Beyond Grants for Startups: Strategy, Funding, and Innovation Panel

Name: Beyond Grants for Startups: Strategy, Funding, and Innovation Panel
Start: 2026-10-06T13:00:00.000-06:00
End: 2026-10-06T15:00:00.000-06:00
Location: Canada Place

Hosted by Zane Baker

Canada Place

Edmonton, Canada

Welcome! To join the event, please register below.

About Event

Campus Innovation Consulting Group (CICG)(https://campusinnovation.ca/), in partnership with Uproot Food Collective(https://uprootcollective.ca/), NRC-IRAP, Mitacs, Alberta Innovates, and ISED, will conduct a 2-hour event for Edmonton Startup Week 2026 designed to support and inspire early-stage founders, researchers, and innovators. This panel discussion, followed by time to network, will be chaired by Chris Lerohl, CICG Director, and feature representatives from NRC-IRAP (Ernest Siu), Mitacs (Eric Loo), Alberta Innovates (Lorena Forster), ISED (John Gerum), and R&D Entrepreneur Flexxaire (Jon McCallum). This session will explore how startups can navigate non-dilutive funding, build commercialization strategies, and align innovation activities with long-term business goals. Topics will include understanding non-dilutive funding options; identifying programs that support commercialization; tips for crafting successful applications and partnerships; developing a funding strategy that supports go-to-market readiness; includes audience Q&A.

Location

Canada Place

9700 Jasper Ave, Edmonton, AB T5J 4C8, Canada

The panel will take place at Oryssia Lennie Room (Boardroom 1) on the concourse level of Canada Place. Please take the escalator downstairs to the food court level, walk towards the glass back wall and turn right (the room is on the way to the tunnel that connects Canada Place and Edmonton Convention Center). The room will be the first room on the right.

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