Rainforest Connector: New Alberta Accelerators – How to get ready!

500 Global, Plug and Play and Alchemist Accelerator are all rooted in Silicon Valley with multinational operations, corporate and government customers, investments and alumni around the world.

Each accelerator brings a unique program and networks to Alberta to support entrepreneurs, startups, and scaleups at different stages, so they will complement each other in serving the Alberta innovation ecosystem. Together, these accelerators are intended to address Alberta’s need to fill a scaleup gap that exists for local startups and capitalize on Alberta’s strengths. The programs are also intended to attract global firms, technologies and investments to the province.

Featured Speaker

Lan Tan, Director, Accelerators at Alberta Innovates- albertainnovates.ca

Hosts:

• Dr. Irina Garces, Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Alberta. Co-founder of Octo-M Technologies
• Gail Powley, President at Technology Alberta