Plug and Play Alberta will host its Spring 2025 Expo on Thursday, May 22, at the Sam Centre in Calgary. The event will highlight developments in technology across sectors, including health, sustainability, artificial intelligence, and food and beverage. Attendees can explore exhibits and presentations from startups in the Plug and Play Alberta Spring Batch 2025. […]
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Plug and Play Alberta Announces Partnership with Shell Canada
Shell Canada has joined the Plug and Play Alberta Sustainability program to leverage emerging technologies while also seeking future partnerships and investments in startups. The collaboration will enable Shell Canada to source and partner with top technology startups. The Plug and Play Sustainability program focuses on bringing together game-changing ideas from different industries and countries […]
Quickly Raises $10 Million Round Led by Thin Air Labs for Early Payment Platform
Calgary fintech Quickly has raised a $10 million seed financing round led by Thin Air Labs, with participation from Plug And Play, ATB Financial along with new and existing shareholders. Quickly is an Early Payment Platform (EPP) provider for small and mid-sized businesses and the debt and equity financing will support recruiting efforts, US expansion, and growth for […]
Innovation Consortium Celebrates Success in Scaling Alberta Tech
There has never been a more exciting time to be in tech in Alberta than today. These are the words of Nate Glubish, the Minister of Technology and Innovation for Alberta. To back up his position, he cites a simple fact: “Alberta has more tech companies today than ever before.” According to Glubish, that means […]
Plug and Play Alberta Collabs with New Partner to help Advance Energy Technology and Innovation
The Plug and Play Sustainability innovation platform is a powerful connector between the world’s largest corporations and the most disruptive startups. Today, Plug and Play Alberta announced that it has added Canadian Natural to its roster of corporate partners. This unique platform combines game-changing ideas from various industries and countries onto one unified platform to […]
Suncor Joins Plug and Play Initiative to Advance Sustainability in Alberta
Plug and Play, a world-renowned innovation platform, is enhancing its footprint in Alberta’s sustainability landscape by partnering with Suncor, a Canadian energy company headquartered in Calgary. This collaboration marks Suncor as the first corporate entity to join Plug and Play’s Sustainability Program in Alberta. The alliance seeks to expedite the development and adoption of sustainable […]
Valhalla Brings Together Early-stage Investors At Vantage Summit in Calgary
This week Canada’s early-stage investors and founders will meet in Calgary at Valhalla Private Capital‘s Vantage, Early-Stage Investing 2023 Summit. Taking place on March 22nd, the day-long summit will take a dive deep into the asset class as an investment strategy and explore how the sector can create more global opportunities for startups and investors […]
Plug and Play Alberta Announces Startups for Spring Cohort of Accelerator
Plug and Play Alberta has announced 58 startups for the Spring cohort of its industry-specific Health, Sustainability, Food and Beverage, and Sector Agnostic startup accelerator programs. Of the 58 startups selected, 45% of companies are from Alberta, 69% are from Canada, and 31% are joining the program internationally from countries such as the US, New Zealand, Switzerland, and Australia. This will […]
Valhalla Private Capital Partners with Plug and Play Alberta
Calgary-headquartered Valhalla Private Capital has launched a collaborative partnership with Plug and Play Alberta, to amplify both organizations’ outreach across the North American startup ecosystem. The agreement will see Valhalla Private Capital and Plug and Play Alberta co-host events and cross-promote each other via digital platforms to enhance the exposure of startup companies to investors. […]
Out-of-this-world Tech Could Help Oil Sands Take Giant Leap Forward In Reducing CO2 Emissions
A Calgary company’s leading-edge technology – originally used by NASA to search for life on Mars – is coming down to earth to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the oil sands. Impossible Sensing Energy edged out competitors from around the world in a Pathways Alliance global challenge to find a key piece of measurement equipment that will […]