The Accelerator - Calgary

investment

We make investments in time, services, and sometimes cash, in return ranging from nothing, to small stakes in the companies we support depending on the startup. We’re a non-profit aiming to change the world, not rely on government funding for sustainability. If you don’t have old fashioned cash, we believe in you and the value of your idea - let’s make a trade.

The most important thing we do is work with startups on their ideas. We’re hackers and hustlers ourselves, and we’ve spent a lot of time figuring out how to fund a startup and make things people want. So we can usually see fairly quickly the direction in which a small idea should be expanded, or the point at which to begin attacking a large but vague one.

The questions at this stage range from apparently minor (what to call the company) to frighteningly ambitious (the long-term plan for world domination). Over the course of the program we aim to help founders come up with initial answers to all of them.

Though we support all types of startups, we’re especially interested in web/mobile/software applications. Basically, if you leverage technology and are scalable - we’re interested.

The second most important thing we do is help founders connect. Whether in our own back yard, Silicon Valley, or anywhere else in the world - we’ll help build your network, fast.

We’ll help get you incorporated properly with all the standard paperwork, avoiding legal time-bombs that could cause serious hassles and delays later. We regularly help startups find and hire their first employees. We can help with intellectual property questions and important technology questions that can often be the one decision that will make or break your startup.