five percent of those […]
SimpleHedge Lands $4M to Scale Rural Fintech Platform
Calgary startup SimpleHedge has raised $4 million in seed financing to expand its platform that helps farmers manage commodity price risk. The round included Tall Grass Ventures, Trillick Ventures, Startup TNT, Barrel Ventures, and others. SimpleHedge says its app has already supported more than US$350 million in transactions from nearly 3,000 farmers and now manages […]