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Calgary wants MaRS to complement its innovation ecosystem, not add competition

Mark Lowey
October 7, 2020

Toronto-based MaRS Discovery District has proposed expanding some of its innovation components to Calgary. However, key players involved in exploratory talks say the $60-million "MaRS West" initiative will need to complement, not compete with, Calgary's existing innovation entities and ecosystem.

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Organizations:	CDL-Rockies, City of Calgary, Government of Alberta, Government of Canada, Hunter Hub for Entrepreneurial Thinking, Innovate Calgary, MaRS Discovery District, Platform Calgary, and University of Calgary
People:	Dr. Terry Rock PhD, Dr. William Ghali PhD, and Grace Lee Reynolds
Topics:	Alberta Investment and Growth Strategy, Calgary innovation ecosystem, Calgary's early-stage innovation community, carbon capture utilization and storage, Commercialization, energy efficiency, entrepreneurs, global networks, MaRS expanding its network, MaRS programs and services, MaRS West initiative, next-stage startup services, Opportunity Calgary Investment Fund, Platform Innovation Centre, Scale Ups, seed-stage ventures capital fund, strengthening innovation ecosystems, tech scale-ups, tech startups, University Innovation Quarter, University Innovation Quarter Trust, University Research, and University Research Park

Calgary wants MaRS to complement its innovation ecosystem, not add competition

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