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The Alberta innovation ecosystem is thriving. This growth has delivered some pain points. There are over 鈥� due in part to the outstanding programs and funding opportunities available.

But companies cannot remain a startup forever. They mature and they need support to scale into businesses that can compete globally. will meet the needs of high-growth companies with a nine-month program to help executive teams shift their focus to commercialization and sustainable growth. 

鈥淪ome might see a problem where we see an opportunity. ScaleUp was created at the Haskayne School of Business to support high-growth Alberta companies to ensure they stay in the province as they continue to grow,鈥� says Jim Dewald, dean, Haskayne School of Business.

鈥淚t builds on the success of   and will support companies taking their next big step.鈥�

Scaling companies play an important role in a local economy as they contribute disproportionately to new job creation. High-growth companies are also associated with wealth creation, role models for peer companies and regional innovation outcomes. ScaleUp will provide support to help keep high-growth companies in Alberta instead of having them leave to other jurisdictions for support.

鈥淲丑别苍 CDL-Rockies launched in 2017 at the Haskayne School of Business, our aspiration was for participating companies to build something massive. And they are,鈥� says Alice Reimer, former CDL-Rockies site lead and CEO, . Reimer continues as a strategic adviser at Haskayne for ScaleUp and CDL-Rockies.

鈥淭he majority of the first cohort of ScaleUp are companies that have a CDL connection. Now, ScaleUp will help these companies and others to hone their competitive advantages for the global stage.鈥�

The goal for the program is ambitious 鈥� to support high-impact companies that want to grow five times their revenue or capital or team within 24 to 36 months of completing the program. ScaleUp will guide companies moving through a critical inflection point where they need to create repeatable structures, increase leadership capacity and execute upon the economics of scale which will allow them to expand to global markets.

For the pilot of the nine-month ScaleUp program, the focus is on cleantech companies in energy and agriculture. Within this sector there is a lot of potential to enhance global competitiveness. ranked Canada as number one in cleantech innovation investment but 16th in commercialization.

鈥淎lberta has many advantages that can position the province at the front of the cleantech race. We have the infrastructure to support scale, and some of the largest funders of cleantech research and projects are from traditional energy companies, many of which are headquartered in 荔枝视频,鈥� says Hannah Hemphill, ScaleUp director, Haskayne School of Business.

The first ScaleUp cohort was made possible through the generous support of partners who see the potential in the sector including HSBC, Deloitte Canada and Fasken.

鈥淗SBC is proud to partner with the 荔枝视频鈥檚 Haskayne School of Business to deliver the HSBC CleanTech ScaleUp cohort,鈥� says Kim Hallwood, head of corporate sustainability for HSBC Bank Canada.

鈥淲e鈥檙e investing to accelerate innovation and advance the clean technologies critical to building a net- zero future, and programs like this will help get us there.鈥�

Below is the full listing of the HSBC CleanTech ScaleUp cohort, the first cohort of the Haskayne ScaleUp program.

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Innovation: A revolutionary device, CarbinX, that captures carbon dioxide emissions from building heating systems and turns it into non-toxic pearl ash (potassium carbonate), which then makes carbon-capture soap.

Location: 荔枝视频

Innovation: Future Fields produces sustainable components for science using insect biotechnology. Its EntoEngine platform is the first to harness the genetic prowess of fruit flies to produce Earth鈥檚 most environmentally and economically sustainable biomolecules.

Location: Edmonton

Innovation: G2V creates the most precise lighting for innovators who develop and test the world's next generation of solar cells, aerospace systems, smart materials, and advanced imaging technologies.

Location: Edmonton

Innovation: Provision has developed a software platform to digitize all paperwork and workflows associated with food safety, regulatory, quality and compliance within the food supply chain.

Location: 荔枝视频

Innovation: A new generation of nano-filters that dramatically reduces energy consumption and pollution for the industrial chemical separation and purification.

Location: 荔枝视频

Innovation: denaLi platform is a line of direct lithium extraction processes designed to economically and sustainably unlock lithium resources globally.

Location: 荔枝视频

Innovation: EPOD (Engineered Power on Demand) is a solar-hybrid power generation and instrumentation air system which eliminates methane venting from pneumatic systems, reducing emissions by up to 99.5 per cent.

Location: 荔枝视频

Innovation: Wyvern takes high-resolution pictures of Earth from space, collecting hundreds of images at different wavelengths to form 3D data blocks impacting agriculture, forestry, environmental and emissions monitoring and energy.

Location: Edmonton