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City Spotlight — Calgary
Calgary: cleantech, fintech and founder led platforms
Calgary is scaling cleantech and fintech, with founder built platforms moving from pilots to production and real outcomes.
Discover the ideas and voices shaping what comes next.
What’s ahead for Calgary and why it matters now:
A founder driven city translating energy expertise and financial innovation into category defining platforms — supported by Platform Calgary, Creative Destruction Lab, Plug and Play Alberta and Innovate Calgary.
Why Calgary, why now?
Cleantech innovation is definitely a key focus in our part of the country. With several Calgary-based companies receiving worldwide recognition for their cleantech innovations, the city continues to attract talent inspired by these local successes. Fintech is another area where Calgary is driving innovation and shining on the international stage. The focus on modernizing payment processes and driving efficiency is helping Calgary make its mark on innovation in the financial services sector.
What’s next and why is Calgary promising?
Our entrepreneurial spirit is well supported by organizations like Platform Calgary, Creative Destruction Labs, Plug and Play Alberta, and Innovate Calgary at the University of Calgary. These groups are pouring programming and mentorship into the founder community here. This is opening up new pathways to collaboration. Private and public sector groups can forge alliances with academia and organizations like these to generate Canadian-made solutions in Calgary.
How can national priorities cultivate local growth?
Calgary is well positioned to support the next era of Canadian nation-building. It's home to leading thinkers and builders in terms of energy, power, utilities. These innovators can help secure Canadian sovereignty by cultivating natural resources in ways that forge a better, cleaner future. We have to cultivate our strengths.
The alliance between Alberta Innovates and Platform Calgary is another very positive signal that this city and Alberta are serious about being a destination of choice for tech entrepreneurs.
Karleen Batty
EY Canada Office Managing Partner — Calgary
For the full Calgary City Spotlight, explore the full publication here
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