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Investing in Alberta Innovation

AVAC is a unique investment company with considerable experience addressing the three key challenges for successful early-stage investing: garnering investor interest, attracting strong senior management, and building critical mass of like businesses. AVAC Brings capital to the table, but more importantly, we bring the skill sets necessary for the entrepreneurs to build successful businesses.

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Agricultural Research in Southern-Alberta Event a success!

The September 2011 AVAC Investing in Innovators event was held in Lethbridge in partnership with the University of Lethbridge. Looking out to a sunny day from the Coulee Junction at the U of L, more than 50 friends, colleagues and invited guests celebrated the works of Drs. Olga Kovalchuk, Igor Kovalchuk and Roman Przybylski.

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Agrivalue Processing Business Incubator continues to nurture value added processing ventures…

In 2005, ground broke to the east of the Leduc Food Processing Development Centre to form what would eventually become the Agrivalue Processing Business Incubator (APBI) - opened in 2007.

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Recognition for AVAC Investees at the TechRev Innovators 2011 Event

Two AVAC portfolio companies, MoboVivo and Circle Cardiovascular Imaging were recognized as some of TechRev’s Top Innovators of 2011.

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A different kind of investment

We work with early-stage Alberta-based companies to help them attract investment capital, secure strong management and achieve critical mass.

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Our expertise. Your business.

We invest in and support innovation in ICT, life sciences and industrial technologies.

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Strong leadership

We see things traditional investors
may overlook.

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Inspirational successes

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