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For Ecosystem Builders
Funding announced for Calgary startups and Platform Calgary
Federal funding of more than $22.3 million through Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan) will provide some of Calgary’s fastest-growing tech firms with support to scale up and enter new markets, while $2 million will help complete the Platform Innovation Centre in downtown Calgary.
For Startups
Alberta Catalyzer starts 2022 with a new name and first cohort of entrepreneurs
Alberta Catalyzer, the new provincial pre-accelerator for tech-focused startups, is kicking off the new year with its official name and its inaugural cohort of 35 participating entrepreneurs from across the province.
For Ecosystem Builders
Platform Calgary reaches major milestones with the Platform Innovation Centre
Platform Calgary hosted a milestone celebration together with donors, partners and founders to celebrate reaching a foundational capital fundraising goal, and to announce a major corporate partnership.
For Startups
Reverb Advisor Feature: Vel Omazic
Vel Omazic is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Canada’s Music Incubator (CMI), a national not-for-profit organization specializing in professional development, ongoing mentorship and live events for artists, managers, and music companies.
Land Acknowledgement
We honour and acknowledge Moh’kinsstis and the traditional Treaty 7 territory and oral practices of the Blackfoot confederacy: Siksika, Kainai, Piikani, as well as the Îyâxe Nakoda and Tsuut’ina nations. We acknowledge that this territory is home to the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3 within the historical Northwest Métis homeland. We respect all Nations who live, work, play, innovate and build things on this land, and in so doing honour and celebrate the territory.