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NABI (Northern Alberta Business Incubator)
CONNECT | GROW | INNOVATE
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Overview
NABI (Northern Alberta Business Incubator) is a nonprofit business incubator created by the City of St. Albert in 1989 to provide entrepreneurs and small businesses with mentorship and support to launch, grow and establish and thereby cultivate entrepreneurship. NABI’s unique sector-agnostic incubator serves as a ‘growth’ catalyst for businesses that create/provide technological innovations, business services (legal, accounting, financing, IT, etc.), health and wellness products/services, renewable and non-renewable products/services, retail, engineering, and manufacturing.
Type
Not-for-profit
Founded
1989
Regions
British Columbia (BC)
Classification
Industries
Advanced materials & advanced manufacturingClean technologiesDigital media & telecommunicationsEducationFinancial servicesLife sciences & advanced healthOther
Stages supported
IdeaDiscoveryValidationScaleMature
Services offered
- Discounted and/or free professional services (legal, accounting, bookkeeping, etc.)
- Financing opportunities and connections with investor groups
- Free educational events or programming (ie. lunch and learns)
- Intellectual property education and assistance (Includes: patent, trademark and copyright evaluation, intellectual property strategy, protection and licensing)
- Mentorship and access to advisors
- Networking opportunities and community events
- Office space, co-working environment
- Virtual office space, reception services
BAI Positioning
Finessemedium confidence
Refining and expanding venture growth and entrepreneurial competencies and create the connections across innovation ecosystem
Sector-agnostic (broad industry focus). Higher accountability signals (equity/paid programs, later-stage focus).
DisclosureBAI type is CAIN’s inferred classification based on available data. It has not been confirmed by the member unless otherwise indicated.
Learn more about the four BAI types →Programs
Expert mentorship
Access to trusted professional services and mentorship
Incubation and scale-up space
Right-sized office space and virtual-office memberships on flexible terms
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Leadership
Donald Back
Board Vice Chair
Maxine Clarke
Board Chair
Rajesh Jaiswal
Executive Director
Ryan Livesey
Board Treasurer
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