Entrepreneur AMA

​When: Thursday, August 20 @12pm EST

Who: Callie Lissinna, Co-Founder and VP of Strategic Relations at Wyvern

​About Our Guest:

​Callie Lissinna is a co-founder of Wyvern, the first company to sell commercial hyperspectral imagery from space. She graduated from Y Combinator with her co-founders in 2022 and from Creative Destruction Lab (Toronto, space stream) in 2019. At Wyvern she has held roles in business operations, leadership, engineering, and sales, and is currently Vice President Strategic Relations. As an undergraduate she managed the AlbertaSat student satellite program at the University of Alberta. This included leading in-orbit operations of Ex-Alta 1—the first satellite ever made in Alberta—for the last 12 of its 18 months in orbit. Callie has a degree in Mechanical Engineering with a mathematics minor from the University of Alberta and made the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2025. 

Description:
Get your questions answered by experienced founder, Callie Lissinna. Learn how they navigated fundraising, messaging, growth, and early-stage challenges — and leave with actionable insights you can apply to your own startup.

Wyvern is an Edmonton-based space technology company that operates its own satellite constellation to capture high-resolution hyperspectral imagery of Earth, launching the world's first commercial hyperspectral satellites in 2023. It turns that imagery into spectral intelligence data used across industries like agriculture, forestry, energy, mining, and defense/security to detect issues early, monitor environmental change, and support decision-making. Wyvern is a BetaKit MOST AMBITIOUS Honouree 2026.