CDL-Rockies

CDL-Rockies helps startups like #CDLAlumni CellGro Technologies refine their strategic focus to achieve their objectives. CellGro's patent-pending extrusion and bioreactor system streamlines cell production, allowing researchers and medical staff to grow sufficient quantities of cells at a cost-effective price. Interested in learning more about CDL-Rockies and how it could help your startup? Book a call with our team: https://lnkd.in/gd6_icCK

We are excited to share the CDL-Rockies 2023/24 Annual Report! Our seventh year saw our community achieve some incredible milestones, including our alumni generating $6.7 billion in equity value and raising $2.3 billion in capital. Thank you to the CDL-Rockies community - mentors, partners, ventures, alumni, MBA students, and other community members - for your continued commitment and steadfast support. Read the full report: https://lnkd.in/gMDBYa9V

#CDLMentor Steve Larter joined Now Innovating, a research-to-impact series at the University of Calgary, to discuss the innovation ecosystem. Larter talks about his experience at UCalgary, which began in 2004, and shares his thoughts on how the innovation ecosystem has grown since then. Find to the full episode here: https://lnkd.in/g6gANSWq

#CDLAlumni Carbon Upcycling Technologies and BURNCO Rock Products Ltd. have partnered to support sustainable infrastructure solutions across Alberta. The partnership has seen more than 2,000 tonnes of CO₂-enhanced material deployed across Alberta, used for sidewalks, housing foundations, and even gutters at the Calgary Zoo. Carbon Upcycling's technology optimizes carbon capture, transforming CO2 into a valuable resource for heavy industry while reducing global carbon emissions. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/g7hQuxu7

The CDL-Rockies Energy stream supports startups like #CDLAlumni Disa Technologies, Inc. by helping them focus on the most important aspects of their business. Disa recently closed a $15M Series A funding to advance their technology for critical minerals processing and legacy mine remediation. Want to learn more about how CDL-Rockies can help your startup? Book a call with our team today: https://lnkd.in/gd6_icCK

Carbon Alpha, an energy company co-founded by #CDLMentor Patrick Elliott that is focused on finding carbon storage solutions, is working with the Meadow Lake Tribal Council to develop a groundbreaking carbon dioxide removal (CDR) project to generate 70,000 high-quality carbon credits. The project, called North Star, is Canada’s first majority Indigenous-owned high-quality CDR project. It's expected to create employment opportunities, spur economic growth and enhance programming for local communities. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/e8fx7BAw

Applications for the CDL-Rockies Opportunities Scholarship close this Sunday, June 30! The scholarship, which was created with the guidance and support of #CDLRockies AgriFood stream Founding Partner and Fellow Alison Sunstrum and in partnership with MindFuel.ca, aims to contribute towards closing gaps for underrepresented individuals in #STEM. It's open to Grade 12 students planning to enroll in an undergraduate STEM-related program at an accredited post-secondary institution located in Alberta, Saskatchewan, or Manitoba. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gMTxpHYr

Dr Caley Shukalek, CMO of PurposeMed, credits the mentorship he and his team have received through the University of Calgary innovation ecosystem in helping his executive team build skills and tools to increase internal efficiencies as their company grows. PurposeMed participated in the 2023/24 Haskayne ScaleUp program and has received funding from the UCeed Health Fund, which connects patients with specialized clinicians to receive compassionate care from home. “I'm trained as a physician. No one taught me about business in school, but this experience really has led to massive personal and professional growth for me,” says Shukalek. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gRGgWaKh

#CDLAlumni SepPure Technologies, a membrane technology company based in Singapore and Canada, credits CDL-Rockies for helping the team prioritize and improve as an organization. Since graduating from program, SepPure has partnered with GIIAVA to build the world’s first commercial-scale membrane facility for soy lecithin processing and launched a new product called RE(SOLV)®, a new heatless solvent recovery system that filters contaminants through a pressure-driven process, producing high-quality reusable solvents for various manufacturing and industrial processes. Want to learn how CDL-Rockies can help your startup? Book a call with our venture leaders today: https://lnkd.in/gd6_icCK

Getting the right people in one room to take an innovative technology and turn it into a viable solution for industries' challenges is rare, but it's what happened to with #CDLAlumni Impossible Sensing Energy Inc.'s co-founders Ariel Torre and Pablo Sobron when they participated in CDL-Rockies. IS Energy uses advanced technology to develop measurement solutions for oil and gas producers. For the co-founders, CDL has been an invaluable contributor to their success, and a program they'd encourage other founders to join. “It's a no-brainer,” Sobron says. “You're going to be in a room full of mentors who are ready to support you through your challenges. And this room will give you more help than you could ever hire.” Read more: