How to access startup capital and other resources
We’ve shared a list of potential resources for accessing capital and other resources as an Alberta business. It is by no means intended to be a comprehensive listing, but will serve as a place to start.
The Canadian Venture Capital Association has templates of key documents you may need during your fundraising process:
Where to raise capital
Venture capital (VC)
VCs Alberta Enterprise has invested in
Active VC investors in Alberta
Active venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) investors in Canada
Active VCs in the US
Funding Directories and where to find other investors:
StartAlberta.com
Connectica
FUNDICA
Provincial funding programs
National Funding Programs
Private Funding/Investors
AngelList
Crunchbase
Who to Connect With
Mentors:
A100: Alberta’s community of seasoned technology founders and executives.
C100: An organization of Canadian entrepreneurs living in Silicon Valley
University of Alberta Venture Mentoring Service (VMA)
General advice:
Alberta Women Entrepreneurs (AWE)
Industrial Research Assistant Program (NRC-IRAP)
Startup Edmonton
Startup Calgary
TEC Edmonton
Calgary Technologies Inc
Innovate Calgary
Where to Go – Incubators & Accelerators
Calgary and Southern Alberta
Creative Destruction Labs (CDL) Rockies, Calgary
Innovate Calgary
TECTERRA
Zone Startups Calgary
The Accelerator
District Ventures
Chic Geek
ACAMP
The Nucleus
Rocket Space
Assembly Co-Working
Rainforest Calgary
TechConnect (Lethbridge)
Community Futures (Medicine Hat)
Edmonton and Northern Alberta
Startup Edmonton
TEC Edmonton
TEC Health Accelerator
Rainforest Edmonton
ACAMP
Northern Alberta Business Inc (NABI)
Homestead Co-Working
Unit B Coworking
Community Futures (Grand Prairie)
* Alberta Enterprise is not responsible for any advice or information provided through these resources.