Station X

MAPS is excited to announce that we have been selected as one of the first companies to receive grant funding through Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada’s ElevateIP program. This $100K investment will accelerate MAPS’ IP strategy by expanding our growing high value patent portfolio, safeguarding MAPS made-in-Canada industry-leading power generation technology.   “With 20+ years of complex part design and industrialization experience, I can say without any hesitation that MAPS is on the bleeding edge of innovation in the realm of design for additive manufacturing. This unlocks tremendous opportunities to expand our IP portfolio. We greatly appreciate the support from the federal government and Communitech recognizing the value of Canadian developed innovation,” said Pierre Chenard, COO of MAPS.   For more information on MAPS, please visit https://lnkd.in/gg3cwviB   #ip #founders #startup #ipstrategy #ipprotection   Bereskin & Parr LLP Station X Carl Sheldon  Jaethan Reichel  

Before starting Station X, we spent a year having over 250 conversations in every part of the climate and energy ecosystems. We are stumbling towards a grid that is less dependable, and less capable than the one we take for granted. One that will not be able to support a future of economic and social prosperity and resilience. One that will replace the climate crisis with a power crisis. We need to decarbonize the grid. We need to do it quickly, and we need to find a way to make that happen that doesn't risk our other ideals. That's why our first project is a long-term partnership with the single most important energy technology we've come across, MAPS. We're raising the seed round for this company through and SPV without carry or management fees. You can learn more at https://lnkd.in/gg3cwviB , and **sign up for early access to investor materials and a chance to invest in this round.** This one matters. If you're in Calgary this Friday, Nov. 3rd -- MAPS has limited availability for meetings with potential funders or pilot customers.

Energy systems are interdependent. Generation, storage, transmission, and consumption are all interwoven. This means the piecemeal upgrades won’t solve our climate crisis or our energy crisis, and are likely to lead to both. What’s needed is a wholesale reinvention and replacement of every facet of the energy economy, from the ground up, all while the existing systems continue to operate uninterrupted. We need new models to find and deploy technology and capital at an unprecedented scale. We started Station X to help find the way.