Here are the relevant links for this episode:

• Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii)
• Upper Bound ran from May 23 to 26, 2023
• What we saw and heard at Upper Bound
• Duckietown
• University of Alberta instructor Matt Taylor's talk on Duckietown
• Panel on cellular agriculture
• New Harvest
• New Harvest and Amii to explore AI's uses in lab-grown food
• Routeique
• Session on how Routeique uses machine learning
• Alberta AI pioneer plans new research institute in Edmonton
• Richard Sutton's keynote
• More Upper Bound session recordings

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• Steph Enders
• Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii)
• Amii's five-year collaboration with TELUS
• ISL Adapt uses ML to make water treatment cleaner and greener
• TELUS started in Edmonton
• Blindman Brewing: Sustainable AI-powered Craft Beer
• Media Release: Attabotics Partners with AltaML and Amii to Bolster Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Capabilities for Supply Chains
• Microsoft and Amii bring AI expertise to Albertans in underrepresented communities and workers impacted by COVID-19
• Roche Canada Launches National Artificial Intelligence Centre of Excellence
• Using AI in aviation training could help ease pilot shortage
• New Harvest and Amii to explore AI's uses in lab-grown food
• Starting a New Institute of Cellular Agriculture
• Ten Years in Cell Ag Leadership & Two Takeaways
• AI tools like ChatGPT and Lensa are spreading like wildfire online, fuelling ethics debates
• Alona Fyshe discusses ChatGPT and schools on CTV Your Morning
• New Governance Course From Amii And CIOSC Charts Path Toward Responsible AI In Business
• Canada's AI Vision: Q&A with the Executive Director of the Pan-Canadian AI Strategy
• AI Meetup on Feb. 21, 2023, on healthcare projects
• Flying Fish throws a line into Edmonton's waters
• Upper Bound is running May 23-26, 2023
• More Amii events

Many thanks to our title sponsor, Edmonton Unlimited, for support of this episode. You'll hear more about Capital City Pilots from Abbie Stein-MacLean in conversation with Taproot co-founder Mack Male.

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• Co-host Lazina Mckenzie of ThresholdImpact Venture Mentoring Service
• Guest Myrna Bittner of RUNWITHIT Synthetics
• Launch Party 7
• Synthetic Silicon Valley earthquake
• Synthetic Platform Missions
• Dual disaster scenario
• RUNWITHIT's year-in-review video
• AWS Sustainable Cities Accelerator
• RWI's Holodeck
• South by Southwest (SXSW)
• Greentown Labs accelerator
• SoCal Cleantech Express
• The Goodwill Project granted RUNWITHIT downtown office space
• Challenging the "Silicon Valley of the North" narrative

More innovation news

• [RE]Waste
• The cannabis industry has a plastic waste problem — but some are finding solutions
• Case study with Spiritleaf
• EDGI platform visualizing "Edmonton's Greatest Innovations"
• Application form for VMS
• ThresholdImpact VMS on Instagram

Many thanks to our title sponsor, Edmonton Unlimited, for support of this episode. You'll hear more about Capital City Pilots from Abbie Stein-MacLean in conversation with Taproot co-founder Mack Male.

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• Gail Powley
• Technology Alberta
• Canada Foundation for Innovation
• Edmonton Unlimited Innovation Growth Council
• ASTech Awards
• ASTech Awards recognize wide range of innovators
• 2022 Innovation Gallery and Company Showcase Exhibitors
• Gummy startup offers sweet alternatives to pills and tablets
• Nanoprecise closes $13.4 million CAD Series B round for its manufacturing monitoring software
• Deeleeo offers same-day delivery to help local businesses compete
• Jan. 17, 2023: Technology Alberta Company Showcase Series: Featuring RUNWITHIT Synthetics
• NExT Level Careers program
• FIRST Jobs Work-Integrated Learning Industry Voucher Pilot Program

Many thanks to our title sponsor, Edmonton Unlimited, for support of this episode. You'll hear more about Capital City Pilots from Abbie Stein-MacLean in conversation with Taproot co-founder Mack Male.

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• How To Do an Annual Reflection to Get The Most Out Of The Year Ahead by Ashley Janssen
• Mack's Goodreads page
• Some raises of 2022 (figures from briefed.in):
  • Wyvern: $13.7 million
  • Aurora Hydrogen: $13 million
  • DrugBank: $9 million
  • Copperstone Technologies: $7.9 million
  • Direct-C: $3.9 million
  • Truffle Systems: $2.3 million
  • HonestDoor: $2.2 million
  • PulseMedica: $2.2 million
  • PainWorth: $2.1 million
  • Areto Labs: $1 million
• Calgary's NEO Financial raised $185 million in 2022
• Founders and funders seek common understanding in maturing investment scene
• Tax credits for carbon capture expected to fuel development around Edmonton
• PrairiesCan invests $17M to support innovation in Edmonton
• The Edge Fund: Championing Tech and Innovation in Edmonton
• Proposed Edge Fund would benefit from sharper focus, says investment manager
• The Entrepreneurial State by Mariana Mazzucato
• Zero Point Cryogenics closes deal involving National Research Council
• Work Nicer opens second Edmonton location at Mercer Warehouse
• Report identifies Edmonton Research Park as asset to regional innovation
• Resurrected DemoCamp aims to help connect Edmonton's tech community
• Startup TNT creates shared space for investors downtown
• Drivewyze hopes to welcome startup community to new HQ
• Accelerators put the pedal to the metal

Looking ahead

• The Collapse of FTX: What Went Wrong With the Crypto Exchange?
• TrustBIX
• ChatGPT
• Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii)
• AltaML
• Mack's coverage of AccelerateAB in 2018
• Alberta E-sports Expo in February
• Startup TNT's Cleantech Summit, Life Sciences Summit, and AgTech Summit
• Hydrogen Summit in February and the Canadian Hydrogen Convention in April
• Upper Bound in May

Many thanks to our title sponsor, Edmonton Unlimited, for support of this episode. You'll hear more about Capital City Pilots from Abbie Stein-MacLean in this episode.

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• Shawn Kanungo
• The Bold Ones: Innovate and Disrupt to Become Truly Indispensable
• The Bold Ones trailer
• Shawn Kanungo on TikTok
• Shawn Kanungo on LinkedIn
• Strategist slows down to make a splash with The Bold Ones
• Do what Shawn says: Subscribe to Taproot Edmonton (He was fond of our election coverage)

Books we mentioned

• Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company by Bob Iger
• Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight
• Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman by Yvon Chouinard of Patagonia
• Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen by Donald Miller
• The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses by Eric Ries
• The collected works of Seth Godin
• Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon
• Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
• Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne

More mentions

• New Harvest and Amii to explore AI's uses in lab-grown food
• Swift Charge aims to make electric vehicle charging more widespread
• Speaking Municipally

Many thanks to our title sponsor, Edmonton Unlimited, as well as to Alberta Blue Cross for support of this episode.

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• Plug and Play Alberta grads get ready to execute
• Plug and Play Alberta
• Alberta Scaleup and Growth Accelerator Program (Scaleup GAP)
• Trust Science
• Trust Science's revenue growth
• Alberta Accelerator by 500
• TELUS Community Safety and Wellness Accelerator
  • Applications close on Dec. 23, 2022
  • Dec. 12 information session
• Alberta Catalyzer
• Catalyzer's latest Engage cohort
• Thrive Canada II Accelerator Program
• The Alberta Innovates Revenue Accelerator by GrowthX
  • Applications from rural founders close on Dec. 23, 2022
  • Dec. 9 information session
• Faaiza's company is Field Notes
• Edmonton Global on food and agriculture
• forward/slash summit

Investment

• Startup TNT sector summits in life sciences, agtech, and cleantech
• Copperstone Technologies and Swift Charge make cleantech investment list
• Copperstone Technologies
• Our episode on Copperstone Technologies
• Swift Charge
• The51

Many thanks to our title sponsor, Edmonton Unlimited, as well as to Alberta Blue Cross for support of this episode.

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• Abby Aiyeleye
• Clavis Studio
• Collaboration with Artterra
• Artterra online art gallery
• Parisa Golchoubian of Artterra on the collaboration
• Blueprint: Backing BIPOC Businesses, powered by DMZ
• Black Architects and Interior Designers Association
• DMZ's Women of the Year list for 2022
• Most Promising Startup Entrepreneur of the Year at the Start Alberta Tech Awards in 2021
• Newcomer Entrepreneur Award of Distinction from the Alberta Chambers of Commerce
• Innovation Growth Council of Edmonton Unlimited
• Associate member of The A100
• Rainforest Alberta
• Women's Advocacy Voice of Edmonton Committee
• Sandra Woitas
• Previous episodes with AlignVR and VR Pathways
• Serious Labs
• Tech Roundup for Nov. 29

Updates

• Mental wellness company DiveThru to open a studio
• DiveThru
• Startup TNT winner seeks to unlock millions by ramping up protein discovery
• 48Hour Discovery
• Adam Brown moves from Wyvern to 48Hour Discovery
• Startup TNT
• SketchDeck.ai
• Startup TNT founders to launch venture capital fund
• Proposed Edge Fund would benefit from sharper focus, says investment manager
• Speaking Municipally
• Sign up for Taproot's newsletters

Many thanks to our title sponsor, Edmonton Unlimited, as well as to Alberta Blue Cross for support of this episode.

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• Nicole Janssen
• AltaML
• She's on the board of Mitacs, which connects the private sector to post-secondary institutions to solve organizational challenges
• AltaML placed 18th on Canada's Top Growing Companies list from the Report on Business
• AltaML ranks 71st on Deloitte Technology Fast 500
• Ethics In Operation: The Business Case For Responsible AI
• Talent Accelerators
• Tech leaders seek easing of rules around 'software engineer' designation

More on ethical AI

• Katrina Ingram
• Ethically Aligned AI
• Micro-credential in AI ethics from Athabasca University's PowerED
• Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii)
• Upper Bound, formerly AI Week, returns May 23-26, 2023
• Katrina is giving the keynote at AI Pathways Showcase at NorQuest College on Nov. 30, 2022
• Supply Chain AI West Demo Day is online and at Amii on Dec. 7, 2022.

Many thanks to our title sponsor, Edmonton Unlimited, as well as to Alberta Blue Cross for support of this episode.

Bloom is produced by Taproot Edmonton, a source of curiosity-driven original stories, curated newsletters on various topics, and locally focused podcasts, all in the service of informing Edmontonians about what is going on in their community.

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• Autism CanTech!
• Jenna Gauthier
• ASTech Awards
• Youth Employment and Skills Strategy
• NorQuest College
• Higher Ed XR Innovation Grant
• Jenna was a panellist at the Unity for Humanity Summit on Nov. 2
• Expression of interest form for Autism CanTech! learners
• Host an Autism CanTech! work placement
• ATB Financial testimonial
• Iron Mountain testimonial
• Alberta Social Economy Ecosystem Development (AB Seed)

More on employing workers with autism

• Technology North
• Ling Huang won a special citation for societal impact at the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Awards as well as an Alberta Newcomer Recognition Award
• Ling Huang's interview on Radio Active
• Ling Huang's tribute to his son Brian
• Cohort 2 of the TELUS Community Safety and Wellness Accelerator
• Applications are open for Alberta Accelerator by 500 and the Community Safety and Wellness Accelerator

Many thanks to our title sponsor, Edmonton Unlimited, as well as to Alberta Blue Cross for support of this episode.

Bloom is produced by Taproot Edmonton, a source of curiosity-driven original stories, curated newsletters on various topics, and locally focused podcasts, all in the service of informing Edmontonians about what is going on in their community.

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• ASTech Awards recognize wide range of innovators
• ASTech Awards
• Technology Alberta
• ASTech Award winners
• Finalists for the 2022 ASTech Awards
• NanoPrecise
• RUNWITHIT Synthetics
• Future Fields, featured in Episode 25
• Entos Pharmaceuticals
• Autism CanTech!
• I-STEAM Pathways
• Onlea, featured in Episode 32
• Post by Mike Zouhri of PainWorth
• ThresholdImpact Venture Mentoring Service
• G2V Optics, featured in Episode 21
• Zero Point Cryogenics, featured in Episode 31
• AltaML
• Colin Tran of NXT-GEN
• Tim Carwell of CommAlert and The Goodwill Project
• Sarcomere Dynamics
• Patrick Pilarski
• Wilson Analytical Services
• NAIT Centre for Boreal Research
• 20/20 Seed Labs
• Stan Blade op-ed: Opinion: With investment, Alberta's agri-food industry can help feed the world

Startup TNT Investment Summit

• Startup TNT Investment Summit VI
• Top 5 companies
• Umay, featured in Episode 30
• Kidney-Chek, featured in Episode 36
• Electronic Grid Systems
• 48Hour Discovery, featured in Taproot
• SketchDeck.ai
• Founders and funders seek common understanding in maturing investment scene
• Alberta Innovates Revenue Accelerator

Many thanks to our title sponsor, Edmonton Unlimited, as well as to Alberta Blue Cross for support of this episode.

Bloom is produced by Taproot Edmonton, a source of curiosity-driven original stories, curated newsletters on various topics, and locally focused podcasts, all in the service of informing Edmontonians about what is going on in their community.

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• Kidney-Chek
• Hillary Sweet
• Matthew Nickel
• Merle Olson
• Alberta Veterinary Laboratories
• Robert E. Burrell
• Acticoat
• Graphic design for Kidney-Chek packaging is from Blangk
• Product Demonstration Program from Alberta Innovates
• GreenSTEM
• Launch Party 13
• Life Sciences Summit
• Creative Destruction Lab
• Kidney-Chek is available at four Global Pet Foods in the Edmonton area and five more in Ontario, as well as online

GreenSTEM and Bloom alumni:

• GreenSTEM fellows
• Copperstone Technologies, featured on Episode 18
• Wyvern, featured on Episode 3
• Wyvern's US$7M raise
• ScaleUp program at the Haskayne School of Business
• G2V Optics, featured on Episode 21
• Future Fields, featured on Episode 25
• BioAlberta Achievement Awards
• ASTech Awards finalists
• Swift Charge from Electronic Grid Systems
• Cohort 2 of the Alberta Innovates Revenue Accelerator
• Alberta Accelerator by 500's Batch 2
• Speaking Municipally
• Growing network of EV chargers helps alleviate range anxiety

Many thanks to our title sponsor, Edmonton Unlimited, as well as to Alberta Blue Cross for support of this episode.

Bloom is produced by Taproot Edmonton, a source of curiosity-driven original stories, curated newsletters on various topics, and locally focused podcasts, all in the service of informing Edmontonians about what is going on in their community.

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• Voran Group Ventures
• Chelsey Reschke
• Summit-bound CEO sees promising future for Edmonton region
• Bacoban
• Biosenta
• MOU between Biosenta and Voran Group
• G20 Young Entrepreneurs Alliance summit
• Futurpreneur delegation
• Kanin Energy, which was mentored by Reschke
• Alberta's Industrial Heartland
• Alberta Carbon Trunk Line
• Hydrogen Centre of Excellence
• Houston Energy Transition Initiative
• Episode 31 with Zero Point Cryogenics

Regional and aviation news:

• Edmonton Global floats idea to kick-start hydrogen economy
• Speaking Municipally episode
• Alberta Aerospace & Technology Centre
• Aviation software business takes off with regional pilots
• Liquid Software Corporation
• AIRMarket Inc.

Many thanks to our title sponsor, Edmonton Unlimited, as well as to Alberta Blue Cross for support of this episode.

Bloom is produced by Taproot Edmonton, a source of curiosity-driven original stories, curated newsletters on various topics, and locally focused podcasts, all in the service of informing Edmontonians about what is going on in their community.

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• VR Pathways
• Leanne Brownoff
• Danielle Bragge
• VR Pathways offers virtual way to manage real-world stress
• Mark Zuckerberg on the Quest Pro, building the metaverse, and more
• Apple's mixed-reality headset: Here's what you need to know
• Umay attracts a Dragon's attention
• AlignVR helps employers get real by going virtual

More accelerator news:

• VR Pathways is in Cohort 2 of the TELUS Community Safety and Wellness Accelerator
• Plug and Play Alberta announced its second batch
• Alberta Accelerator by 500 unveiled its second batch
• Alberta Catalyzer Velocity cohort
• The Alberta Innovates Revenue Accelerator powered by GrowthX announced its second cohort
• Launch Party 13

Many thanks to our title sponsor, Edmonton Unlimited, as well as to Alberta Blue Cross for support of this episode.

Bloom is produced by Taproot Edmonton, a source of curiosity-driven original stories, curated newsletters on various topics, and locally focused podcasts, all in the service of informing Edmontonians about what is going on in their community.

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• Edmonton Startup Week
• Accelerator grads and pitch veterans among Launch Party startups
• Taproot was one of the startups at Launch Party 7
• Companies at Launch Party 13
  • The Public Food Hub, which we featured in Episode 12
  • Oonnie Food Technologies, which Taproot wrote about in June
  • Ordr, which we featured in Episode 27
  • Cash2Crypto
  • DeepBlue Greens
  • Kidney-Chek by sn biomedical
  • Bladeflex
  • AIRMarket
  • Liquid Software Corporation
  • Varme Energy
• The startups that were part of the virtual Launch Party 11 and Launch Party 12 will be feted at Launch Party 13 on Oct. 20.

TechAid preview

• TechAid
• Amii
• Cam Linke
• Donate to the United Way of the Alberta Capital Region's Period Promise campaign and Boyle Street Community Services
• AI Week
• Amii impact report
• DevCon started at Startup Edmonton
• Edmonton named a Learning City by UNESCO

Many thanks to our title sponsor, Edmonton Unlimited, as well as to Alberta Blue Cross for support of this episode.

Bloom is produced by Taproot Edmonton, a source of curiosity-driven original stories, curated newsletters on various topics, and locally focused podcasts, all in the service of informing Edmontonians about what is going on in their community.

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• Onlea Enterprises
• Jennifer Griffin Schaeffer
• Dino 101, the University of Alberta's first MOOC (massive open online course)
• Jonathan Schaeffer
• Adriana Lopez Forero
• LX Labs
• Onlea's products
• Onlea: A look at 2022 through the lens of the past two years
• Coursera
• Athabasca University
• Examples of Onlea's work
  • For Centennial College: Interactive Media Management Program
  • For Callysto (with support from Cybera, PIMS, and the Government of Canada): Computational Thinking and Data Analysis Training for School Teachers
  • For the Coaches Association of Canada: Anti-racism in Coaching
  • For the Métis Nation of Alberta: Opioid Awareness Community Based Naloxone Training
  • For York University: Lassonde Edge
• Onlea is hiring creative technologists for remote work and in downtown Edmonton

More entrepreneurial success stories

• Faaiza's adventures in Sheffield
• How Sheffield has transformed from Steel City to tech powerhouse
• Onlea Enterprises and Jack59 honoured at AWE Awards
• Vanessa Marshall of Jack59 and Jackie DeCoteau-Gill of Kokums Helper Society made the finals for Pow Wow Pitch 2022
• Non-profit aims to create Indigenous end-of-life care centre
• Don't Call Me Sweet Pea from Field Notes won a Made in Alberta Award

Many thanks to our title sponsor, Edmonton Unlimited, as well as to Alberta Blue Cross for support of this episode.

Bloom is produced by Taproot Edmonton, a source of curiosity-driven original stories, curated newsletters on various topics, and locally focused podcasts, all in the service of informing Edmontonians about what is going on in their community.

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• Zero Point Cryogenics
• John P. Davis
• Christopher Cassin
• Zero Point Cryogenics closes deal involving National Research Council
• Zero Point's pitch at Investment Summit V
• More on quantum tech in Alberta
• More on Canada's quantum strategy
• Skepticism about quantum computing
• Optimism about quantum computing
• Elise Usunier, Zero Point's director of sales and marketing

More ecosystem news

• Startup TNT creates shared space for investors downtown
• Lineup for Top 20 Pitch Night
• Oct. 6: Top 20 Pitch Night
• Nov. 17: Investment Summit VI Finale
• Edmonton Unlimited, the new identity for Innovate Edmonton
• Edmonton Startup Week

Many thanks to our title sponsor, Edmonton Unlimited, as well as to Alberta Blue Cross for support of this episode.

Bloom is produced by Taproot Edmonton, a source of curiosity-driven original stories, curated newsletters on various topics, and locally focused podcasts, all in the service of informing Edmontonians about what is going on in their community.

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• Umay
• Sharmin Habib
• Ali Habib
• Their pitch on Dragons' Den
• Umay sets sights on future after Dragons' Den offer
• Umay gets ready to enter the Dragons' Den

Other entrepreneurs who have pitched on TV

• Unbelts
• Claire Theaker-Brown's pitch on Dragons' Den
• What it was really like to film Dragons' Den: all your behind-the-scenes questions answered
• Unbelts earns Best for the World designation from B Lab
• A tour of the new Unbelts space
• Indigenous Box
• Bears' Lair
• Mallory Yawnghwe discusses her experience on Bears' Lair
• Indigenous entrepreneurs on the rise in Alberta
• Sept. 30 is Canada's National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Many thanks to our title sponsor, Innovate Edmonton, as well as to Alberta Blue Cross for support of this episode.

Bloom is produced by Taproot Edmonton, a source of curiosity-driven original stories, curated newsletters on various topics, and locally focused podcasts, all in the service of informing Edmontonians about what is going on in their community.

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• Sheldon Zhang
• Yardly
• Exit leaves Yardly co-founder eager to start again
• My first blog: leaving Yardly, my next startup, and a new side project!
• Sheldon Zhang and Terry Song won the Alumni Innovation Award from the University of Alberta
• Collision Conference
• Threshold Impact Venture Mentoring Service
• Taking Back "Lifestyle Business" by Ashley Janssen

More innovation news:

• Cohort 2 of the TELUS Community Safety and Wellness Accelerator includes Islamic Family and Social Services Association, Technology North, and VR Pathways
• Islamic Family and Social Services Association looks to tech for social progress
• Growing Greener Innovations won the Alternative Energy System Innovation Challenge in Saskatchewan
• Copperstone Technologies was a runner-up for KPMG's Canadian Tech Innovator competition
• We spoke to Nicolas Olmedo in Episode 18
• LA Times piece quoting Sorin Mihailovici of Scam Detector
• Travel by Dart gets picked up
• Sign up for the Tech Roundup

Many thanks to our title sponsor, Innovate Edmonton, as well as to Alberta Blue Cross for support of this episode.

Bloom is produced by Taproot Edmonton, a source of curiosity-driven original stories, curated newsletters on various topics, and locally focused podcasts, all in the service of informing Edmontonians about what is going on in their community.

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• Sam Pillar's Fast Company piece: 4 lessons I learned the hard way as a first-time founder
  • Jobber
  • Communitech's Team True North list of innovation companies with the highest probability of reaching $1 billion in revenue
• Sheldon Zhang's post: My first blog: leaving Yardly, my next startup, and a new side project!
• How 4 Edmonton startups are trying to revitalize and reimagine space downtown
  • Zipstall
  • Story City
  • What's the Deal?
  • Workspace
• The Quad's interview with Riya Ganguly, associate vice-president of enterprise: A new direction for innovation at the U of A
• Threshold Impact Venture Mentoring Service

Looking ahead:

• Sept. 13: AWE Awards Celebration
• Oct. 18: Public Roadshow Edmonton
• Oct. 20: Launch Party 13
• Nov. 17: Startup TNT Investment Summit VI
• Sign up for the Tech Roundup

Many thanks to our title sponsor, Innovate Edmonton, as well as to Alberta Blue Cross for support of this episode.

Bloom is produced by Taproot Edmonton, a source of curiosity-driven original stories, curated newsletters on various topics, and locally focused podcasts, all in the service of informing Edmontonians about what is going on in their community.

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• Ordr
• Jade Chiles
• Evan Wain
• Canadian Elite Basketball League
• Ordr Integrates with SpotOn
• LoadErUp
• The Fort Distillery strikes a deal with Rogers Place
• Adam Grant's Originals

More food-tech news

• Truffle wins a Stevie Award
• Our episode on Truffle
• Contactless Ordering Systems: Everything You Need to Know
• Aisle 24 to spread to Edmonton
• Subscribe to the Tech Roundup and the Food Roundup

Many thanks to our title sponsor, Innovate Edmonton, as well as to Alberta Blue Cross for support of this episode.

Bloom is produced by Taproot Edmonton, a source of curiosity-driven original stories, curated newsletters on various topics, and locally focused podcasts, all in the service of informing Edmontonians about what is going on in their community.

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• TIQ Software
• Jason Suriano
• The Alberta Innovates Revenue Accelerator (TAIRA) from GrowthX
• Swagman
• AppSumo campaign for TIQ Software
• TIQ's origin story
• Suriano is a member of Innovate Edmonton's Innovation Growth Council

More accelerator news

• Revenue-focused accelerator wins praise
• Sept. 19 information session on TAIRA
• Applications for TAIRA
• Alberta Scaleup and Growth Accelerators Program
• TELUS Community Safety and Wellness Accelerator
• Plug and Play Alberta
• Alberta Accelerator by 500
• Alberta Catalyzer
• SVG Ventures|THRIVE
• Subscribe to the Tech Roundup so you don't miss future news

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• Future Fields
• EntoEngine
• Jalene Anderson-Baron
• Future Fields COO Wins Alberta Woman Entrepreneur of the Year
• New building at 11130 105 Ave.
• Future Fields won the award for best startup workplace at the 2022 YEG Startup Community Awards
• Future Fields CEO Matthew Anderson-Baron Cultivated meat as climate tech
• Episode 2 with Lejjy Gafour at New Harvest 2022
• Episode 21 with Ryan Tucker of G2V Optics
• Feb. 26, 2021: Local cellular agriculture company ships first commercial product, raises US$2.2M in seed funding
• Feb. 2, 2022: Future Fields co-founder Lejjy Gafour joins CULT Food Science
• Startup TNT
• Health Innovation Hub

More cellular agriculture news

• Raised in cattle country, Isha Datar now promotes cellular agriculture, meat grown in laboratories
• New Harvest
• Cellular Agriculture for the Public Good campaign
• CULT Food Science
• CULT Food Science Joins New Harvest in Launching "Open Cell Ag" Cellular Agriculture Network of Excellence

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• Drivewyze
• Parent company Intelligent Imaging Systems
• Brian Heath
• Drivewyze was at Launch Party 4 in 2013
• Drivewyze hopes to welcome startup community to new HQ
• The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish episode that Faaiza mentioned: Andrew Wilkinson: Entrepreneurial Insights
• Our previous conversations with Ryan Tucker of G2V Optics and Chris Kallal of Wild + Pine
• Shopify lays off 1,000 employees

More transportation innovation:

• Clean Air Strategic Alliance aims to find out what trucks are emitting
• Hydrogen Centre of Excellence Launches Tech Competition
• TransPod unveils "ultra-high-speed" FluxJet vehicle as it begins construction on proposed Alberta track
• Prairie Link high-speed rail proposal
• Subscribe to Taproot's Tech Roundup

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• Truffle raises $2.3M to help restaurants go digital
• Truffle
• Omer Choudhary
• Accelerate Fund III from Yaletown Partners
• Arden Tse

More food and agricultural innovation:

• Alberta Innovates Launches Agri-Food and Bioindustrial Innovation Program
• Growing the future of food from Invest Alberta
• Agri-food industry flourishing in Alberta
• Food processing is target of latest promise by Alberta NDP
• LandView Drones
• From Toy to Tool: The sky's the limit for farming drones
• Online farmers' market Cultivatr expands to Edmonton
• Subscribe to Taproot's Food Roundup

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• Alex Rossol
• AlignVR
• vrCAVE
• Co-founder and brother Nathaniel Rossol
• Other sibling founders: the Prochazkas at GoodMorning.com and the Barbers at Poppy Barley
• Airbus
• Oculus Rift
• Metaverse
• AlignVR open house on July 14, 2022, from 2pm to 5 pm
• vrCAVE was part of Launch Party 7 (as was Taproot!)

More fun with brains and technology

• Neuroscience hackathon offers chance to solve real-life problems
• natHACKS 2022 happens July 29 to Aug. 1 — apply by July 15

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• G2V Optics
• Ryan Tucker
• G2V Optics soars on aerospace opportunities
• Gartner Hype Cycle
• Our episode with Wild + Pine: How to grow a climate change solution
• From May 2021: G2V Optics raises $2.6M in growth capital

More innovation ecosystem news

• Work Nicer to take over Startup Edmonton space in Mercer Warehouse
• Edmonton Regional Innovation Network (ERIN) annual report
• Taproot's 2019 story about ERIN: Edmonton denied $4.2M in tech innovation funding
• Edmonton Regional Innovation Network receives $4.9M to support local entrepreneurship

Many thanks to our title sponsor, Innovate Edmonton, as well as to Alberta Blue Cross for support of this episode.

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• Wild + Pine
• Chris Kallal
• Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Wild + Pine's greenhouse in April 2022
• StoneWoods Forest Carbon Project
• Amazon Climate Pledge
• B Corp Certification
• Wild + Pine's B Corp certification and score
• Afforestation
• Canada's 2 Billion Trees Commitment
• Edmonton's two million tree goal
• Bioprism Advanced Vertical Greenhouse
• G2V Optics, which we wrote about — stay tuned for more on a future Bloom!

More climate news

• Covering Climate Now
• Follow #CCNow for more coverage
• Taproot's CCNow coverage, including our story on food waste
• Anew food upcycling
• Agri-Food and Bioindustrial Innovation Program

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• Tiffany Linke-Boyko
• Flying Fish Partners
• Flying Fish Partners appoints Tiffany Linke-Boyko as principal for Canada, secures $7.5 Million from AEC
• Inventures 2022 was one of the places Tiffany was out making connections — we talked about Inventures in Episode 17
• Linke-Boyko's brother, Cam Linke, is CEO of the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii)
• She ran Startup Edmonton and was president of We Know Training
• The51 recently launched an Edmonton chapter
• Linke-Boyko will be at Startup TNT's Investment Summit V on June 23
• Connect with her on LinkedIn
• Linke-Boyko invited Taproot to Launch Party 7, which was our coming-out party as a startup in 2016

More investment news

• Sprout.vc announced the first three investments from its Fund II
• Areto Labs raised $1 million in a round led by Accelerate Fund III
• Bonus content: An interesting LinkedIn post from Randy Thompson on the angel investor ecosystem

Many thanks to our title sponsor, Innovate Edmonton, as well as to Alberta Blue Cross for support of this episode.

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• Copperstone Technologies and its HELIX robots
• Co-founders Nicolas Olmedo, Stephen Dwyer, and Jamie Yuen
• Olmedo received a Mitacs Award for Entrepreneur of the Year
• Mitacs
• Engineering professor Mike Lipsett
• Copperstone CEO Craig Milne
• WomenHack - Edmonton Employer Event is on June 29
• Startup TNT's Investment Summit V finale is on June 23
  • The six Edmonton companies pitching for investment include Zero Point Cryogenics, Element 4, and Correct-AI.
• Quantum City announcement

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• Karen Unland (apologies for the hot mic — will ensure better levels in the future!)
  • What she does at Taproot
  • That's a Thing?!
  • Seen and Heard in Edmonton
• On-demand access to the sessions at Inventures 2022
• Nanostics won the game-changing health pitch competition
  • Founder John Lewis is also CEO of Entos Pharmaceuticals
• Shelvie Fernan of Fly and Fetch was one of the winners at HerStory, an adjacent event put on by The51 in Banff
  • She will speak on June 14 at Founder Panel: Building a Global Startup
• Startup TNT
  • Investment Summit V finale on June 23
  • Alberta Innovates announcement
  • PrairiesCan announcement
• C-Tribe Festival
  • Announcement of C-Tribe x Tech speakers
• Taproot's Tech Roundup and Health Innovation Roundup

Many thanks to our title sponsor, Innovate Edmonton. Learn more about Alberta Catalyzer, where applications are open for founders of innovation-driven startups.

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• Seven Summits Snacks
• Kristyn Carriere
• 2022 Startup Global Pitch Competition
• INDIGital program
• Indigenous Friends Association
• Immersive program combines coding, ceremony, and Indigenous knowledge
• Alberta announces $6 million in funding to help women entrepreneurs
• Alberta Women Entrepreneurs
• Community Futures Network of Alberta
• Click & Push Accessibility Inc.
• University of Alberta's Rehabilitation Robotics Lab
• Edmonton startup develops app to help with navigating construction barriers
• Accelerate Edmonton
• Alberta Catalyzer
• Alberta Blue Cross

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• Kirk Zembal
• Blindman Brewing
• David Chan
• Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute
• Blindman Brewing: Sustainable AI-powered Craft Beer
• Amii and Blindman Brewing collaborate to bring AI to beer
• AI Week
• Startup TNT Investment Summit V
• Top 20 Pitch Night
• Correct-AI
• Fairly Staffing
• Jess Black
• JustCook
• RocketFire Labs
• What's the Deal?
• Zero Point Cryogenics
• YEG Startup Community Awards
• EZ Ops
• PAYLOAD Technologies
• Drift Technological Solutions
• Accelerate Edmonton
• Alberta Catalyzer
• Alberta Blue Cross

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• Nicole Sanchez
• Gillian Thomson
• Ruth
• Skipper
• ThresholdImpact Venture Mentoring Service
• Accelerate Edmonton
• Alberta Catalyzer
• The51
• Platform for financial feminists expands to Edmonton
• AltaML
• Yogapedia
• Sprout Fund
• Sprout Fund II's first close
• Royal Bison

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• Ventrify rides high on client's crowdfunding success
• EZ Treat Kickstarter
• ScaleGood Fund
• TELUS Community Safety and Wellness Accelerator
• New CAD$10 million Edmonton-based ScaleGood Fund powered by TELUS announced with first investment in Areto Labs
• Areto Labs
• ParityYEG
• Uniting the Prairies
• Birdie Break
• Environmental Material Science
• Ruth
• Wyvern
• EZ Ops
• The Public Food Hub Co.
• Beamdog
• Aspyr Media
• Startup TNT Investment Summit
• Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii) Kickstart Program
• Alberta Innovates Revenue Accelerator
• Digital Alberta is looking for its first full-time executive director

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• The Public Food Hub
• Co-founders Ken Bautista, Kirsta Franke, and Tim Hengel
• Startup Edmonton
• Uproot Food Collective
• Foxtrot
• City aims for Edmontonians to 'live more locally' with 15-minute districts
• Propel
• 500 Global's Alberta Accelerator
• 'Focus on growth': Local startups boosted by 500 Global accelerator
• Field Notes

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Soil remediation

• Environmental Material Science
• Steve Siciliano
• Startup TNT
• Cleantech Investment Summit replay

More cleantech success

• Nanode Battery Techologies
• Picketa Systems
• LightLeaf Solar

Drugbank's successful raise

• DrugBank
• News release

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Wrapping up Y Combinator

• Wyvern
• Callie Lissinna
• Y Combinator
• Future Fields
• Taproot's story on Wyvern's experience

Raising $2.6M in seed funding

• PulseMedica
• Nir Katchinskiy
• Nikhil Bedi
• Winning Startup TNT's Investment Summit
• Taproot's story on the raise

High Dough opens new location

• High Dough
• Three Boars
• Second location announcement
• Taproot's story on the second location

New esports program

• Vimy Ridge Academy
• CBC's story on the program

Launching The Breakdown

• Samdesk
• Announcing the launch
• The first episode on the Marshall Fire

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An innovative food company

• Flat Out Feasts
• Ocean Odyssey Inland
• Element Calgary
• Taproot's story

Investing in cleantech

• Cleantech Investment Summit
• Startup TNT
• Environmental Material Science
• Nanode Battery Technologies
• Quantum Silicon
• LifeLeaf Solar
• Prairie Robotics
• Investment Summit V

Alberta Accelerator by 500

• Air Trail
• Cash 2 Crypto
• The Public Food Hub Co.
• Umay
• The program
• Demo day
• Taproot's story

Plug and Play's spring programs

• Plug and Play Alberta
• True Angle Medical
• 2S Water
• Press release
• Taproot's story

Celebrating the ecosystem

• 2022 YEG Startup Community Awards
• Watch the 2021 event

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Philanthropic innovation

• Edmonton Community Foundation
• Press release on Martin Garber-Conrad's retirement
• Social Enterprise Fund
• Edmonton and Area Land Trust
• Edmonton Community Development Company
• Emergency Community Support Fund
• COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund
• The Well Endowed Podcast

Community look-ahead

• Startup TNT
• Life Sciences Investment Summit
• MACH32
• Rainforest Summit
• Cleantech Investment Summit
• Alberta Technology Symposium
• Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute
• AI Week

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Monitoring Ukraine

• samdesk
• LinkedIn post from CEO James Neufeld
• Taproot's story
• ukrainesupport@samdesk.io

Life Sciences Investment Summit

• Startup TNT
• Life Sciences Investment Summit
• Top five finalists
• MACH32
• ll Skin Inc.
• Difinity Solutions
• NanoTess
• The Natural Nipple

A new community kitchen

• The Kitchen
• Taproot's story
• Stanley A. Milner Library

Innovative COVID-19 tests

• Bio-Stream Diagnostics
• Amii's story

Research at the U of A

• Assessing the effectiveness of carbon capture
• Funding for Mirko van der Baan's project
• Taleana Huff wins 2021 CMC Microsystem's Douglas R. Colton Medal for Research Excellence

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Female entrepreneurship

• Alberta Women Entrepreneurs
• Marcela Mandeville
• Taproot's story

Highlighting women in the supply chain

• Field Notes
• Chickadee Farm Herbs
• Elizabeth Boschma
• Beaver Creek Apiaries
• Monique Zauner
• The Fort Distillery

Growing strawberries at EIA

• groHERE
• Edmonton International Airport
• Ag-celerator
• Fresh Plaza story

Women in AI Canada

• Women in AI Canada
• LinkedIn post about the switch in Edmonton leadership
• Asma Syeda
• ​​Bernie Kollman

Christian Tokarski leaves Startup Edmonton

• Startup Edmonton
• Christian Tokarski
• Press release

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Building Startup TNT

• Startup TNT
• 2021 annual report
• Zack Storms
• Taproot's story
• Edmonton Regional Innovation Network
• Prairies Economic Development Canada

Machine learning analyst program at NorQuest College

• Press release 

The new Propel cohort

• Startup Edmonton
• Propel
• adewunmi skincare
• Complete Solutions
• Consulting International Inc.
• Deeleeo Inc.
• Fairly Staffing
• FLIT
• Re(source)
• SN Biomedical
• Team CarePal
• ValueLaw.ca
• YouTechSolution

Investing in regional recovery

• Edmonton Metro Region Economic Recovery (EMRER) Working Group
• Ashlyn Bernier
• SamDesk
• Lisa Baroldi
• BOMA Edmonton

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Innovating at the Edmonton airport

• Taproot's story
• Edmonton International Airport
• Tara Mulrooney
• Drone wildlife management
• Autonomous-vehicle airport security
• Natural gas cogeneration facility
• Airport City

Cleantech Investment Summit Top 20

• Cleantech Investment Summit
• Startup TNT
• Top 20 Pitch Night
• Diesel Tech Industries
• Element 4 Technologies
• GrainFrac
• Hydrodine Catalytics
• Nanode Battery Technologies
• Quantum Silicon Inc.
• Roshan Water Solutions
• Ruth

Attracting AI talent

• Taproot's story
• Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute
• AI Week
• Global talent bursaries

Plug and Play introduction

• Plug and Play Alberta
• Accelerator application

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Wyvern secures $4M to develop its hyperspectral imaging technology

• Wyvern
• Callie Lissinna
• Kurtis Broda
• Sustainable Development Technology Canada
• Taproot's story
• Press release

A non-profit tackles social services with tech

• Islamic Family and Social Services Association
• Product manager job
• Omar Yaqub
• Raj Rajakumar
• Spontivly
• Taproot's story

Paying MMA fighters with bitcoin

• Bitcoin Well
• Press release

A machine learning bootcamp for women

• Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute
• CIFAR
• OSMO
• AI4Good Lab

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Future Fields co-founder joins CULT Food Science

• Lejjy Gafour
• Future Fields
• CULT Food Science
• Taproot's story
• Press release

AltaML and Compass Law launch Jurisage AI

• Jurisage AI
• AltaML
• Compass Law
• Taproot's story
• Press release

Investing in AI

• Cam Linke
• Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute
• The Edmonton Journal's article

Innovation at EIA

• Edmonton International Airport
• Aira
• Press release

Predatory bird drones

• University of Alberta
• Aerium Analytics
• Folio article

Cleantech Investment Summit

• Startup TNT
• Cleantech Investment Summit

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Meet the co-hosts

• Emily Rendell-Watson - @erendellwatson
• Faaiza Ramji - @FaaizaRamji

Innovate Edmonton's new home

• Innovate Edmonton
• Innovate Edmonton to move into new home on Jasper Avenue this fall
• Innovate Edmonton Introduces Edmonton's Newest Innovation Destination

Sprout Fund II nears its target

• Sprout.vc
• Sprout Fund II nears $10M target to put into seed-stage tech companies

Local space data company closes oversubscribed seed round

• Wyvern Inc.
• Wyvern raises US$4.5M, enters Y Combinator
• Wyvern Brings Business Intelligence to New Markets Using Compact Satellites

Accelerators kick-off

• Alberta Catalyzer
• New Alberta pre-accelerator announces first cohort

Investment Summits

• Startup TNT Life Sciences Investment Summit
• Life Sciences Investment Summit aims to provide more than $1M to growing companies
• MACH32
• SN Biomedical
• Umay
• Exciton Technologies Inc.
• Cleantech Investment Summit

TELUS Community Safety and Wellness Accelerator 

• Community Safety and Wellness Accelerator names first cohort
• CSW First Round Cohort
• Areto Labs
• PALcares

YEG Startup Community Awards

• YEG Startup Community Awards
• Watch the 2021 event on YouTube

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