The new and improved strategy builds on three years of progress under the original Alberta Technology and Innovation Strategy (ATIS), targeting three outcomes: more jobs, greater access to homegrown capital and faster pathways from research to market.
Since ATIS launched in 2022, programs under the strategy have supported more than 8,200 jobs and helped attract over $2.1 billion in private capital investment. ATIS 2.0 builds on that momentum, sustaining the strategy's target of 20,000 jobs and $5 billion in Alberta technology firm revenue by 2030.
“We built ATIS to make Alberta a destination of choice for innovators and investors, and ATIS 2.0 takes the next step. We're giving Alberta Innovates and Alberta Enterprise Corporation the tools to co-invest directly in our most promising companies, standing up a new IP office to help our researchers get to market faster, and making sure the capital our entrepreneurs need is available right here at home. And we’re just getting started."
ATIS 2.0 enables co-investment through Alberta Innovates and the Alberta Enterprise Corporation. Legislative amendments will allow both agencies to take minority equity stakes in Alberta-based technology companies, giving Alberta startups access to provincial equity investment and reducing reliance on out-of-province capital.
The strategy also establishes the Alberta IP Office within Alberta Innovates. The new office will give Alberta's researchers, entrepreneurs and post-secondary institutions clearer pathways to commercialize and protect their intellectual property and bring their innovations to market
Priority sectors
ATIS 2.0 directs investment toward sectors where Alberta holds demonstrated strengths:
- Applied digital and emerging technologies (e.g., artificial intelligence, quantum and cybersecurity and advanced manufacturing).
- Health innovation and life sciences.
- Advanced materials and aerospace (e.g., aviation and defence).
- Agriculture.
- Natural resource recovery (e.g., energy and critical minerals).
Quick facts
- The original ATIS set targets for delivering 20,000 jobs and $5 billion in Alberta technology firm revenue by 2030.
- Programs under the strategy have supported more than 8,200 individuals in jobs to date.
- Between 2022 and 2024, Alberta attracted over $2.1 billion in private capital investment across 255 deals, according to the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association.
- Alberta attracted $698 million in venture capital across 84 deals in 2024 and continued to secure strong private investment in 2025, with $465 million across 73 deals. This demonstrates both momentum and the ongoing need to strengthen access to growth capital for scaling companies.