Calgary’s Fledge is building tools to help parents and educators make emotional learning part of children’s everyday lives. Led by founder and CEO Jenna Galloway, the company combines a digital platform with practical activities, educator training and in-person school programming. Its focus is helping adults teach skills such as emotional awareness, focus and resilience. Fledge […]
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Candidly AI Wants More Stakeholders Heard
Calgary’s Candidly AI is using voice agents to help organizations conduct more of the conversations that inform business decisions. Founded by Noah McDonough, who leads the company with siblings Jackson McDonough, Head of Business Development, and Kennedy McDonough, Head of Client Success, the startup targets a familiar research constraint: in-depth interviews take time to arrange, […]
Black Owl Systems Takes Aim at Lease Accounting Complexity
For finance teams managing equipment, property and vehicle leases, the accounting can become a sprawling exercise in spreadsheets, changing terms and recurring calculations. Calgary’s Black Owl Systems is building software to bring that work into a single, structured process. Founded by father-and-son accountants Greg and Derek Kautz, the company provides lease accounting software designed to […]
Agrivanna Brings Voice-Powered Records to the Ranch
Calgary startup Agrivanna is tackling a practical challenge in livestock management: getting useful information recorded while ranchers are busy doing the work. Its software lets producers speak notes about animals, treatments and herd movements, then review the resulting entries before adding them to their records. The platform is designed to work without cellular coverage and […]
New Calgary Program Helps Early-Stage Hardtech Founders Build a Path to Commercialization
Platform Calgary, Careers in Technology and Innovation (CITI), and the Calgary Innovation Coalition are presenting a new program designed to help early-stage hardtech founders move their physical technologies toward commercialization. Venture Foundations: Advanced Manufacturing is a free, eight-week, in-person program for Calgary-area founders building hardware, robotics, advanced manufacturing technologies and other physical products. The program […]
Platform Calgary Names 2026 Launch Party Top 10
Platform Calgary has unveiled the 10 early-stage companies selected for this year’s Launch Party Top 10, its annual snapshot of some of the city’s most promising emerging startups. The 2026 finalists span agriculture, artificial intelligence, financial technology, legal technology, workforce development, health and energy: Several of the finalists have previously appeared on Calgary.tech. Agrivanna was […]
Platform Calgary Wants to Turn Software Ideas Into Recurring Revenue
Platform Calgary is accepting applications for the fall cohort of its Platform Pre-Accelerator, a free 12-week program designed to help local software founders move from a promising idea to a market-ready product and recurring revenue. Applications close Sunday, August 30, with the program running from September 14 to December 4. Open to founders building in […]
Platform Labs Meets Calgary Founders Where They Are
Building a startup rarely follows a straight line. A founder refining an initial idea needs different guidance than one developing a minimum viable product or preparing to raise capital. Platform Labs is designed around those differences. The recurring workshop series from Platform Calgary offers hands-on training for aspiring and experienced founders as they ideate, validate, […]
Calgary’s Life Sciences Community Takes Centre Stage
Calgary’s growing health technology and life sciences ecosystem will take centre stage this September when Life Sciences Week returns to Alberta. Running from September 21 through 25, the province-wide initiative connects industry leaders, policymakers, researchers, innovators and students. Calgary’s headline contribution arrives Wednesday, September 23, when the YYC Life Sciences Spotlight takes over Platform Calgary. […]
Google Canada and Platform Calgary Bring Free AI Training to Local Founders
Google Canada is partnering with Platform Calgary to provide Calgary founders, entrepreneurs, and business builders with free access to practical artificial intelligence training. Through the partnership, Platform Calgary will distribute Grow with Google scholarships for the new Google AI Professional Certificate, removing the regular cost of the online program. The scholarships are available beyond Platform […]