The Rice Alliance Clean Energy Accelerator helps seed-stage startups from around the world developing clean energy solutions achieve technical and commercial milestones that accelerate development, establish market adoption, and expand their reach. This week the accelerator announced the ventures for their fourth cohort. The 12 ventures in Class 4 are driving innovation in Advanced Materials, […]
Galatea Technologies
Cleantech Upstart Galatea Secures $2.7M in Seed Funding to Fuel U.S. Expansion
We were off by a year. Galatea Technologies, a company on Calgary.tech’s watchlist for 2023, narrowly missed the 2024 list. Not that Galatea wasn’t successful in 2023—they were—but in 2024, the Calgary-based clean-technology upstart is establishing major traction. The company this year bolstered its round of seed funding with a $2.7 million extension with capital […]
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 […]
10 Homegrown Calgary Startups to Watch in 2023
2022 is in the books and despite what we’ve all been through, it was a pretty good year for the Calgary tech community and the provincial scene as a whole. Tech companies specializing in everything from robotic fulfillment systems to data-driven customer insights, and from corporate purpose software to legaltech have been leading an unprecedented […]
Calgary is a Cleantech Leader
At a time when climate concerns are at an all-time high in the province, a new list of Canada’s most investable cleantech companies reveals that one-third of them are based in Alberta with 15 calling Calgary home. The Foresight 50 recognizes ventures from across Canada and a variety of sectors including watertech, carbon solutions, hydrogen, and renewable […]