OUR IMPACT

SUPPORTING INNOVATORS

Our innovator supports — offered through Startup, Accelerate, and Capital City Pilots — deliver targeted business content covering various aspects of the entrepreneurial journey, from innovating and commercializing ideas to achieving revenue growth, securing capital, and expanding internationally.

*Cumulative over the last three years.
**May – Dec 2023.

ZERO POINT CRYOGENICS

Zero Point Cryogenics (ZPC) manufactures cryogenic devices, including advanced dilution refrigerators, which are the primary low-temperature platform for quantum computers.

C²

Led by CEO & Founder, Amal Merali, their app generates carbon footprint labels for fashion and apparel items and educates consumers about the impact of product-level carbon footprint on land, air and sea while advocating for sustainable consumption practices.

SPECTRACANN

SpectraCann is changing the on-site, rapid drug detection market with cutting-edge breathalyzers. Powered by optical physics quantum technology, their drug testing solution can detect multiple substances from a single breath sample, providing results in 30 seconds.

UPROW

Powered by cutting-edge artificial intelligence, UpRow offers a wide range of services and personalized recommendations to make transitioning into Canadian society as smooth as possible.

TEAM CAREPAL

Team CarePal offers two key solutions: a Caregiver Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system to equip organizations with tools to enable better care coordination, and an Employer Wellness Program to support caregiving employees. Made feasible by the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii), Team CarePal plans to predict and prevent caregiver burnout by leveraging data and machine learning.

WARD MAP

Reflecting the diverse landscape of innovation in Edmonton, we maintain a broad reach across the city. Our involvement is notably concentrated in the central and University regions, particularly in wards O-day’min and papastew, underscoring our active engagement in the downtown core and at the University of Alberta.

33%

VELOCITY 2023 GRADUATES ACCEPTED TO AN ACCELERATOR

215

COMPANIES IN PROGRAMMING

Includes all companies that enrolled in Engage, Traction, or Velocity North 2023.

300+

COMBINED ATTENDANCE OVER TWO VELOCITY NORTH SHOWCASES

ALBERTA CATALYZER

Developed and delivered in partnership with Platform Calgary, Alberta Catalyzer is a pre-accelerator that offers support, resources and coaching to entrepreneurs who want to grow their tech-enabled companies. Offered through three levels of programming – Engage, Traction and Velocity.

FOUNDER DEMOGRAPHICS

We remain dedicated to nurturing inclusivity within Edmonton’s dynamic ecosystem. Edmonton Unlimited’s support for startups has yielded a noteworthy trend: a higher representation of female founders compared to the national averages for Canadian tech startups and SMEs. In 2023, we also forged partnerships with initiatives like ANZA (in collaboration with the African Canadian Civic Engagement Council) and welcomed a Specialist in Indigenous Entrepreneurship to our team, made possible by ERIN and PrairiesCAN.

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12

COMPANIES EVALUATED

Companies may have summitted entries to multiple challenges.

90

INNOVATORS DIRECTLY ENGAGED

3

CHALLENGES LAUNCHED IN 2023

CAPITAL CITY PILOTS

Launched in July 2023 through a collaboration with the City of Edmonton, Capital City Pilots invites forward-thinking entrepreneurs to tackle a series of Innovation Challenges and address specific pain points identified by the city. Once a challenge is identified by the city, Capital City Pilots releases it as a call for innovation, inviting submissions for potential solutions. This unique approach empowers local innovators to deploy their solutions and collaborate directly with the city as a client, providing them with invaluable hands-on experience and the opportunity to develop compelling case studies.

WHAT OUR FOUNDERS SAY

5,408

EVENT ATTENDEES IN OUR SPACE IN 2023

From May 2023 – Dec 2023

119

EVENTS ACTIVATED IN OUR SPACE IN 2023

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