As part of the Canada Cleantech Week on the Hill (https://www.canadaclean.tech/canadacleantechalliance), Maike Althaus (https://www.linkedin.com/in/maikealthaus/?originalSubdomain=ca) talks with Stewart Elgie (https://www.linkedin.com/in/stewart-elgie-b538bb137/), one of Canada’s most insightful policy shapers, about how Canada can level up our attractiveness to global investors to support the deployment and growth of our cleantech sector.

Alberta Cleantech Investment Summit Keynote – What is a hyperloop with Transpod Co-Founder & CEO Sebastien Gendron

Recorded on March 11, 2021

https://www.abcleantechsummit.ca/

As part of the Alberta Cleantech Investment Summit event line-up, grab a cup of coffee and join our event partners and participating angels and ventures, for insight into how seasoned VCs assess cleantech ventures for investment. Join our expert panelists as they share lessons they have learned from their experience in putting capital to work building great companies in this sector.

How do you select viable cleantech ventures?

What is distinct about investing in cleantech companies?

What makes someone a 'good' angel investor

February 18th, 8:30am - 9:30 MST

Hosted by Jeanette Jackson, CEO of Foresight

Featuring:

Darren Bolding, Natural Products Canada

Marty Reed, Evok Innovations

As part of the Alberta Cleantech Investment Summit event line-up, grab a cup of coffee and join our event partners and participating angels and ventures, for insight into how seasoned VCs assess cleantech ventures for investment. Join our expert panelists as they share lessons they have learned from their experience in putting capital to work building great companies in this sector.

How do you select viable cleantech ventures?

What is distinct about investing in cleantech companies?

What makes someone a 'good' angel investor

Recorded on February 11th, 8:30am - 9:30am MST

Hosted by Jeanette Jackson, CEO of Foresight

Featuring:

Juan Benitez, BDC Industrial Innovation Fund

Ha Nguyen, McRock Capital

This episode is a recording of the "New Pathways" panel which took place at the MaRS Impact Week on Dec 3, 2020.

As fossil-fuel-rich jurisdictions such as Alberta and Saskatchewan contemplate their future in a carbon-constrained world, what’s a realistic path to clean prosperity?

Jason Switzer is joined by Joy Romero (CRIN), Marty Reed (Evok Innovations), Kirsten Marcia (DEEP Corp), and Chris Reid (Ekona Power) to talk about hydrogen, carbon capture and utilization, geothermal power, underlying infrastructure and training needs, and more.

In this episode Jason speaks with Geoffrey Cann (https://geoffreycann.com/), a speaker, trainer and author focused on accelerating digital innovation in oil and gas, about the importance and benefits of investing in digital technology in the oil and gas sector in order to achieve decarbonization, and how entrepreneurs can harness social media to build their business.

Recording from ACTia's Virtual Clean Tech Drinks on November 25th, 2020

Are you getting callbacks from Angels and VCs? Don’t let your legal structure cripple your prospects of building great business.

Join Dan Zuniga of Cassels, a leading Canadian law firm helping startups protect and grow their businesses, for an informative webinar on how to properly organize, form and structure your company for professional investment.

Disclaimer: This podcast and the information in it is subject to changes in the law and its interpretation. It does not constitute, and is not a substitute for, legal or other professional advice. For advice on the matters discussed in this podcast, please consult legal counsel.

Recording of ACTia's event at Edmonton Startup Week 2020 on October 21st, 2020.

Are you thinking about or building a tech startup to change the trajectory of climate change, to feed 9B people, to deliver clean water or to protect biodiversity?

Listen in to this informative discussion of how to navigate Canada’s complex funding and technology validation landscape, what’s hot in global cleantech, and what recent provincial and Federal announcements might mean for your disruptive play, featuring speakers from Emissions Reduction Alberta, Alberta Innovates, and entrepreneurs like yourself.

Moderator: Jason Switzer, Executive Director ACTia

Panelists:

- Chris Thrall, President and CEO Biorefinex, https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-thrall-06029

- Cailee Ellis, Executive Director, Strategy and Engagement, Emissions Reduction Alberta, https://www.linkedin.com/in/caileeellis/

- David Van Den Assem, Senior Manager, Clean Technology and Climate Change Innovation, Alberta Innovates, https://www.linkedin.com/in/dave-van-den-assem-b6312a9/

- Paolo Bomben, Senior Manager, Clean Technology Development - Clean Resources, Alberta Innovates, https://www.linkedin.com/in/paolo-g-bomben-05771542 (edited)

Join Jason as he interviews Audrey Mascarenhas, President and CEO of Questor Technology. Questor creates innovative technologies that helps companies meet their emissions reduction targets. Listen in to hear Audrey's journey!

Join Jason as he interviews the husband and wife duo from Acceleware, Mike Tourigny, VP Commercialization, RF Heating and Kate Tourigny, Director of Business Development. Acceleware is an innovator of transformative clean-tech enhanced oil recovery technology. Listen in to hear both their journeys into the clean tech sector.