What's Calgary tech's secret sauce?

Welcome to this week's Sunday Briefing. In this issue, check out our new Weekly Poll, plus 12 other stories you've probably missed. Have a great day. We'll see you again Wednesday.

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🤝 Funding, Deals + Partnerships

• $1.2M grant to help reduce barriers to tech-related roles. Non-profit technical learning organization InceptionU is expanding its offerings to include tech-adjacent career paths. Calgary Tech Journal

📰 Need To Know

• Summit Nanotech, BDC Capital, and Startup TNT are among 20 finalists for Alberta’s cleantech awards. Foresight Canada announced the nominees for the province’s first-ever cleantech innovation recognition program. Calgary Tech Journal

• Calgary Police Service partners with Chainalysis in creation of an investigative training centre. Continue

• Calgary planning to be law enforcement training hub on cryptocurrency crimes. The Canadian Press

• Steeper Energy collaborates with Invest Alberta to bring biomass conversion plant to Alberta. Continue

• Alberta Female Founders, Funders and Fortifiers (ABF4) is now part of the VCAA. The ABF4 was created to support females in tech through networking and curated content events. Continue

• Lightspark, has launched Lightspark Engage, a pilot platform designed to help homeowners in Calgary and Edmonton simplify the process of improving home energy efficiency. Continue

• The Alberta Technology Symposium is just 10 days away. Register now

• High-tech, year-round sustainable farming comes to Cochrane via the company Good Life Farms. CTV News

• Calgary police testing out high tech ‘ghost decaled’ vehicles. Global News

💡 POV: Ideas and Insights

• Shawn Freeman, a board member with The A100, shares eight steps to reach any goal

• James Lochrie, a partner with Thin Air Labs, joined the Dealmakers Podcast to discuss business models, acquisitions, and effectively managing your board. Listen now

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