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Flipping the script on investors important for founders

November 10, 2025

Raising money as a start-up founder isn’t easy; there are countless challenges and it can take months, even years of work. So, when there’s an offer on the table, it can be hard not jump at it....

Pitch perfect: Hitting the right note with investors isn’t easy

October 8, 2025

Each company is unique; however, when it comes time to craft that crucial pitch deck, that foundation of information for investors, there are some basic elements to include.

Life Sciences Week 2025: Showcasing Alberta’s Innovation Ecosystem

September 19, 2025

Life Sciences Week is back for its third year, running September 22–26.

Life Sciences Trade Commissioner visits

September 16, 2025

Expanding in foreign markets for Alberta health-tech companies

Planning your first fundraise

September 15, 2025

Tips for where to begin and concepts you need to know

Celebrating Plug and Play and 500 Global’s enrichment of Alberta’s tech ecosystem

August 14, 2025

As Alberta Innovates ends its accelerator programming with Plug and Play and 500 Global, we look back on all that we achieved through the Scaleup Growth and Accelerator Program (Scaleup GAP) pilot,...

Three things you should know about building an IP strategy to attract investment

June 26, 2025

IP isn’t just legal protection—it’s a signal that your business is investment-ready 

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Future Innovators Take the Stage: High School Students Shine at Inventures 2025

June 17, 2025

Nine Alberta high school students recently had a chance to see the future and discover the possibilities that could be waiting for them with a path that follows curiosity, business and science,...

Using satellites to track toxic algal blooms from space

June 3, 2025

Researchers are collecting environmental data via satellite to detect harmful algal blooms.

Building advanced water filters for the oil sands and rural communities

June 3, 2025

Keeping water clean can be a tricky technological challenge.

The misunderstood mountain waters that Albertans depend on

June 3, 2025

Demystifying groundwater supplies in the Eastern Slopes headwaters

Applying cutting-edge tech to birds and bugs in prairie pothole wetlands

June 3, 2025

Researchers are studying declining aquatic invertebrate and migrating waterfowl populations in prairie potholes.

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