Funding
Who funds Edmonton tech
Rounds, grants and strategic investments that a public source reported for companies on the map, newest first, with who put the money in. It is partial: a round appears only when a source reported it, and an amount nobody stated stays “not disclosed”.
- Funding events
- 41
- each with a public source
- Companies funded
- 36
- Disclosed
- $140.3M
- grants, government funding and investments with a stated amount (18 of 41)
- Funders named
- 35
Most funded sectors: Hardware and Robotics (8), AI/ML (7), Energy and Cleantech (5), Health and Biotech (5), Agtech and Food (2).
Timeline
Rounds, newest first
Grants and government funding are listed with equity rounds, and labelled as what they are.
September 2026 · 6 rounds
From Government of Canada (Life Sciences Fund)
- Avalon Holographics$11.7M
Strategic investment · Sep 15
From Lockheed Martin Canada
Reported as $50 million (renewal)
From Government of Canada
From Emissions Reduction Alberta
From Emissions Reduction Alberta
From Emissions Reduction Alberta
August 2026 · 2 rounds
From Government of Alberta (Northern and Regional Economic Development Program)
From Alberta Cancer Foundation (Breakthrough Fund)
July 2026 · 4 rounds
From VerticalScope
Reported as $50 million over five years
From Government of Alberta
From Emissions Reduction Alberta (Drilling Technology Challenge)
From National Research Council Canada
June 2026 · 4 rounds
From DMZ, American Express Canada
- Micralyne (now Teledyne MEMS)$620K
Grant · Jun 30
From Government of Alberta
From BTF Summit (The Nod)
From Startup Canada (Global Pop Up Pitch)
May 2026 · 6 rounds
- Hi Financenot disclosed (side deal at the Startup TNT Edmonton summit finale)
Angel · May 28
From Startup TNT investors
From Startup TNT investors
From Innovation Catalyst Grant
From Innovation Catalyst Grant
- Rise Neuroprostheticsup to $250,000 over two years
Grant · May 26
From Innovation Catalyst Grant
From Emissions Reduction Alberta
April 2026 · 6 rounds
From Boreal Ventures, BDC Capital, BKR Capital
From Accelerate Fund IV
From Prairies Economic Development Canada (Regional Tariff Response Initiative)
From Next Generation Manufacturing Canada (NGen)
- Sarcomere Dynamicsundisclosed share of NGen's $79-million AI manufacturing projects
Grant · Apr 7
From Next Generation Manufacturing Canada (NGen)
March 2026 · 5 rounds
- Aurora HydrogenUS$3M (reported as $3-million)
Early VC · Mar 31
From Oldendorff Overseas Investments
Wyvernnearly half of a $6 million federal Defence Industrial Strategy allocation shared with the U of A and CandoGovernment funding · Mar 31
From Government of Canada (Defence Industrial Strategy, via PrairiesCan)
From Lobby Capital, Aspenwood Ventures, Coelius Capital
- Hi Financeamount not disclosed
Mar 17
From UCeed Investment Funds
From NordSpace Ventures
February 2026 · 3 rounds
From Prairies Economic Development Canada (Black Entrepreneurship Program)
From Prairies Economic Development Canada (Regional Defence Investment Initiative)
From Prairies Economic Development Canada (Regional Defence Investment Initiative)
August 2011 · 1 round
- Empire.Kred$1.2 million
Series A · Aug 17
From Crosslink Capital, iNovia Capital, Ray Muzyka, Greg Zeschuk, Ben Narasin, TriplePoint Capital, Jeff Lapin, Kevin Swan, Boris Wertz
August 2010 · 1 round
- Empire.Kredundisclosed
Seed · Aug 13
From Boris Wertz (W Media Ventures), angel group
No date given · 3 rounds
- Aurora HydrogenUS$10-million
Series A
- $9 million
Funders
Who is writing the cheques
Everyone named in a round, by how many rounds they appear in. Amounts are added up only when a single funder was named, since a round with several funders doesn't say who gave what.
Emissions Reduction Alberta
Quantiam Technologies, VulcanX Energy, Zylotex, Phase Advanced Sensor Systems, RoBIM Technologies
5 rounds · $12.9M
Prairies Economic Development Canada
Flexxaire, Black Business Ventures Association, Logican Technologies, Zero Point Cryogenics
4 rounds · $11.4M
Government of Alberta
ELIXR Simulations, Amii, Micralyne (now Teledyne MEMS)
3 rounds · $50.8M
Government of Canada
Applied Pharmaceutical Innovation, Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network, Wyvern
3 rounds · $50M
Innovation Catalyst Grant
Aqtiva, Pulmvita, Rise Neuroprosthetics
3 rounds
Next Generation Manufacturing Canada
2 rounds
Startup TNT investors
2 rounds
Boris Wertz
2 rounds
Accelerate Fund IV
1 round
Alberta Cancer Foundation
1 round
American Express Canada
1 round
angel group
1 round
Aspenwood Ventures
1 round
BDC Capital
1 round
Ben Narasin
1 round
BKR Capital
1 round
Boreal Ventures
1 round
BTF Summit
1 round
Coelius Capital
1 round
Crosslink Capital
1 round
DMZ
1 round
Greg Zeschuk
1 round
iNovia Capital
1 round
Jeff Lapin
1 round
Kevin Swan
1 round
Lobby Capital
1 round
Lockheed Martin Canada
1 round · $11.7M
National Research Council Canada
1 round · $75K
NordSpace Ventures
1 round
Oldendorff Overseas Investments
1 round
Ray Muzyka
1 round
Startup Canada
1 round · $15K
TriplePoint Capital
1 round
UCeed Investment Funds
1 round
VerticalScope
1 round
Investor portfolios
Who backs whom
The investors on the map and the companies a public source says they back: portfolio pages, fund announcements and pitch-night winners.
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