Wonder

Research Outline

Prepared for David C. | Delivered February 22, 2020

Global Corporations Connected to Calgary

Goals

To find the top 20 established global corporations that have a connection with Calgary, Canada, are open to innovation, and are willing to engage with startups that are at very early stages in order to assist and/or sponsor pre-revenue startups as potential future partners.

Early Findings

Our preliminary research to identify 20 established global corporations that have a connection with Calgary, Canada, are open to innovation, and are willing to engage with startups revealed insights.  Here are key pieces of information we found:
Global Corporations with a Connection to Calgary "Calgary’s strong corporate presence, entrepreneurial spirit and tenacious startup culture is driving an ecosystem that embraces innovation across sectors in areas as diverse as clean technology, agri-technologies, fintech, biotech, green technology and the industrial internet of things."
 Katipult Technology Corp. is a global corporation that is listed on the Calgary Economic Development site, with their CEO Brock Murray as an ambassador who is willing to assist startups in the technology sector.
According to Calgary Economic Development, the global corporations in the area within the top 20 based on revenue in 2019 are: Parkland Fuel Corp., TransCanada Corp., Encana Corp., Pebina Pipeline Corp., Nova Chemicals Corp., and Keyera Corp.
Parkland Fuel Corp., TransCanada Corp., Encana/Ovintiv Corp., Pebina Pipeline Corp., and Keyera Corp. are all corporations in the energy sector. Nova Chemicals Corp. is in the chemicals sector.
 General Electric and Telus International have been listed as a corporate partners by Zone Startups Calgary.