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BetaKit: Neo Financial secures $64 million CAD led by Peter Thiel-backed Valar Ventures. https://betakit.com/neo-financial-secures-64-million-cad-led-by-peter-thiel-backed-valar-ventures/

Proposal for high speed rail between Calgary and Edmonton with connection to Red Deer. Very early stages but this has a much better chance of getting built than the Transpod proposal in my opinion...

Apparently this is just the summer home for a Houston oil exec

I appreciate that RNDSQR is trying to do things differently. Obviously its not gonna be a home run every time but I've really liked all their other buildings. If this is the outcome of a failed experiment I'm fine with that. At least they're not using the same boring design over and over again...

Noticed construction going on by the C-train line on the intersection of 17th Ave and Simcoe Blvd SW for a while now. Turns out its a new retail / commercial going up called Christie Crossing. https://christiecrossing.ca/

Calgary killing it again on the venture capital front. $206 million raised by firms in Q1 2021 alone. That's almost 60% of the entire 2020 total!! Great momentum, hope we can keep it going. Link: https://www.cvca.ca/research-insight/market-reports/q1-2021-vc-pe-canadian-market-overview/

Definitely a huge improvement over what was there before. Excited to see the finished product.

https://financialpost.com/pmn/press-releases-pmn/business-wire-news-releases-pmn/zipwhip-expands-into-canada-with-calgary-developer-hub

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/airdrie-pathway-connection-to-calgary-1.6002506

I'm glad this is setting the new standard for this city

Speaking of drones fingers crossed on this aerospace contract https://calgaryherald.com/business/local-business/calgary-companies-seeking-to-win-multi-billion-dollar-canadian-military-bid-for-drone-procurement

https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/city-proposes-200m-investment-to-transform-calgarys-ailing-downtown

Still lots of work to do but definitely growing momentum with the tech industry in Alberta https://www.alberta-enterprise.ca/resources/publications/

Wow this could be a game changer for tech companies in our city https://calgaryeconomicdevelopment.com/newsroom/ocif-evolves-to-create-more-companies-and-environment-for-success/

$10M per project cap removed for the film production tax credit. I think this was the primary sticking point with production companies when it was first announced...

That fitness centre building really needs to go

Another 200,000 sq ft of production space being developed for the film industry. Things are really picking up steam. https://calgaryherald.com/business/family-run-development-group-emcor-setting-stage-for-local-film-industry

Wow $455 million in venture capital for technology firms in Alberta last year. Calgary ranking 4th nationally with $353 million. Hoping for another big year in 2021 https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/venture-capital-investment-into-alberta-technology-companies-doubles-in-2020-839381026.html

https://financialpost.com/globe-newswire/veerum-raises-7-4-million-in-growth-capital-to-expand-its-global-presence-latest-round-of-funding-enables-digital-visualization-software-provider-veerum-to-offer-its-transformative-technology-on-a-gl

For me this is the best addition to that part of downtown. It's nice never having to see that parkade entrance again