The A100 Appoints Tamara Woolgar as Executive Director
The A100 Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Tamara Woolgar as Executive Director, effective September 1, 2019. Tamara has more than 17 years experience delivering communications leadership in the technology and energy industries in both the public and private sectors. With a career spanning Calgary and Toronto, her diverse background includes […]
A100 member Roger Bertschmann, CEO and founder of Eideticom, announces world’s first NVMe-based computational storage processor
Industry standard Computational Storage Processor from Eideticom enables managers of data and compute-intensive storage systems to scale SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 5, 2019 /PRNewswire/ – Eideticom, whose first-to-market, NVMe Computational Storage solution offers breakthrough cost savings and performance benefits for cloud and enterprise data center markets, today announced certification with the NVM Express® (NVMe) standard. NVMe certification of Eideticom’s NoLoad® Computational Storage […]
Accelerate Fund II invests in Userful to broadcast visual content to virtually any screen
Accelerate Fund II today announced its investment in Userful Corporation, the Calgary and California-based technology company that has grown to become a leading provider of visual communication solutions. Today Userful announced it has closed its first round of funding, led by Accelerate Fund II, managed by Yaletown Partners and with support of The A100. In […]
ACFII-funded Passportal acquired by SolarWinds to expand their IT security software portfolio
On Friday, April 26, 2019, Accelerate Fund II announced that Passportal was acquired by SolarWinds (NYSE:SWI), a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT management software. In tandem with the announcement came the launch of SolarWinds® Passportal suite — a unified set of password management and privileged client knowledge management tools, expanding the company’s IT […]
AccelerateAB 2019: Showcasing Economic Diversity in Action
Calgary, Canada – More than 650 of Western Canada’s top founders, funders, startups, and other innovation-minded people gathered for AccelerateAB 2019 and its inaugural Women in Tech Summit in Calgary on April 15-16 to help further the discussion about economic diversity in the province. Powered by The A100, the annual conference — which began nine […]
Accelerate Fund II invests in Solv3D geospatial software solutions
CALGARY, AB, April 3, 2019 – Accelerate Fund II is pleased to announce its investment in Solv3D, a Calgary-based software company providing solutions for geospatial data processing and visualization to help customers with improved planning, estimation and project management. Solv3D focuses on the optimization and ease of use of geospatial data. Their SiteVisit360 web-based platform brings together a […]
Startup words of wisdom from the 2018 AccelerateAB Pitch Competition winner
Each year, the AccelerateAB Startup Advising Sessions provide Alberta startups with high-quality advice from people who have built, scaled, and exited technology startups themselves, in addition to storytelling and pitch coaching workshops. In 2018, the winner of the Startup Advising Sessions Pitch Competition was Rena Tabata, CEO & Co-Founder of ShareSmart, who was awarded the […]
AccelerateAB VIP Reception Features UN Women National Committee UK Chair Emeritus
Laura Haynes, the UK Chair Emeritus for UN Women, will give the keynote to The A100, sponsors and the Roundtables startups on April 15 Calgary, Canada – AccelerateAB, Alberta’s flagship technology conference powered by The A100, today announced that Laura Haynes, Chair Emeritus, UN Women National Committee UK, will be the keynote speaker at AccelerateAB’s […]
AccelerateAB launches inaugural Women in Tech event
Calgary, Canada – AccelerateAB, Alberta’s flagship technology conference powered by The A100, is proud to announce the program of their inaugural AccelerateAB Women in Tech Summit. The event will take place Monday, April 15, 2019, the day before the full-day AccelerateAB conference. As of 2017, only 5% of Canadian technology companies have a solo female […]
2019 AccelerateAB Startup Advising Sessions Companies Announced
9 Alberta companies to learn from Alberta’s top entrepreneurs Calgary, Canada – AccelerateAB, the grassroots technology conference that has grown into one of the largest innovation showcases in Western Canada, has revealed the nine Alberta startups selected to participate in the prestigious Startup Advising Sessions for 2019. “Our Startup Advising Sessions are really what AccelerateAB […]
Alberta’s World-Class Data and Analytics Experts Take Centre Stage at AccelerateAB
AccelerateAB 2019’s Speaker Lineup to Showcase Data’s Extensive Reach Across Industries Calgary, Canada – AccelerateAB, Alberta’s flagship technology conference, is pleased to announce the 2019 program focused on Data: Alberta’s New Energy. On April 15 – 16, 2019, at the TELUS Convention Centre in Calgary, world-class data and analytics experts from a variety of industries will […]
Women in Tech: Much More Than a Catchphrase
“Research now clearly shows that companies with greater gender diversity, particularly those that have women on their executive teams, C-suites and boards, perform better financially because of the variety of skills and approaches their people offer.” Source: Move the Dial, “Where’s the Dial Now?” Report, 2017. Ada Lovelace, Grace Hopper, Hedy Lamarr (yes, that Hedy […]
