One of the oldest and largest construction companies in Japan has made a direct investment into Calgary’s Eavor Technologies. Founded in 1840, Tokyo’s Kajima Corporation builds high-rise structures, railways, power plants, dams, and bridges. Eavor is a leader in globally scalable geothermal energy technology and its Eavor-Loop utilizes heat from the natural geothermal gradient of […]
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Series B Capital to Spur Innovation, Expansion at Qube Technologies
A Calgary-based technology company known for low-cost environmental surveillance technology has secured Series B funding. The strategic investment into Qube Technologies hails from TC Energy, NGIF Cleantech Ventures, and Bain & Company Future Back Ventures. Qube’s mission is to help industries such as oil and gas detect and reduce methane and other emissions. The Alberta […]
ElevateIP Alberta Receives Federal Funding to Help Startups Harness Innovative Ideas
Many startups lack the sufficient resources, funds, or expertise to develop and implement an effective strategy around intellectual property. It’s a problem that Alberta wants to address. In partnership with the University of Calgary, Innovate Calgary, and Economic Development Lethbridge, ElevateIP Alberta helps business accelerators and incubators equip startups with toolkits to understand and leverage […]
Earthware Launches National Wash Network To Power Circular Economy
Hot on the heels of the huge sustainability announcement by Walmart, a groundbreaking collaboration called the National Wash Network has launched and Calgary’s own Earthware is leading the way. Launched with other reuse companies in major cities across Canada, the National Wash Network is an initiative that establishes an infrastructure to support reusable food packaging […]
Startup TNT Targets Alberta’s Agritech Innovators with Fundraising Summit
An organization based out of Edmonton is working to raise capital for ag-tech startups in Alberta. Founded in 2019 to empower entrepreneurs across Western Canada, Startup TNT is this winter hosting the 2024 Agri-Food Investment Summit. Like other TNT Investment Summits, the event aims to help raise capital for startups and make it easier for […]
Calgary.tech’s Most Read Stories of 2023
It’s fair to say 2023 was an improvement on 2022. The pandemic recovery dominated tech – like all else – with many of us spending more time than ever in front of screens. Not surprisingly, Calgary.tech had a banner year with site traffic growing every month during 2023. As we look forward to an even […]
Cv̄ictus Aims to Clean Up Hydrogen Production in Calgary and Beyond
A startup based in Alberta has a vision to be vision is to be “the most positively impactful company on the planet.” Calgary’s Cv̄ictus is in the business of advancing clean hydrogen technology, especially as it pertains to “difficult-to-decarbonize” sectors. The world today produces over 90 million tonnes of hydrogen per year, primarily from steam […]
Kanin Energy Helps Transform Industrial Waste Heat into Clean Power
A Calgary-based company is helping heavy industry monetize their waste heat. Kanin Energy was cofounded by chief executive officer Janice Tran, chief development officer Dan Fipke, and chief technology officer Jake Bainbridge with a focus on capturing waste heat for power generation, district heating, and other industrial efficiency projects. “Many industrial processes vent flue gas […]
Eight Calgary-Based Ventures Named Canada’s Most Investible Companies
Last month, Foresight Canada, the country’s largest cleantech ecosystem accelerator, released its third annual list of Canada’s 50 most investible cleantech ventures. Over the two-day event, cleantech investors and innovators came together to connect with one another to catalyze Canada’s cleantech sector. This was the first time the event was held in Calgary, the city’s […]
Canada Growth Fund Invests $90M Into Calgary’s Eavor Technologies
Calgary’s Eavor (pronounced “Ever”) is receiving $90 million from the federal government to help it scale its geothermal closed-loop technology at a commercial level. Eavor has developed an innovative technology solution to produce clean, reliable baseload heat and power using a proprietary closed loop geothermal system called Eavor-Loop™. Deputy Prime Minister and federal Finance Minister Chrystia […]