Bringing products to life, investing in social issues, and Uniting the Prairies

We talk about a product design company that's taking off after a tough few years, and a new venture capital fund made its first investment in Areto Labs. Plus, a flurry of upcoming opportunities — from a program for women and gender-diverse people seeking careers in AI to launching the Alberta Innovates Revenue Accelerator.

Show Notes

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

• 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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Bloom is a podcast about innovation in Edmonton. Learn about the opportunities available in the Edmonton region and hear from local innovators tackling some of the world's biggest challenges. Hosted by Karen Unland.