Early-stage co-investor for Alberta startups. Building a high-growth Alberta tech company? Share your pitch at acceleratefund.ca.
Joined November 2012
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Heading to #UpperBound2026 next week? The AF team will be there!
Here’s where to find Arden and Yasmine: linkedin.com/feed/update/urn…
See you there! #AI #ABTech #Investors
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Great coverage from @TaprootYEG on our latest investment, @FairlyStaffing!
"Fairly has demonstrated real value, stickiness, and speed of uptake in Alberta. The bet here is that they can replicate that go-to-market motion in other geographies."
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Congrats to @AretoLabs on their partnership with FIFPRO Asia/Oceania to protect players competing in the 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup from online abuse. Well done to the entire team! soccerscene.com.au/fifpro-as… #ABtech #WomenInSport
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The ratio of hygienists to #dentists has shifted from 3:1 to nearly 1:1. @FairlyStaffing built the platform to close that gap. We've seen what they've built in #Alberta, and excited to see them take it national. @BetaKit #AlbertaTech
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Excited to announce our investment in #Edmonton's @FairlyStaffing, a platform connecting #dentalclinics with verified temp dental professionals, with integrated scheduling, time tracking & payroll tools. Proud to back the team as they expand across Canada. acceleratefund.ca/news/accel…
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Congrats to @WyvernSpace on a $2.9M federal investment from PrairesCan to improve how #Canada monitors its coastlines and waters from space. Built in #Edmonton 🛰️
betakit.com/more-than-6-mill…
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Thrilled to see #Edmonton-founded @SmartAccess_io reach this milestone: $12M in Series A funding to scale deployments of their frontline execution platform across North America. Congrats to the whole team! #ABtech
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8 years from UofC spinout to commercial launch. Calgary's @SyantraInc is bringing its blood-based breast cancer detection test to market.
A good reminder of what the long game in deep tech looks like.
Full story via @BetaKit: betakit.com/syantras-breast-… #ABtech #HealthTech
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#Edmonton founders: on March 18, Accelerate Fund's Arden Tse and Yasmine Al-Hussein are hosting #VC Office Hours with @EdmontonUnltd. Get 30 min, candid feedback on your deck and #fundraising approach. Spots are limited: airtable.com/appzCm8kKWnOxE3…
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Big news from @WyvernSpace: they've secured a strategic #investment from @Nord_Space to advance their next-gen Rosette satellites and push forward a made-in-Canada #space capability, from launch to data. Congrats to the entire team! betakit.com/nordspace-launch…
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The @CVCA 2025 Year-End report: capital concentrating into fewer, larger deals, but #earlystage held steady and #Alberta stayed top 4. We invested in Northernmost and @Cellar_Insights last year, more to come in 2026. Full report:
cvca.ca/insights/market-repo…
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From bootstrapping to 240 pro sports teams. @StellarAlgo CEO Vince Ircandia gets real about founder evolution, tough team decisions & why early execution beats vision. For #ABtech founders navigating growth: unicornlabs.ca/podcast/episo…
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Did you miss it? After an oversubscribed seed round @Cellar_Insights attracted another $500k from SVG Ventures Thrive for their #AI powered technology to protect North America’s $5B #potato harvest in storage. Congrats team! See the news: betakit.com/cellar-insights-…
#AgTech #ABtech
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Smart move from @Helcim: their new Payment Extension lets businesses use any software they want while keeping transparent pricing. No more choosing between the right tools and fair rates. Congrats team!
𝗦𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀: betakit.com/helcim-takes-aim…
#FinTech #ABtech
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Exciting news from @WaitWell2! They just launched Waillo, an AI service layer that routes customers to the right person faster instead of automating away human interaction. Congrats team! calgary.tech/2026/01/21/wait… #ABtech #AI
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ICYMI: We sat down with Ontopical's Derrick Koenig and Clayton Feick about the strategic decision to expand leadership, navigating the path from partnership to #acquisition, and the reality of being acquired by a market leader.
acceleratefund.ca/stories/on…
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19 Dec 2025
Happy holidays to the #AlbertaTech community! To AB #founders - you've earned this rest. Here's to a strong 2026.
A year into Fund IV, and we're as optimistic as ever about what #Alberta founders are building.
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17 Dec 2025
How do you navigate a solo founder journey to a strategic exit?
We dove in with Derick and Clayton of Ontopical (acquired by SOVRA) including expanding leadership, how partnership talks evolved into acquisition, and building in #YYC: acceleratefund.ca/stories/on…
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18 Nov 2025
When choosing a #VC, you're not just getting #capital—you're choosing a partner. AF’s Arden Tse and @LugeCapital's Chelsea Gillett share how #founders should screen #investors with @ABInnovates albertainnovates.ca/news/fli…
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