Female entrepreneurs in Alberta helped garner $116 million in capital for their companies through 2024. Calgary.tech has covered the vast majority of their origin stories in the past. Honouring March’s International Women’s Day, Start Alberta used its Deal Flow data platform to segment fundraising in 2024 to reveal that women founders and co-founders captured $116 million across […]
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Healthcare Innovators in Alberta Attract Investment to Advance Medical Tech
Alberta has been attracting investment recently. The province garnered more venture capital than British Columbia for the first time. Alberta’s success that quarter was largely powered by energy technology company ClearSky Global, who provided a major boost to the province’s numbers thanks to a raise of more than $200M in June. That kind of capital […]
CoolIT, Jobber, Neo, and WaitWell Honored at 2023 Start Alberta Tech Awards
The 6th annual Start Alberta Tech Awards took place in Edmonton on October 11th. The awards recognize 12 individuals and organizations for their success and contributions to Alberta’s innovation ecosystem, and for making a significant impact in the province’s tech sector. Calgary’s WaitWell was recognized as the A100 One to Watch. This award recognizes one […]
Syantra’s Breast Cancer Blood Test Approved For Europe
Calgary’s Syantra announced today that its blood test for the detection of breast cancer can now be marketed in Europe. Securing CE marking allows the company to market the blood test in the European Union and other countries that recognize the designation. Syantra is a precision healthcare startup that’s changing the way cancer detection and […]
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 […]
Syantra Raises $6.8 Million for Breast Cancer Blood Test
Calgary precision healthcare company Syantra has raised a $6.8 million Series A fundraising round led by a consortium group of doctors in Canada through Rejuvenation Health which sees the test as an excellent element of its offering to women through its concierge medicine practice. Included in Syantra’s Series A fundraising is being the first recipient with Plug and […]