Valhalla Private Capital partners with Plug and Play Alberta to boost exposure of startup companies to investors
Plug and Play opened its first Canadian location in 2020.
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Alberta Innovates invests $30 million into Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute to spur research
New funding will attract investment and create jobs, says innovation minister.
Venture funding surged in Québec and Alberta tech sectors over 2022, bucking national trend
Alberta and Québec investment increased by 89 percent and 21 percent, respectively.
Latest Alberta, BC budgets target talent shortage with otherwise minimal new tech investment
Industry stakeholders had hoped to see more for tech and SMBs.
Canadian privacy commissioners launch joint investigation into TikTok data use
TikTok agreed to a $2 million settlement for a Canadian class action lawsuit last year.
Garmin Canada to expand Alberta presence, hire for 200 STEM jobs
Garmin’s Canadian expansion comes as other Big Tech companies are cutting back.
Statements from Alberta innovation minister cast doubt on return of investor tax credit
Glubish: “the AITC was not working to create long-term sustainable tech companies.”
Prairie tech celebrates its own with Calgary Launch Party, Start Alberta Awards, Startup TNT Summit
Calgary Innovation Week culminates in Launch Party’s full in-person return.
Alberta’s tech winter arrived late but in earnest in Q3 2022
2022 has still already surpassed the previous three years in Alberta venture funding.
Nate Glubish new Alberta innovation minister as Premier Smith names cabinet
Meanwhile: spat between Alberta tech leaders and APEGA over “software engineers” continues.
Former Alberta innovation minister Doug Schweitzer joins Deloitte as senior advisor
Tanya Fir was sworn in as Alberta’s new innovation minister in recent weeks.
TransPod unveils “ultra-high-speed” FluxJet vehicle as it begins construction on proposed Alberta track
TransPod aims to offer transportation between Edmonton and Calgary that’s “faster than a jet and three times as fast as…
As Canadian venture funding lost steam in Q2 2022, Alberta tech continued to shine
With $268 million raised, Alberta set a new quarterly record for venture funding.
With political turnover on the horizon, is the party over for Alberta tech?
Alberta tech stakeholders believe new government leadership won’t slow them down.
Alberta Innovates launches $10 million agri-food, bioindustrial funding program
Applications are open to SMEs that show a clear value proposition for Alberta.