Plug and Play Alberta Announces 18 Startups for the Fourth Cohort of its Sustainability Program
CALGARY, ALBERTA, October 5, 2023 - Plug and Play Alberta has announced 18 startups selected for the fourth cohort of their Sustainability program. The aim of this initiative is to bring global innovation to the region through the expansion of businesses, providing guidance, and facilitating pilots and proof of concepts among selected startups.
Corporate partners will jointly select and guide participating startups in the Sustainability program, including Suncor and Canadian Natural. An Advisory Panel has been established to engage with startups during the 3-month program, including representatives such as Brett Goodwin from TransAlta, Nicole Symington from Keyera, Jennifer Woolfsmith from Nova Chemicals, and Pierre Granger from Shell Canada.
"We're excited to have 18 cutting-edge startups joining us for Batch 4 of our Sustainability startup accelerator program," said Lindsay Smylie, Director of Plug and Play Alberta. "These companies are leading the charge in innovation, taking on the most pressing environmental challenges of our era. By connecting them with our corporate partners, they'll form invaluable connections that will help them move forward on their innovation journey."
The Plug and Play Sustainability program unites exceptional startups and corporations dedicated to addressing innovation hurdles in industries related to the essential resources that drive, nourish, and house our global community. Through substantial investments in clean technology innovation, we can enhance both environmental sustainability and economic variety. Since the launch of Plug and Play Alberta in January of 2022, 45 startups have been accelerated in the Sustainability program, resulting in several business opportunities for Albertan, Canadian, and international startups.
The 3-month program officially launched on September 5, 2023 and will run until the next Plug and Play Alberta EXPO on November 28th, 2023 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. This EXPO will mark the highly anticipated graduation of Plug and Play’s Fall 2023 cohort.
Learn more about the 18 startups participating in the program:
Decarbonising Diesel Generators.
CHZero Emissions enables natural gas utilities to cut nearly 100% of their methane and CO2 emissions from planned maintenance operations with innovative gas compression technologies that are up to 70% faster than the industry standard.
Providing clean water for everyone.
Enercat downhole tools are a revolutionary technology that prevents paraffin, scale & reduces viscosity of heavy oil.
With the overall goal of reducing the risk of costly and dangerous mining tailings failures, Enviro has developed software to consistently evaluate and inform on the risks of unique waste management infrastructure.
HazTrack helps oilfield chemical companies save time and money by eliminating unnecessary site visits with our IoT tank monitoring solution.
Our mission is to collaborate, innovate, and educate our way to a world with effective and affordable emissions management solutions.
Driving positive change in the industrial sector by revolutionizing the way companies visualize and manage their assets.
Aetos Imaging leverages 3D scanning technology to maximize the efficiency of facility operations.
Safelight Cleaning System is a patented, autonomous air cleaning system for the transportation industry. The system connects to compressed air brake tanks on commercial transportation trailers and draws on excess air to power an automatic, compressed air cleaning system for the vehicle’s lights, or any crucial surface such as cameras, sensors, instrumentation and marking/identification #'s.
Enline® is a world leader in Sensorless Digital Twin technology for energy assets.
Planette provides AI-powered climate intelligence to enterprises, to help corporates make science-informed decisions that build climate resilience.
Decarbonizing for a Brighter Tomorrow.
EarthEn develops novel flexible energy storage solutions that use CO2 in a closed loop to store 4-100+ hours of energy at a low cost & highly scalable manner.
RedShift Energy develops and commercializes applications of plasma chemistry to turn waste industrial gases into valuable products, like hydrogen and syngas.
Modular, carbon-negative, on-site renewable hydrogen from ethanol
Aeon Blue is developing "The Mother", a hydrogen and decentralized carbon capture technology to make market competitive eFuel that is up to 600% carbon-negative.
Electromagnetic thermal solutions for clean energy production and industrial decarbonization.
About Plug and Play Alberta
Plug and Play Alberta is building a world-class innovation platform to attract top technology and investment to the region and support Albertan entrepreneurs to scale and grow, hire tech talent, and propel digital transformation across the province. Plug and Play is part of the Alberta Scaleup and Growth Accelerator Program that is run by a consortium led by Alberta Innovates. The consortium, which also includes the Government of Alberta, Edmonton Unlimited, the Opportunity Calgary Investment Fund, and Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan), allocated $35 million over three years to retain business accelerators. It’s part of the Alberta government’s goal to help create 20,000 jobs and increase technology firm revenue to $5 billion by 2030.
About Plug and Play Tech Center
Plug and Play is the leading innovation platform, connecting startups, corporations, venture capital firms, universities, and government agencies. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, we're present in 45+ locations across 5 continents. We offer corporate innovation programs and help our corporate partners in every stage of their innovation journey, from education to execution. We also organize startup acceleration programs and have built an in-house VC to drive innovation across multiple industries where we've invested in hundreds of successful companies including Dropbox, Guardant Health, Honey, Lending Club, N26, PayPal, and Rappi. For more information, visit www.plugandplaytechcenter.com.
Plug and Play Contact
Kristyn Coons
Senior Program Manager, Sustainability
Plug and Play Tech Center
k.coons@pnptc.com