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Jun 09, 2022•25 min•Ep. 17
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May 18, 2022•28 min•Ep. 16
Here are the relevant links for this episode: Kirk Zembal Blindman Brewing David Chan Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute Blindman Brewing: Sustainable AI-powered Craft Beer Amii and Blindman Brewing collaborate to bring AI to beer AI Week Startup TNT Investment Summit V Top 20 Pitch Night Correct-AI Fairly Staffing Jess Black JustCook RocketFire Labs What's the Deal? Zero Point Cryogenics YEG Startup Community Awards EZ Ops PAYLOAD Technologies Drift Technological Solutions Accelerate Edmont...
May 12, 2022•28 min•Ep. 15
Here are the relevant links for this episode: Nicole Sanchez Gillian Thomson Ruth Skipper ThresholdImpact Venture Mentoring Service Accelerate Edmonton Alberta Catalyzer The51 Platform for financial feminists expands to Edmonton AltaML Yogapedia Sprout Fund Sprout Fund II's first close Royal Bison Bloom is brought to you by Innovate Edmonton . It is produced by Taproot Edmonton , a source of curiosity-driven original stories, curated newsletters on various topics, and locally focused podcasts, a...
May 05, 2022•38 min•Ep. 14
Here are the relevant links for this episode: Ventrify rides high on client's crowdfunding success EZ Treat Kickstarter ScaleGood Fund TELUS Community Safety and Wellness Accelerator New CAD$10 million Edmonton-based ScaleGood Fund powered by TELUS announced with first investment in Areto Labs Areto Labs ParityYEG Uniting the Prairies Birdie Break Environmental Material Science Ruth Wyvern EZ Ops The Public Food Hub Co. Beamdog Aspyr Media Startup TNT Investment Summit Alberta Machine Intelligen...
Apr 28, 2022•23 min•Ep. 13
Here are the relevant links for this episode: The Public Food Hub Co-founders Ken Bautista , Kirsta Franke , and Tim Hengel Startup Edmonton Uproot Food Collective Foxtrot City aims for Edmontonians to 'live more locally' with 15-minute districts Propel 500 Global's Alberta Accelerator 'Focus on growth': Local startups boosted by 500 Global accelerator Field Notes Bloom is brought to you by Innovate Edmonton . It is produced by Taproot Edmonton , a source of curiosity-driven original stories, cu...
Apr 21, 2022•31 min•Ep. 12
Here are the relevant links for this episode: Soil remediation Environmental Material Science Steve Siciliano Startup TNT Cleantech Investment Summit replay More cleantech success Nanode Battery Techologies Picketa Systems LightLeaf Solar Drugbank's successful raise DrugBank News release Bloom is brought to you by Innovate Edmonton . It is produced by Taproot Edmonton , a source of curiosity-driven original stories, curated newsletters on various topics, and locally focused podcasts, all in the ...
Apr 14, 2022•32 min•Ep. 11
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Apr 07, 2022•32 min•Ep. 10
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Mar 31, 2022•25 min•Ep. 9
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Mar 17, 2022•36 min•Ep. 8
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Mar 10, 2022•25 min•Ep. 7
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Mar 03, 2022•38 min•Ep. 6
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Feb 24, 2022•31 min•Ep. 5
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Feb 17, 2022•39 min•Ep. 4
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Feb 10, 2022•38 min•Ep. 3
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Feb 03, 2022•32 min•Ep. 2
Here are the relevant links for this episode: Meet the co-hosts Emily Rendell-Watson - @erendellwatson Faaiza Ramji - @FaaizaRamji Innovate Edmonton's new home Innovate Edmonton Innovate Edmonton to move into new home on Jasper Avenue this fall Innovate Edmonton Introduces Edmonton's Newest Innovation Destination Sprout Fund II nears its target Sprout.vc Sprout Fund II nears $10M target to put into seed-stage tech companies Local space data company closes oversubscribed seed round Wyvern Inc. Wy...
Jan 27, 2022•36 min•Ep. 1
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Jan 19, 2022•48 sec•Ep. 1
