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Happy Global Biotech Week!
Global Biotech Week (GBW) is an annual week-long celebration of all things biotechnology and is an excellence tool for increasing awareness of the industry's global and economic significance.
GBW is particularly special for Saskatchewan because our province hosts over 30% of Canada's agricultural biotechnology activity and continues to develop in areas like genomics, plant-made pharmaceuticals and diagnostics.Saskatchewan has already made a huge impact in biotechnology and future big ideas are on the horizon!
We spoke with one of biotech's rising stars Iain Wallace, Co-founder of Proxima Research and Development, a local Saskatchewan startup that provides scalable and customizable scientific services with an emphasis on affordability and accessibility, about exciting innovations in biotech and what's next!
To learn about how you can get involved with local events during GBW which is September 25-29, visit globalbiotechweeksask.ca.
Thanks for watching!
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Prairie Clean Energy is one of Saskatchewan's most exciting new cleantech startups because of its game-changing approach to providing an environmentally sustainable solution to agricultural waste.
Prairie Clean Energy recently received $180,000 from the Agtech Growth Fund to support the development of a technically viable pathway in Saskatchewan for producing and using flax straw pellets as industrial biomass fuel. This solution addresses the global biomass shortage and provides farmers with an economical and environmentally conscious way to use flax waste.
President & CEO Mark Cooper joins Startupville to talk about the company's aim to provide secure, renewable, sustainable, and abundant biomass fuel to customers around the world and how they can achieve it from right here in Saskatchewan.
This episode of Startupville is brought to you by Innovation Saskatchewan.Thanks for listening!
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We spoke with Erin Pisko, Vice President of Intellectual Property Strategy with Innovation Asset Collective (IAC), a not-for-profit organization that helps Canadian companies leverage IP strategy to compete and scale.IAC's educational programming, funding opportunities and access to a patent pool with up to $10M to acquire patents and market intelligence makes it easy for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to secure ownership of their innovation and protect their edge andâŻâŻcontrolâŻtheir data.With this access and Innovation Saskatchewan's recent partnership with IAC, Saskatchewan startups have another tool to compete and scale in a global market and become the next great SK tech success!
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Prairie tech is going UP! đ
Uniting the Prairies showed yet again why it has become the Prairies' premier startup-focused tech conference for A-tier founders, active investors and tech leaders from across Canada and beyond.
We spoke with startup founders, tech leaders and global investors from across Canada to discover why Prairie tech is the next big thing!
Settle in for incredible insights and stories from our guests:âĄď¸ Yuri Navarro, Kanata Ventures
âĄď¸ Kimberly Bennett, Co-Founder of Fidu
âĄď¸ Grant Lahring, Co-Founder of Goodlawyer
âĄď¸ Erin Pisko, Vice President of Strategy with Innovation Asset Collective
âĄď¸ Tom McDonell, CEO of HazTrack Inc.
âĄď¸ Serese Selanders, Founder and CEO of SolusGuard
âĄď¸ Robert Irwin, Co-Founder and CEO at Village Wellth
âĄď¸ Thamidur Rashid Taseen, Founder and Director of TRT Technologies Ltd.
âĄď¸ Steve Karagioules, Founder of Pathfinder SBSThis episode of Startupville is brought to you by Co.Labs and Innovation Saskatchewan. Innovation Saskatchewan is a proud sponsor of UP and funder of Co.Labs.
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Happy Canadian Innovation Week!
Yearlong Innovation Saskatchewan supports the incredible ingenuity of Saskatchewan's innovation ecosystem, and Canadian Innovation Week gives us a special opportunity to ensure the inspiring stories and phenomenal successes of the Saskatchewan tech sector and research community are shared beyond our provincial borders.
Today we're celebrating #InnovateForHealth by exploring the groundbreaking contributions of Saskatchewan-based research institutes and their significant impact on the lives of Canadians and people around the world.
Dr. Volker Gerdts, Director and CEO of Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO), talks about VIDO's role as Canada's centre for pandemic research and as a world leader in infectious disease research.
Patrick Odnokon, CEO of Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation (SHRF), talks about SHRF's role in supporting health research and making it accessible to everyone in the province.
Dr. John Root, Executive Director of Sylvia Fedoruk Canadian Centre for Nuclear Innovation, talks about how the Fedoruk Centre helpsimproves the health and well-being of our communities through nuclear methods and innovations.
The Startupville podcast is brought to you by Innovation Saskatchewan and was recorded in our recording studio inside Collider Saskatoonâ Saskatchewan's only tech and research co-working space.
Thanks for listening!
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Siemens EDA, a segment of Siemens Digital Industries Software, is a technology leader in electronic design automation (EDA) software and hardware and their tools and industry-leading tech enable customers to embrace digital transformation to accelerate the pace of innovation. In 2017, Siemens acquired Solido Design Automation, a Saskatoon-based company that was the world leader in machine learning-based EDA software for variation-aware design and characterization.On this episode, we talk with Siemens EDA Senior Director of Engineering, former Solido Vice President and local legend Jeff Dyck about his professional journey and how Siemens EDA has grown by more than 10x since we last spoke. We also dive into exciting topics like the future of AI, how to maintain startup growth and how to create a company culture that makes employees want to come into the office.
Buckle up folks, this is a good one!
The Startupville podcast is brought to you by Innovation Saskatchewan and was recorded in our new recording studio inside Collider Saskatoon -- Saskatchewan's only tech and research co-working space.
âThereâs going to be a whole bunch of applications that are going to emerge in the next few years. Itâs happening incredibly quickly. A thousand new startups trying to use large language models for all kinds of verticals that have never been thought of before. If you can find a data set, you go and train it and see if thatâs a cool thing, then figure out what you need to do to turn it into a product.â â Jeff Dyck on generative AI -
Dark Horse Ag Ventures believes that agriculture is a community built upon innovation and dedication to the craft of feeding the world. Their mission is to simplify precision agriculture and make advanced agronomy applicable, easy to learn, and accessible. Through their platform, they address the struggles that farmers and agronomy businesses have collecting and processing data with the backing of acclaimed experts in digital agriculture and crop science to keep things simple.
On this episode of Startupville, we talk with Co-Founder and CEO, Tyler Lefley, about their experience going through (and winning!) the Co.Launch X cohort, how they are adopting existing and new technologies to make precision agriculture easier, what theyâre looking forward to most in their next adventure in Cultivatorâs Ag-tech Accelerator cohort, and so, so much more!
The Startupville podcast is brought to you by Innovation Saskatchewan.
âThe real treat [of operating in Saskatchewan] is having your immediate market right outside your front door. Thatâs tough to beat when you look at the experts and the expertise, and the willingness for fostering ag-tech companies.â â Tyler Lefley, Dark Horse Ag Ventures -
Join us in the Startupville Thunderdome recording live at the 24 Hour Startup event at Cultivator HQ.
24 Hour Startup is hosted at Cultivator HQ in Regina, Saskatchewan, and brings together the best and brightest entrepreneurs, developers, lead designers, and makers, to pitch ideas, form teams, and build a minimum viable product (MVP) in 24 hours. Participants experience what its like in day-to-day startup life while building their company, but with access to some of the worldâs top mentors, entrepreneurs and supporters who are ready to help them launch in their pitch to celebrity guest judges!
On this episode, we've condensed 24 hours into just under 40 minutes and features exclusive interviews with some of the celebrity guest judges as well as past and current participants. Get the full scoop on what went down during this yearâs 24 Hour Startup by tuning in now.
We sit down with Danielle Gifford (Movement51), Dana Abdullah (Bell Ventures), Hannah Tait (past participant/winner), Zakiyyah Noorally (participant) and Jordan Lazaroff (participant).
This podcast is brought to you by Cultivator & Innovation Saskatchewan
âWhat Iâm really excited for is just the diversity in teams that have come together and what theyâre able to accomplish in 24 hours. Itâs really, quite astounding, when you see all these ideas up on a wall, and then you actually see it conceptualize into a business model in terms of a target market audience and how they would actually generate revenue.â â Danielle Gifford, Movement51. -
Selling seeds, chemicals and fertilizers to farms on the prairies was the primary goal of North Star Systems, and one of the biggest challenges was keeping clientsâ product properly stocked.
In 2018, North Star Systems set out to create a solution for the distribution of product from manufacturer to retailer to farmer in the field. Now, their Saskatoon-based team of engineers manufactures Tattle Systems devices, a complete and closed system that connects the device to the user through any smartphone, app or tablet, creating an innovative, real-time remote monitoring and data solution that increases efficiencies, profitability, sustainability and more for their clients.
On this episode, we explore how finding the solution to a problem can lead to running a successful tech startup, how to keep employees engaged in todayâs everchanging work environment, and how a non-tech agriculture expert can tap into the world of IoT with tech partners to work together on a fast scaling agri-tech enterprise.
This podcast is brought to you by Innovation Saskatchewan & Martin Charlton Communications
âPeople love investing in technology if its going to help them, reduce their costs and make their lives easier, but you have to prove it. So show it, and constantly be a shower, and a promoter.â Curtis Kolibab, CEO, North Star Systems Inc.This episode was recorded on July 5, 2022.
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On this episode, we feature Jeff Shirley of Rivercity Innovations and Mike Stefaniuk with Sasktel's Collaboration and Innovation Team.
It began with the Rural Crime Challenge at Innovation Saskatchewan where Jeff Shirley created a solution to prevent the theft of beehives at their family farm. Later, shifting from GPS trackers to LoRa technology, Rivercity Innovations expanded into designing, building, and delivering sensors and data monitoring solutions to support their world-wide clientele.
Scaling this type of business in Saskatchewan could seem infinitely impossible without the help of experts, mentors, and access to stake holding resources. Thatâs where the Innovation Program at Sasktel can help. They are a dedicated team made up of experts that use a collaborative process in assisting founders identify and solve business problems, help connect silos, evolve culture and approach, and ignite innovation.
On this episode, we explore how the Innovation Program at Sasktel works, how its helping local startups grow and scale beyond the borders of Saskatchewan, and learn about all of the exciting work being done by one of their key players â Rivercity Innovations.
This podcast is brought to you by Innovation Saskatchewan & Martin Charlton Communications
âThe telecom in this province is Sasktel. They have hundreds of thousands of clients that need solutions. If I can create a solution that fits their business model, makes them profitable, creates jobs locally, and puts dividends back into the community, what better channel and partner for me to grow my business faster and more profitable than that?â â Jeff Shirley, Founder & CEO, Rivercity Innovations -
Check out live exclusive interviews with some of the keynotes, panelists, investors and founders from the 2022 Startup Summit conference in Regina, Saskatchewan.
On this episode, we feature Albert Jame (Zu), Stephanie Boon (54e Dev Studios) and Jan Arp (The Holt Xchange).
Startup Summit is a local conference that focuses on connecting founders, mentors and investors from across North America through curated 1:1 sessions, workshops, keynotes and panel discussions.
This year, Startup Summit was bigger and better than ever. Returning to an in-person format at Cultivator's new headquarters in Regina, Saskatchewan, more than 350 attendees gathered to learn, network and help grow the Saskatchewan tech ecosystem.
Startupville received a personal invitation to bring the Startupville Thunderdome to the conference to record live exclusive interviews with some of the speakers, investors and startup founders. Weâre excited to share this content with you in a two-part mini series so that our listeners can get the scoop on what went down at Startup Summit and all of the insights on our prairie tech scene.
This special episode is brought to you by Cultivator, Innovation Saskatchewan & Martin Charlton Communications
âCultivator did a good job promoting this. You see who the mentors are ahead of time! We went to the mentor sessions yesterday, which was like speed dating for startups, which I thought was really, really, cool!â - Stephanie Boon, Head of People and Operations at 54e Dev Studios -
Startup Summit is a local conference that focuses on connecting founders, mentors and investors from across North America through curated 1:1 sessions, workshops, keynotes and panel discussions.
This year, Startup Summit was bigger and better than ever. Returning to an in-person format at Cultivator's new headquarters in Regina, Saskatchewan, more than 350 attendees gathered to learn, network and help grow the Saskatchewan tech ecosystem.
Startupville received a personal invitation to bring the Startupville Thunderdome to the conference to record live exclusive interviews with some of the speakers, investors and startup founders. Weâre excited to share this content with you in a two-part mini series so that our listeners can get the scoop on what went down at Startup Summit and all of the insights on our prairie tech scene.
This special episode is brought to you by Cultivator, Innovation Saskatchewan & Martin Charlton Communications
On this episode, we feature Danielle Graham (Pheonix Fire & The Firehood), Brad Fekula (Fix it Up) and Vanesa Cotlar (PolicyMe).
âIf youâre in Winnipeg or Regina and you show up to an event, youâre probably going to see at least five people that you know that you can go talk to. Itâs been so nice to see the way the community is built here and the support that people have for one another, and thatâs been one of those big themes over the last day or two.â - Vanessa Cotler, Head of People at PolicyMe. -
Join us as we chat with the winner of the Startup TnT Spring Investment Summit in Saskatchewan!
The Startup TnT Spring Investment Summit launched in March of 2022, bringing together more companies and more investors to the prairie tech investment scene. This time, weâre chatting with the winner of the Spring investment summit, Mike Wesolowski with Luxsonic Technologies Inc.
Luxsonic is empowering the healthcare industry with immersive solutions that enhance medical education, professional training, and healthcare delivery. Mike wowed the investors and attendees at the Finale event when he brought along the virtual reality headset that they use in the medical field so that everyone could see exactly what their product and technology looked like from the outside-in!
Join us as we talk with Mike about his experience with the Startup TnT Investment Summit, creating a healthy, positive and effective work environment, and hear his story on how his team is changing the future of medicine by bringing virtual reality to the medical industry.
This podcast is brought to you by Innovation Saskatchewan & Martin Charlton Communications
If youâre interested in watching the Fall Investment Summit live, visit startuptnt.com to register for an event near you in either Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Regina or Manitoba!
âWeâre scratching the surface of immersive technology. The ability to connect people within virtual spaces, leveraging other technologies like artificial intelligence, I think weâre going to see a significant transformation of workflow.â â Mike Wesolowski, CEO of Luxsonic Technologies Inc. -
Global Biotech Week started 19 years ago right here in Canada, and has since gone global, raising awareness for the significant role biotech plays in the world today.
To celebrate Global Biotech Week, weâve interviewed three leaders in the biotech sector, to learn more about what they do and how we can celebrate between September 26-30. We talked with Mehmet Tulbek of the Saskatchewan Food Industry Development Centre, Heather Deobald with Quantum Genetix and Jackie Robin from Ag-West Bio.
The Saskatchewan Food Industry Development Centre is a non-profit organization and leader in providing expertise and resources to assist agri-businesses to create innovative products and value added opportunities in the food industry.
Quantum Genetix is an agricultural technology company that harnesses the power of genomics to improve agriculture efficiency.
Ag-West Bio is Saskatchewanâs bioscience industry association and bioeconomy catalyst.
This podcast is brought to you by Innovation Saskatchewan & Martin Charlton Communications
âWe have to really put Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, more on the map, and Global Biotech Week is a really great way to do this.â â Mehmet Tulbek, Saskatchewan Food Industry Development Centre -
Uniting the Prairies, or UP Conference, is a local conference that brings top startups from across the prairies together to connect with global investors and tech leaders to collectively elevate the prairie tech community.
This year, UP returned to in-person at the Delta Bessborough in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Startupville was granted exclusive access to record on-site interviews during day two of the conference, and with over 12 interviews and 118 minutes of edited content, weâre releasing a four episode mini-series to share everything we learned at UP this year.
In our final episode of the Uniting the Prairies miniseries, we're bringing it home with three final interviews featuring Saskatoon's finest! Join us as we chat with Keli Propp, Co-Founder of Immigrate, Krystian Olszanski, Co-Founder of Cadence, and local mentor and investor of the tech startup community, Jeff Dyck.
This podcast is brought to you by Innovation Saskatchewan & Martin Charlton CommunicationsWhen asked what highlights and takeaways there were while being at the 2022 UP Conference, Krystian Olzanski, Co Founder of Cadence had this to say: âIn between the sessions, I love catching up with other startups, exchanging quick ideas, solutions and tips, as well as meeting with investors that I normally wouldnât be able to just email to schedule a call with!â
We are giving a special shoutout and thank you to our pals over at Co.Labs for allowing us to set up the Startupville Thunderdome at the 2022 UP Conference to bring you this exclusive content.
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Uniting the Prairies, or UP Conference, is a local conference that brings top startups from across the prairies together to connect with global investors and tech leaders to collectively elevate the prairie tech community.
This year, UP returned to in-person at the Delta Bessborough in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Startupville was granted exclusive access to record on-site interviews during day two of the conference, and with over 12 interviews and 118 minutes of edited content, weâre releasing a four episode mini-series to share everything we learned at UP this year.
Featured today are another three new guests to the show, Blaine Korte (Fidu Legal, SK), Cressida Raffin (Birdie Break, AB) and Hassan Naqvi (Startup TnT, SK). We chat with our guests about the fantastic support in the prairie tech ecosystem, raising funds and scaling up!
This podcast is brought to you by Innovation Saskatchewan & Martin Charlton Communications
âThereâs such a glaring hole in the market place right now. We had friends that would post on Kijiji or Facebook to try to find somebody, and its seemed so shocking, risky, and archaic to us. We thought, âhow is there not a solution to this? Letâs do something about it.ââ â Cressida Raffin, CEO & C-Founder, Birdie Break -
Prairie tech's going UP!
A special mini-series featuring live interviews from the 2022 Uniting the Prairies Conference in downtown Saskatoon, SK.
Uniting the Prairies, or UP Conference, is a local conference that brings top startups from across the prairies together to connect with global investors and tech leaders to collectively elevate the prairie tech community.
This year, UP returned to in-person at the Delta Bessborough in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Startupville was granted exclusive access to record on-site interviews during day two of the conference, and with over 12 interviews and 118 minutes of edited content, weâre releasing a four episode mini-series to share everything we learned at UP this year.
Featured today are another three guests representing our beautiful prairie provinces, Noah Palansky (Taiv, MB), Melanie Morrison (BetterCart Analytics, SK) and Jade Alberts (Peer Guidance, AB). We chat with our guests about the fantastic support in the prairie tech ecosystem, raising funds and scaling up!
This podcast is brought to you by Innovation Saskatchewan & Martin Charlton Communications
âWeâve got to start shouting from the mountain tops and say, âyou know what, we are frickinâ great up here [Prairies] and great things are happening,â and sharing that with everybody.â â Jade Alberts - Founder, Peer Guidance -
Prairie tech's going UP!
A special mini-series featuring live interviews from the 2022 Uniting the Prairies Conference in downtown Saskatoon, SK.
Uniting the Prairies, or UP Conference, is a local conference that brings top startups from across the prairies together to connect with global investors and tech leaders to collectively elevate the prairie tech community.
This year, UP returned to in-person at the Delta Bessborough in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Startupville was granted exclusive access to record on-site interviews during day two of the conference, and with over 12 interviews and 118 minutes of edited content, weâre releasing a four episode mini-series to share everything we learned at UP this year.
Join us on this first episode as we chat with three brand new guests to Startupville, Amy Bronson (AlchemistX, AB), Jordan Smith (Renterii, MB) and Dawson Norrish (Cubbi, SK). We learn about what's going on with these exciting organizations, get insights into all things UP, and of course, find out how to support our friends in the prairie tech ecosystem.
This podcast is brought to you by Innovation Saskatchewan & Martin Charlton Communications
âPart of our ethos is how you democratize that Silicon Valley access and make that something that you can reach elsewhere, even from Saskatoon.â â Amy Bronson, Director of Global Corporate & Government Innovation, AlchemistX -
A special episode in celebration of Canadian Innovation Week & Women Entrepreneurs' Week
May 16-20 is Canadian Innovation Week and Women Entrepreneurs' Week and, for the first time ever, the Government of Saskatchewan has proclaimed this week as Saskatchewan Innovation Week.
To celebrate, we collaborated with Innovation Saskatchewan and Women Entrepreneurs of Saskatchewan (WESK) to highlight and celebrate the hard work of our local entrepreneurs.
While the technology sector in Saskatchewan is experiencing significant growth, women and Indigenous people continue to be underrepresented in the tech labour market. To address this gap, Innovation Saskatchewan collaborates with various partners to deliver programs centred around skills training and capacity building in underrepresented groups, including partnering with WESK on the Founders Table program, which increase access to funding resources, networks, mentorship, and business advising to women-led tech and tech-enabled companies.
We spoke with Josie Fries, Marketing Advisor at WESK about their work in the community and the WESK Summit Gala next week and three finalists of the Innovation Award: Kayla Kozan from PEAK Wellness, Dr. Christine Beck from Waggle Mail, and Alicia Soulier from SalonScale. The finalists talked about their creative process, community impact and the innovative entrepreneurs making Saskatchewan proud!
This podcast is brought to you by Innovation Saskatchewan & Martin Charlton CommunicationsâYou just have to act extremely quick because efficiency is really whatâs going to make you succeed in this game. Youâve got to get really comfortable with being uncomfortable.â Alicia Soulier, Founder & CEO of SalonScale.
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Have you ever kicked yourself for missing one of your childâs hockey games? Well, youâll never have to do that again with HomeTeam Liveâs streaming software that provides broadcast quality video streaming for amateur sports leagues. This service allows for parents, family, coaches, athletes and even scouts to log in and stream games from anywhere in the world.
Co-Founders, Logan Fraser and Tanner Goetz, had worked in the sports marketing industry for ten years prior and knew that there was a major gap in this area, faced by many. When the pandemic hit in March 2020, they realized this problem would grow with limited travel ability for sports lovers across the globe.
Join us as we talk with Tanner about his serial-entrepreneurship, how he transitioned into the tech startup biz, and how their technology allows for anyone in the world to connect and grow local sports in their community with HomeTeam Live.
This podcast is brought to you by Innovation Saskatchewan & Martin Charlton CommunicationsâIt really kicks off talking about the value proposition and discussing the amount of athletes in their venue, their specific needs per sport, how many cameras there might need to be in one venue, or they might have multiple venues.â â Tanner Goetz, HomeTeam Live
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