To cap off Small Business Week 2023, the Calgary Chamber of Commerce has announced the winners of the 2023 Calgary Small Business Awards. With over 150 nominations, each of the eight award categories highlights a different theme that embodies what it means to be a small business. These awards showcase the best of the best […]
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Freshly Funded TerraVerdae Bioworks Pursues Polymer Innovation
An Edmonton-based clean-tech startup aiming to transform the Canada’s plastics industry recently received funding from Alberta Innovates through the region’s Agri-Food and Bio-industrial Innovation Program. TerraVerdae Bioworks drew investment from the province’s innovation engine because it is developing a bio-technology based on “polyhydroxyalkanoates,” which are polymers that are bio-derived and naturally biodegradable alternatives to more […]
AgTech Startup HEMPALTA Going Public to Grow Its Brand
Calgary’s Trail Blazing Ventures (TSXV: BLAZ.P), a capital pool company, has filed the paperwork to acquire HEMPALTA in a non-arm’s length transaction. Capital pool companies can be useful to a startup to go public without committing to a lengthy IPO process. HEMPALTA has been on Calgary.tech’s 2023 watchlist of companies and Foresight Canada’s list of […]
Alberta Innovates Directs Millions of Dollars Toward Local Agricultural Technology
We already know that Alberta is a province actively innovating the agriculture sector in Canada. But the province’s “innovation engine” believes there is even more potential to advance Canadian ag-tech. Agriculture innovators funded by Alberta Innovates are harnessing digital technologies to make farmers’ jobs easier, with lower input costs and a smaller environmental footprint. Eleven […]
LinkedIn Names Neo Financial, PurposeMed and Summit Nanotech As Top Startup Workplaces
LinkedIn has published its 6th annual Top Startups list and it is a testament to the spirit of innovation, featuring 15 young Canadian companies that are growing fast and gaining attention. These are the startups that have trailblazed their way through recent economic and workplace challenges — and managed to stand out to investors and top talent […]
Galatea Technologies and Ayrton Energy Earn Accolades at Houston Investor Forum
Two Calgary-based companies grabbed headlines at the 20th annual Energy Tech Venture Forum presented by the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship. The Rice Alliance is associated with Rice University in Houston and was created to focus on solving energy challenges. Galatea, a company on Calgary.tech’s watchlist for 2023, was recognized with the People’s Choice […]
Solar Gains Steam in Alberta as Foresight Accelerates Clean Energy Innovation
Last year, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation posited that the province of Alberta was on the verge of a “solar power gold rush.” Not long after, the federal government unveiled $160 million in investment for an array of solar projects across Alberta, and has since followed up with even more investments in solar in the region. But beyond implementing […]
Calgary Recognized for Livability as Tech Takes Over
Calgary is Canada’s third-best city for overall living in 2023, according to an annual ranking of the world’s top urban metropoles. Globally, powerhouses London, Paris, and New York predictably captured the top three slots on the list. Within Canada, Toronto won out, placing 24th overall. Montreal, at 57th overall, ranks second in Canada. This year, […]
Decoding Calgary Tech
As Alberta’s technology publication of record, Calgary.tech reports on and discusses at length the many regional entrepreneurs and organizations applying technology and innovation to the Canadian economy. A report from national law firm Osler this year uncovered “impressive signs of growth, renewal, and resilience in the ecosystem” in Alberta, who saw the highest growth for venture capital deals […]
Calgary Upstart Helps Solar Make Sense – and Dollars
The ideal of solar-tech is simple and perfect: infinite free energy from the sun! However, current iterations of solar-tech have significant drawbacks, including solar panels themselves—clunky, fragile hunks of metal which aspire to be eco-friendly and cost-effective but often fall short of these goals in many conditions and climates. Addressing such a critical concern demands […]