Stace Wills

Stace Wills has over 25 years experience in helping launch and accelerate emerging Canadian technology companies. Stace is Vice President, Energy at Innovate Calgary, where he co-founded the Kinetica Ventures energy tech accelerator and the KICS Innovation Lab at SAIT, as well as managed Innovate Calgary’s equity portfolio of University of Calgary spinout companies. Stace has been actively involved with numerous Innovate Calgary start-ups, including having served as Interim CEO of Direct-C Ltd., a pipeline leak detection company.

Prior to Innovate Calgary, Stace served in senior corporate development roles with Elluminate Inc., an educational software company that was acquired by NASDAQ-listed Blackboard Inc. in 2010, as well as Alta Genetics Inc., a global ag-biotech leader in the dairy sector. He was also a co-founder of venture capital firm, Accolade Capital Inc., where he managed the Accolade Private Companies Fund LP.