Sustainable Development Technology Canada

Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) is a venture capital investment firm based in Ottawa, established in 2001. The organization focuses on funding and supporting Canadian cleantech projects, helping companies advance innovative technologies to market. SDTC's investments span various sectors, including agriculture, energy efficiency, green buildings, transportation, and waste management. By fostering the growth of these companies, SDTC aims to create jobs, stimulate economic growth, and generate export opportunities while delivering environmental and health benefits to Canadians. Operating independently, SDTC collaborates with a diverse network of partners from private industry, academia, and government, both domestically and internationally, to enhance the impact of its initiatives. The organization receives funding from the Government of Canada to further its mission.

Timon LeDain

Vice President, Operations

Leo Bever Ph.D

Investment Director

Past deals in Alberta

Wyvern

Grant in 2022
Wyvern Incorporated, founded in 2018 and based in Edmonton, Canada, specializes in the manufacturing of hyperspectral satellites designed for earth observation. The company's satellites are compact yet deliver high spatial resolution and superior spectral content. This technology allows various industries, including agriculture, forestry management, and environmental monitoring, to capture detailed image data across multiple bands. By providing affordable access to this advanced data, Wyvern enables organizations to make informed decisions more efficiently.

Eavor

Venture Round in 2021
Eavor Technologies Inc. is a geothermal technology company based in Calgary, Canada, founded in 2017. It focuses on creating a clean and reliable energy future through its innovative Eavor-Loop™ system, which extracts heat from deep within the Earth for commercial heating and electricity generation. This system employs advanced drilling techniques and integrates existing commercial components in a novel configuration, allowing for scalable and steady green power production. Eavor's technology circulates a benign working fluid in a closed loop, isolating it from the environment while harvesting heat from geologically accessible rock temperatures. The company also operates the Eavor-Lite™ Demonstration Project as a prototype for its technology suite, addressing challenges traditionally associated with geothermal energy.

Hifi Engineering

Grant in 2020
HiFi Engineering Inc. specializes in the development of fiber optic sensing systems designed for the oil and gas industry. The company creates advanced monitoring solutions, including sensing cables, downhole tools, and software for data acquisition and interpretation, aimed at applications such as reservoir monitoring, pipeline integrity, and leak detection. Notable products include the HDS MiCro tool for downhole flow and the HDS MaCro system for permanent monitoring of pipelines and reservoirs. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Calgary, Canada, HiFi Engineering serves North American oil and gas service companies. The company’s technology is supported by over 33 patents and collaborative relationships with major industry players, enhancing its capacity to deliver high-quality data to its customers.

Summit Nanotech

Seed Round in 2020
Summit Nanotech Corporation is a business-to-business company based in Calgary, Canada, founded in 2018. It specializes in nanotechnology to develop innovative solutions for lithium extraction, aiming to optimize operations for lithium producers while minimizing environmental impact. The company's patented extraction technology is designed to deliver economically competitive, battery-grade lithium, addressing the industry's demand for sustainable practices. By focusing on modular commercial systems, Summit Nanotech seeks to upscale and commercialize its advanced concepts in lithium extraction, positioning itself as a leader in the energy development sector.

SeeO2 Energy

Seed Round in 2020
SeeO2 Energy is a company focused on efficiently converting carbon dioxide (CO2) into marketable and clean value-added fuels and chemicals using reversible fuel-cell technology. SeeO2 Energy is converting carbon dioxide into marketable and clean value-added fuels and chemicals using reversible fuel technology. Its electrolyzers can efficiently generate gases on-site such as hydrogen, carbon monoxide, or oxygen in a reliable way. The company is developing an efficient and high performance reversible solid oxide cells (RSOFCs). Its technology, which involves the use of a high-performance catalyst material, allows the electrochemical conversion of water to hydrogen, carbon dioxide (CO2) to carbon monoxide (CO), and CO2 and water to produce syngas, a mixture of CO and H2.

Qube Technologies

Grant in 2020
Qube Technologies specializes in developing innovative solutions for continuous emissions monitoring in the oil and gas industry, as well as in landfills and mines. The company focuses on creating Internet of Things (IoT) devices that leverage artificial intelligence to accurately detect and measure greenhouse gas emissions. By employing advanced technologies such as machine learning and edge computing, Qube's systems enable industrial facilities to monitor emissions in real time. This approach not only facilitates compliance with environmental regulations but also helps reduce costs associated with emissions management, particularly for methane emissions in the oil and gas sector.

Absolute Combustion

Seed Round in 2020
Absolute Combustion International is an oil and gas energy company based in Leduc. The company specializes in developing innovative burner technology that enhances the performance of industrial combustion systems while prioritizing environmental sustainability. Their technology improves heat transfer efficiency and reduces emissions, benefiting industries such as aerospace, oil and gas, and recycling. By focusing on these advancements, Absolute Combustion enables clients to boost production efficiency, lower operational costs, and enhance workplace safety in both national and international markets.

Swirltex

Seed Round in 2020
Swirltex Inc. specializes in the design and supply of custom wastewater treatment systems for various applications, including wastewater treatment, produced water treatment, dairy processing, mining wastewater, and beverage clarification. Founded in 2015 and located in Calgary, Canada, Swirltex utilizes a patented membrane technology that separates solids and liquids based on buoyancy. This innovative approach enables the treatment of water that would otherwise be deemed unusable, allowing for enhanced production while minimizing environmental pollution. By effectively manipulating the buoyancy of different contaminants, Swirltex provides efficient solutions for complex water treatment challenges.

G2V Optics

Seed Round in 2020
G2V's founding mission is to develop and commercialize technology that will enable food production for a growing population while significantly reducing fresh water and land use. We do this by improving yield, quality, and operating costs for commercial growers by providing efficient 'engineered sunlight'​. Our advanced technology provides greenhouses, vertical farms, and home growers with multi-zone lighting and plant monitoring, allowing a grower to keep tabs on their entire crop. We are obsessed with using new technology to make a difference and continue to develop some of the most dynamic and innovative new products for the horticulture market.

Synauta

Grant in 2020
Synauta is a cleantech startup collaborating with desalination innovators in Europe, Australia, the Middle East and Canada. Together these companies share our goal of reducing energy and chemical use in desalination. Founded in 2018, their vision is that they all live in a world where energy and water is not wasted. With their solution they estimate the global industry can save more than 3 million tonnes of CO2 every year.

Sawback Technologies

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Sawback Technologies is a remote near-surface sensing company that specializes in collecting, visualizing, and analyzing near-surface data. Its proprietary solution is designed for use in complex environments, allowing clients to identify underground utilities, detect fluid leaks, assess soil layers, and evaluate infrastructure health. The technology operates autonomously, eliminating the need for a human pilot during data collection, which enhances efficiency and safety in the construction and energy sectors. By providing comprehensive insights into underground conditions, Sawback Technologies supports informed decision-making for its clients.

C2CNT

Grant in 2019
C2CNT specializes in carbon dioxide conversion technology aimed at mitigating climate change. The company focuses on capturing carbon dioxide emissions from thermal power generation and various industrial processes, transforming this greenhouse gas into valuable carbon nanotubes. Through its innovative approach, C2CNT produces sustainable and high-quality carbon nanotubes from recycled carbon dioxide, contributing to environmental sustainability and enabling a reduction in the impacts of global warming. In addition to manufacturing these products, C2CNT also licenses its carbon capture technology, positioning itself as a key player in the effort to combat climate change.

Stream Technologies

Grant in 2019
Stream Technologies Inc. is a Canadian company based in Edmonton, specializing in the manufacture and marketing of hyperspectral imaging devices, including the ColorFlow Lens. Founded in 2012, the company focuses on creating innovative camera lenses and related software that enables users to update, modify, and share images in real time. Stream Technologies connects camera manufacturers, systems integrators, algorithm developers, and researchers through its advanced hyperspectral platform, facilitating a wide range of applications in spectral imaging.

Eavor

Grant in 2019
Eavor Technologies Inc. is a geothermal technology company based in Calgary, Canada, founded in 2017. It focuses on creating a clean and reliable energy future through its innovative Eavor-Loop™ system, which extracts heat from deep within the Earth for commercial heating and electricity generation. This system employs advanced drilling techniques and integrates existing commercial components in a novel configuration, allowing for scalable and steady green power production. Eavor's technology circulates a benign working fluid in a closed loop, isolating it from the environment while harvesting heat from geologically accessible rock temperatures. The company also operates the Eavor-Lite™ Demonstration Project as a prototype for its technology suite, addressing challenges traditionally associated with geothermal energy.
TransRail Innovation Group is a vertically integrated and sensor-manufacturing and data-solutions business for transportation logistics. The company is a collaboration of technology and industry experts committed to solving economic, regulatory, health, environment, and safety issues affecting North America’s hazardous liquids rail transportation industry. TransRail Innovation Group mission is to deliver technology solutions that advance the environmental, performance, safety, and business & regulatory of transporting crude oil by rail. TransRail Innovation Group was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Calgary, AB, Canada.

E3P Technologies

Grant in 2019
Manufacturer of a zero-emission compressor intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The company product eliminates methane leaks typically associated with well-site natural gas compression, enabling oil and gas industries to reduce overall greenhouse gas emissions generated during operations.

Fractal Systems

Grant in 2019
Fractal Systems Inc., a heavy oil technology company, develops, patents, and deploys solutions to improve producer margins, de-bottleneck infrastructure, and provide flexibility associated with the transportation of heavy oil and bitumen. It offers JetShear, a commercial ready suite of technologies that improve bitumen product quality and lower bitumen viscosity allowing processed fluids to move more freely in transport pipelines. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Sherbrooke, Canada with an additional offices in Calgary, Canada; and a laboratory in Sherbrooke, Canada.

Fractal Systems

Grant in 2019
Fractal Systems Inc., a heavy oil technology company, develops, patents, and deploys solutions to improve producer margins, de-bottleneck infrastructure, and provide flexibility associated with the transportation of heavy oil and bitumen. It offers JetShear, a commercial ready suite of technologies that improve bitumen product quality and lower bitumen viscosity allowing processed fluids to move more freely in transport pipelines. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Sherbrooke, Canada with an additional offices in Calgary, Canada; and a laboratory in Sherbrooke, Canada.

Ambyint

Grant in 2018
Ambyint Inc. is a Calgary-based company that specializes in artificial lift optimization solutions for exploration and production (E&P) companies in the oil and gas industry. Founded in 2004 and previously known as PumpWell Solutions Ltd., Ambyint offers advanced software products, including the Amplify Real-Time Controller and the Infinity Optimization Platform. These solutions leverage artificial intelligence and physics-based analytics to automate diagnostics, adjust operating parameters, and predict potential failures, thereby enhancing production and reducing operating expenses. Ambyint's technology integrates with existing supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems or can be utilized with its High Resolution Adaptive Controllers, enabling improved data acquisition and automated control of artificial lift systems. With over a decade of domain expertise, Ambyint aims to deliver significant improvements in production outcomes and operational efficiency for its clients.

MEG Energy

Grant in 2018
MEG Energy Corp. is a Canadian energy company specializing in sustainable in situ thermal oil production in the southern Athabasca region of Alberta. The company holds a 100% interest in approximately 750 square miles of mineral leases and primarily operates the Christina Lake Project. Utilizing steam-assisted gravity drainage extraction methods, MEG aims to enhance oil recovery while reducing carbon emissions. It transports and sells its thermal oil product to refiners across North America and internationally. Additionally, MEG owns key midstream assets, including a 50%-owned joint venture in the Access Pipeline, which connects its operations to major transportation hubs, and the Stonefell Terminal, a 900,000-barrel storage facility designed to mitigate risks associated with pipeline restrictions. MEG is also innovating with technologies such as its proprietary HI-Q® process, which modifies bitumen blends for more efficient transport, thereby lowering environmental impact and transportation costs. The company is guided by an experienced team committed to responsible energy development and strategic growth within the oil sands sector.

ATTAbotics

Grant in 2018
ATTABotics Inc. designs and manufactures robotics automated storage and retrieval system used to store, access and move goods around a facility, these robotic systems can be used in sectors such as e-commerce, logistics, retail, grocery and advanced manufacturing. ATTAbotics Inc. was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Calgary , Alberta, Canada.
PurLucid Treatment Solutions is a North American company specializing in innovative water and wastewater treatment systems. It focuses on serving industries such as heavy oil, mining, forestry, and other industrial sectors. The company has developed proprietary technologies that enhance hydrocarbon recovery and provide ultra-filtered water, effectively removing water and solids during the oil recovery process. By offering advanced solutions for water treatment, PurLucid aims to address the specific needs of its clients while promoting sustainable practices in resource-intensive industries.

Calscan Solutions

Grant in 2017
Calscan Solutions is an instrumentation and control company that manufactures downhole and sub-surface pressure recorders, flow computers, solar powered separator controls, and cyclone separators. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Medellin, Antioquia.
Fossil Water has provided design-build, EPCM and consulting services since 2004.They specialize in water, wastewater and waste processing for industrial and municipal clients.They deliver projects up to 50% faster by utilizing their proprietary software, workflow automation and modular designs.

Quantiam Technologies

Grant in 2016
Quantiam Technologies, Inc. is a manufacturing technology company based in Edmonton, Canada, specializing in the development and commercialization of advanced materials, catalysts, coatings, and surfaces designed for extreme-operating environments and energy-related applications. Founded in 1998, Quantiam produces high-performance coatings for the internal surfaces of complex geometries, such as tubulars, with significant capacity for expansion. Its product offerings cater to various industries, including aerospace, automotive, mining, and chemical processing, focusing on applications that require durability and efficiency. The company also develops catalyst systems and nanomaterials aimed at supporting the methanol-hydrogen economy, including innovations in hydrogen storage and production. In addition to manufacturing, Quantiam provides technical services in the characterization of nanomaterials and surfaces, as well as consulting and research services related to advanced materials and their performance.

Fractal Systems

Grant in 2015
Fractal Systems Inc., a heavy oil technology company, develops, patents, and deploys solutions to improve producer margins, de-bottleneck infrastructure, and provide flexibility associated with the transportation of heavy oil and bitumen. It offers JetShear, a commercial ready suite of technologies that improve bitumen product quality and lower bitumen viscosity allowing processed fluids to move more freely in transport pipelines. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Sherbrooke, Canada with an additional offices in Calgary, Canada; and a laboratory in Sherbrooke, Canada.
Developer of a dewatering technology designed to offer dewatering and decontamination using electrokinetics. The company's technology specializes in application to a wide range of industrial situations where difficult-to-dewater slurries, sludge, and unstable clay soil conditions are present, enabling oil sand producers to manage tailing from oil sands and other mining operations.

Borealis GeoPower

Grant in 2013
Borealis GeoPower Inc., founded in 2007 and based in Calgary, Canada, specializes in project consulting services for high temperature geothermal energy projects. The company focuses on the development of geothermal resources, offering expertise to facilitate the successful execution of geothermal energy initiatives across the country.
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