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Aug. 31: TalkMaze CEO to represent Edmonton innovation community internationally

The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. This week: TalkMaze founder Ghalia Aamer is gearing up for a busy couple of months championing her own ...

Aug. 24: Startups pitch to celebrate and connect the community

The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. This week: Another edition of the Great Alberta Pitch Marathon is in the books; the Alberta Machine Int...

Aug. 17: Samdesk is helping to make London's transport network safer

The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. This week: Samdesk has been awarded a contract by Transport for London (TfL) to provide notifications a...

Aug. 10: Federal government launches new regional economic development agency for Prairies

The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. This week: Prairies Economic Development Canada, or PrairiesCan, will serve Alberta, Manitoba, and Sask...

July 27: QuoteToMe raises $2.5M to scale to the next level

The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. This week: QuoteToMe has raised $2.5 million in a fully-subscribed series seed round; Innovate Edmonton...

July 20: AltaML announces new collaboration to help students gain experience with AI projects

The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. This week: AltaML has announced a new collaboration with Microsoft Canada and the University of Waterlo...

July 13: Canadian Filaments Inc. secures prize from Futurpreneur ahead of launch

The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. This week: The founder of Canadian Filaments Inc. has been recognized with a youth entrepreneur award f...

July 6: RWI Synthetics named a finalist for sustainable mobility challenge

The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. This week: RWI Synthetics has been named a top 10 finalist for the international Why stop at zero? sust...

June 29: New virtual reality attraction to launch at West Edmonton Mall this summer

The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. This week: West Edmonton Mall is getting ready to launch what's being billed as the largest virtual rea...

June 22: Start Alberta's tech database aims to showcase provincial startup ecosystem

The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. This week: the Start Alberta Deal Flow Platform has launched, making Alberta the "first location in Nor...

June 15: Amii provides advanced AI expertise to MDA, Canadian Space Agency

The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. This week: The Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute has been working alongside MDA, a Canadian space ...

June 8: Startup TNT names finalists for Investment Summit III

The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. This week: Startup TNT has announced the ten finalists for its Investment Summit III on June 17; Startu...

June 1: Innovate Edmonton and Urban Living Futures team up to map the city's innovation ecosystem

The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. This week: Innovate Edmonton and Urban Living Futures are joining forces to work on a database platform...

May 25: Propel Showcase to highlight 11 up-and-coming startups

The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. This week: Startup Edmonton's latest Propel cohort is wrapping up the 12-week pre-accelerator program a...

May 18: Local startup awards to highlight success of tech industry

The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. This week: the inaugural YEG Startup Community Awards take place on Thursday, May 20; Alberta Innovates...

May 11: 2S Water wins cleantech pitch competition

The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. This week: 2S Water won the Momentum Technology Pitch Competition on May 7; Energy Safety Canada has ap...

May 4: G2V Optics raises $2.6M in growth capital

The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. This week: G2V Optics raises $2.6M in growth capital; Innovate Edmonton awarded $5M to help attract bus...

April 27: Building Innovate Edmonton: The first four months

The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. This week: Innovate Edmonton CEO Catherine Warren reviews the work that's been done and what's to come;...

April 20: Spontivly and Rainforest Edmonton partner to build more community-led companies

The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. This week: Spontivly is aiming to help build more community-led companies through a newly announced par...

April 13: TEC Edmonton to shut down at end of June

The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. This week: TEC Edmonton is winding down over the next couple of months; Startup TNT and Story City are ...

April 6: Alberta Innovates requests proposals to develop business and tech accelerators

The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. This week: Alberta Innovates has put out a call for proposals with the aim to develop new business and ...

March 30: U of A and Telus partner to build 5G 'Living Lab'

The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. This week: The University of Alberta and Telus are teaming up over the next five years to create a 5G “...

March 23: Alberta Enterprise invests US$15M into Inovia Capital to help tech startups scale

The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. This week: Alberta Enterprise has announced a US$15 million investment into Inovia Capital Growth Fund ...

March 16: EZ Ops secures funds at first Alberta Cleantech Investment Summit

The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. This week: Four cleantech companies secured a total of $395,000 at the inaugural Alberta Cleantech Inve...

March 9: Cleantech ventures to pitch for $140K at upcoming investment summit

The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. This week: five companies will pitch to investors on March 11 for a shot at $140,000 at the Alberta Cle...

March 2: Connie Stacey of Growing Greener Innovations wins Pitch for the Purse

The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. This week: Growing Greener Innovations founder Connie Stacey has won The Forum’s Pitch for the Purse pr...

February 23: Future Fields selected as finalist for SXSW Pitch event

The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. This week: Future Fields has been named one of 40 finalists for the annual South by Southwest (SXSW) pi...

February 16: Startup Edmonton ushers in third Propel cohort

The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. This week: Startup Edmonton has announced the third cohort of its Propel program; RenovationFind.com is...

February 9: Showbie raises additional $7.5M, sees Edmonton as hub for future growth

The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. This week: Showbie Inc. has successfully raised an additional $7.5 million in Series A financing, which...

February 2: Brass Dome Ventures and the U of A launch new industry-led accelerator program

The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. This week: Brass Dome Ventures Ltd. and the University of Alberta have teamed up to launch Innovation M...

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