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Partner Feature: The Case for In-Office Collaboration: Why Even Global Giants See the Value by TEEMA
While remote work has its undeniable perks, there’s a strong case for having your team work together in person at least a few days a week. This approach—championed by major global companies—offers compelling benefits for innovation, culture, and long-term success.
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Partner Feature: The Case for In-Office Collaboration: Why Even Global Giants See the Value by TEEMA

While remote work has its undeniable perks, there’s a strong case for having your team work together in person at least a few days a week. This approach—championed by major global companies—offers compelling benefits for innovation, culture, and long-term success.

Calgary Is All-In on Tech for #InnovationWeekYYC

The 2024 edition of Innovation Week YYC, running from Wednesday, November 13 to Thursday, November 21, is a week-long celebration of the people, startups, scaleups, and technologies that are defining Calgary’s future.

Calgary Emerges as a North American Tech Talent Leader

What do Calgary, Toronto, and the San Francisco Bay area all have in common? According to the CBRE 2024 Scoring Tech Talent Report, all three markets are creating a large number of new jobs in tech.

Techstars Startup Weekend brings ideas to life

From June 21st-23rd, 58 aspiring entrepreneurs, designers, developers, and entrepreneurially-curious folks gathered at the Platform Innovation Centre for Techstars Startup Weekend.

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Partner Feature: The Case for In-Office Collaboration: Why Even Global Giants See the Value by TEEMA

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Calgary Is All-In on Tech for #InnovationWeekYYC

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Calgary Emerges as a North American Tech Talent Leader

What do Calgary, Toronto, and the San Francisco Bay area all have in common? According to the CBRE 2024 Scoring Tech Talent Report, all three markets are creating a large number of new jobs in tech.

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Techstars Startup Weekend brings ideas to life

From June 21st-23rd, 58 aspiring entrepreneurs, designers, developers, and entrepreneurially-curious folks gathered at the Platform Innovation Centre for Techstars Startup Weekend.

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Report to Community: In conversation with Rumeza Fatima

Rumeza is a 2023 recipient of Platform Calgary's 10x Future Founders Scholarship.

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Report to Community: In conversation with Lourdes Juan

Lourdes Juan is the Founder and CEO of Knead Technologies.

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Calgary Snags Second Spot in National Ranking of Venture Capital Flow

Venture capital is flowing through Alberta and Calgary is the heart of investment. The Blue Sky City shined on the national stage this month as the region snagged second spot for most venture capital investment through the first half of 2024.

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ResVR Secures $1.7 Million in Funding to Revolutionize Homebuilding Sales Visualization

Calgary’s ResVR announced today that they have completed a series of financings totalling $1.7 million, including $1.43 million in pre-seed and seed funding and $270,000 in non-dilutive capital.

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Calgary, Rogers partner for 5G initiative

A new initiative by Calgary Economic Development, Platform Calgary, and Rogers, announced Tuesday, aims to allow researchers, developers, and companies to explore and leverage the benefits of 5G technology.

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Woveo Wins $15K Grant at Black Innovation Summit

Calgary’s Woveo, a digital credit union-like fintech platform that offers low-cost credit and helps users build credit, was named the second-place winner, taking home $15,000.

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The Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2024

Calgary is highlighted in the 2024 Global Startup Ecosystem Report - with tech startups generating $8.1 billion in value to the Calgary economy.

Startup Genome

Canadian Tech Occupiers Guide

Learn more about the distribution of tech companies in downtown cores across Canada, including Calgary!

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Start Alberta Dealflow Platform

Start Alberta is the digital platform and gathering space for companies, founders, investors, students and anyone interested in Alberta's digital economy.

Start Alberta

The Scale Up Report

Global longitudinal research study that examines factors that differentiate startups that scaled to $50 million and higher valuations from startups that didn’t.

Startup Genome

2019 Global Entrepreneur Monitor (GEM) Alberta Report

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2021 Deal Flow Study

Alberta Enterprise Corporation’s 2021 Deal Flow Study uncovered some interesting facts about the makeup, evolution and distribution of technology in the province.

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