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Startup TNT names its top 20 for three sector summits
Varme Energy is the only Edmonton company with a chance to make it through to the finals of the upcoming Cleantech Investment Summit.
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Plug and Play Alberta grads get ready to execute
The 50 companies that were part of Plug and Play Alberta's second batch have made their pitches and had their conversations with potential customers. Now it's time for the real work to begin, says director Kevin Dahl.
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Health test for pets makes its way from lab to garage to stores
Kidney-Chek, a non-invasive test for chronic kidney disease in dogs and cats, is available in stores as of this week, marking an important milestone for a company that started in a biomedical engineering lab at the University of Alberta.
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Accelerators help startups through the 'relay race'
A little more than a year after the introduction of a suite of accelerators through the Alberta Scaleup and Growth Accelerator Program (Scaleup GAP), several Edmonton startups have found themselves moving from one to the next as they work on strengthening their businesses.
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Accelerator grads and pitch veterans among Launch Party startups
The 10 companies to be showcased at Launch Party 13 on Oct. 20 include a number of graduates of accelerators attracted to Edmonton in the past year.
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Umay sets sights on future after Dragons' Den offer
Umay's first date with a Dragon went well. Now Sharmin and Ali Habib are working on determining whether this is going to be a long-term relationship.
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Exit leaves Yardly co-founder eager to start again
As Sheldon Zhang reflects on selling Yardly after seven years of grinding, bittersweet is the word that comes to mind. After pivoting and restructuring a few times, they stopped trying to build a world-changing startup and focused on making a successful business. That allowed them to sell the company, which they left in July.
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Startup pitch marathon expands across the Prairies
Since 2020, Alberta's premier pitch marathon has brought startups and entrepreneurs together to market their ideas and meet peers and investors. Now rebranded as the Great Prairies Pitch Marathon, organizers aim to showcase 200 startups from Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba.
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G2V Optics soars on aerospace opportunities
G2V Optics has sent solar simulators to NASA to help test a spacecraft that aims to solve Earth's growing space-junk problem. The company's "Engineered Sunlight" technology helps aerospace organizations know what to expect from the sun once they get their devices into orbit.
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