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📣 Coming Up at Spring Got questions about scaling, fundraising, or what comes next for your company? We’ve got a few opportunities coming up to bring those questions directly to the Spring team. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵-𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗚𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗙𝗶𝘅 𝗜𝘁 Date & Location: Aug 20 (Virtual) Register Here 👉: https://luma.com/i3idhmav 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗠𝗔 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 Keith Ippel + Gil Yaron Date & Location: Aug 24 (Victoria) Register Here 👉: https://luma.com/9ym1pnv5 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗠𝗔 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 Tarika Vijayaraghavan, Ph.D. Date & Location: Aug 27 (Toronto) Register Here 👉: https://luma.com/xnaa4js3 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗠𝗔 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 Keith Ippel, Shantanu Mehta + Gil Yaron ☕ Aug 27 | Vancouver Register Here 👉: https://luma.com/lm3ddlea Come with questions. Leave with a little more clarity on what to do next. 🔗 Explore all upcoming Spring events: https://spring.is/events/ #SpringCommunity #Founders #Fundraising #Scaling #Startups #Entrepreneurship

📣 We’re hiring: Community Lead! Are you someone who loves bringing people together, building meaningful relationships, and creating spaces where founders can thrive? Spring is looking for a Community Lead to join our team on a fixed-term contract for parental leave cover. You’ll be a key connection point for our community of impact-driven founders — building relationships, bringing events to life, supporting founders throughout their Spring journey, and helping strengthen a community that continues well beyond our programs. We’re looking for someone who is highly relational, empathetic, organized, and passionate about supporting early-stage entrepreneurs. 📍 Remote, with access to co-working spaces in Vancouver, Toronto & Ottawa 🇨🇦 Preference for Ontario-based applicants Interested in growing community and impact with us? 👉 Learn more & apply: https://spring.is/careers/ #NowHiring #CommunityLead #SocialImpact #ImpactDriven

🏆 Big milestones worth celebrating this week!!! From new funding to pitch wins and regulatory progress, Spring founders are continuing to turn momentum into meaningful growth. ✨ Ranah Chavoshi + Stacey Goldberg, PhD + PhyCo Technologies are developing seaweed-based alternatives to agricultural plastics and were awarded a $25K Shift Impact Grant from Shift Browser. ✨ Sydney Robinson + Vessl Prosthetics are developing technology to improve prosthetic fit and comfort, with their Kinn device recently receiving FDA clearance 👏 Congratulations to all of the founders and teams behind these wins. We’re excited to see what you build from here. Want more founder wins, opportunities, ecosystem updates, and upcoming events delivered straight to your inbox? Subscribe to the Spring newsletter: https://lnkd.in/gpRrvVZD Have a milestone of your own to share? Tag Spring or drop it in the comments so we can celebrate with you. 🚀 #FounderWins #CanadianStartups #Entrepreneurship #Innovation #SpringCommunity

📣 Coming Up at Spring August is in full swing, and we’ve got plenty coming up for founders looking to grow, raise, and ask the questions that don’t always make it into the pitch deck. From scaling your company to navigating fundraising, here’s where you can connect with the Spring team over the next few weeks: 📈 What Growth-Stage Founders Are Getting Wrong About Scaling, and How to Fix It Join Spring Co-CEO Keith Ippel for a conversation on some of the common challenges founders run into as their companies grow, and what to think about when building for the next stage. 📅 August 20, 12PM PT / 3PM ET 📍 Virtual Register Here: https://luma.com/i3idhmav ☕ Fundraising AMA Session (Victoria) Got fundraising questions? Bring them. Join Spring Keith Ippel and Gil Yaron from Light House for an informal AMA focused on fundraising, capital, and the questions founders are navigating along the way. 📅 August 24, 8:30AM – 10AM PT 📍 Victoria, BC Register Here: https://luma.com/9ym1pnv5 💬 Fundraising AMA Session — Toronto Spring Investment Associate Tarika Vijayaraghavan, Ph.D. will be hosting a Toronto AMA for founders looking to talk through fundraising questions and get insights from the investment side of the table. 📅 August 27, 10AM – 12PM ET 📍 Toronto Register Here: https://luma.com/xnaa4js3 ☕ Fundraising AMA Session — Vancouver Vancouver founders, this one’s for you. Join Keith Ippel and Shantanu Mehta from Spring alongside Gil Yaron from Light House for a morning of open conversation around fundraising and the challenges founders are working through. 📅 August 27, 9:30AM – 11:30AM PT 📍 Vancouver Register Here: https://luma.com/lm3ddlea 🔗 Explore all of our upcoming events and reserve your spot: https://spring.is/events/ 📩 Want to stay in the loop? Subscribe to our newsletter to be the first to hear about upcoming events, founder opportunities, and what’s happening across the Spring community: https://lnkd.in/eJS4uptp #SpringCommunity #Founders #Fundraising #Scaling #Startups #ImpactInvesting #StartupEcosystem #Entrepreneurship

What an energizing Summer 2026 Demo Day — it was wonderful to see everyone come together to share, learn, and celebrate entrepreneurship! Our multi-disciplinary students of #BUS238 (Introduction to Entrepreneurship & Innovation) did a remarkable job of showcasing their business proposals to solve real-world problems ranging from health care system wait times, transportation challenges, student housing, excessive energy usage, food container sustainability and synthetic athletic wear. Thank you to our judges & mentors for sharing their time and expertise with the students, providing valuable guidance, questions and feedback: Brad Chand, Emily Heath, Nasir Tighsazzadeh, Pankaj (Peter) Bagga, Shantanu Mehta, Sarah Lubik, Tanvir A., Thomas Bohné and Thomas Partridge, PMP. We also had five of our #MBA students who excelled in #BUS714 come back to help this next cohort of undergraduate students. Thank you Samiksha Mittal, Razzaq Onotu, CBAP®, Rhea S., Sheetal Chand, Mingcong Yuan! It was a wonderful example of what happens when education and the business community come together to create meaningful learning experiences. Cyber-Human Lab Ethic8 LaunchBC Recyclorobo.ai Prospera Spring University of Cambridge Chang Institute for Entrepreneurship Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University Simon Fraser University

🏆 Happy Tuesday!! This week, we're celebrating founders launching new ventures, making headlines, and continuing to build what's next. ✨ Theleepan Marcandu, CFA, MBA + Prestar (Build alum) has officially launched Prestar, a financial literacy app designed to help people build stronger financial habits and make smarter money decisions. 🔗 Read more: https://lnkd.in/dXRrAYRj ✨ Aimee Schalles & Amanda Baron at Jointly is featured in The The Globe and Mail contributing to the conversation around marriage contracts and prenuptial agreements in Canada. 🔗 Read more: https://lnkd.in/dt4zNVTG Join us in congratulating these incredible founders and teams 👏 Want more founder wins, opportunities, ecosystem updates, and upcoming events delivered straight to your inbox? Subscribe to the Spring newsletter: https://lnkd.in/gpRrvVZD Have a milestone, opportunity, or hiring announcement you'd like us to celebrate? Tag us or share it in the comments below. 🚀 #FounderWins #CanadianStartups #Innovation #Entrepreneurship #Fintech #SpringCommunity

📣 Coming Up at Spring New month. New opportunities. 🚀 August is here, and we’re kicking it off with conversations designed to help founders scale smarter, strengthen their strategy, and connect with insights that can move their businesses forward. 💸 Donor Advised Funds (DAFs) as Catalytic Capital Join Cindy Willard of Impact Charitable for a conversation on how donor-advised fund capital can be used more creatively, flexibly, and catalytically in service of impact. 📅 August 12 📍 Virtual 📈 What Growth-Stage Founders Are Getting Wrong About Scaling, and How to Fix It Join Spring Co-CEO Keith Ippel for a candid conversation about the leadership blind spots, decision-making challenges, and common scaling mistakes that hold founders back, and what separates those who break through from those who stall out. 📅 August 20 📍 Virtual 👥 Inside the Room: What a CEO Roundtable Looks Like, and How to Make the Most of It Ever wondered what happens inside a CEO Roundtable? Join Spring Co-CEO Keith Ippel for a behind-the-scenes look at how founders tackle real challenges together, build accountability, and gain insights that help them grow stronger businesses. 📅 September 17 📍 Virtual 🔗 Explore all of our upcoming events and reserve your spot: https://spring.is/events/ 📩 Want to stay in the loop? Subscribe to our newsletter to be the first to hear about upcoming events, founder opportunities, and what’s happening across the Spring community: https://lnkd.in/gpRrvVZD #SpringCommunity #ImpactInvesting #Founders #ScaleReady #Leadership #StartupEcosystem #ImpactInnovation

Yesterday was one for the books. 🚀 From morning coffees to evening mixers, the Spring community came together across Toronto, Calgary, and Vancouver for a full day of conversations, connections, and collaboration. Here's a look at what happened: ✨ AMA (Ask Me Anything) - Toronto! Founders joined our Investor Lead, Nathan Percy, and Investor Associate, Tarika Vijayaraghavan, Ph.D., for an open Ask Me Anything, diving into fundraising, investment readiness, and the realities of building impact ventures. ✨ Unlocking the Fundraising Journey for Climate Companies – Calgary Together with Alberta Ecotrust Foundation, we hosted Unlocking the Fundraising Journey for Climate Companies, featuring Spring Co-CEO Keith Ippel, Jessica Lajoie, P.Eng. Investment Specialist at Alberta Ecotrust Foundation, and Shantel B., Co-Founder and CEO of Elektra Industries. The panel shared practical fundraising insights while bringing together founders, investors, and ecosystem partners from Alberta's growing climate innovation community. ✨ Impact Mixers (Toronto & Vancouver) We wrapped up the day with simultaneous founder gatherings in Toronto and Vancouver, bringing together founders, mentors, and ecosystem partners for an evening of meaningful conversations, new connections, and community building. A huge thank you to everyone who joined us, shared their experiences, asked thoughtful questions, and helped make each event such a success. Seeing so many incredible people come together across multiple cities in a single day is exactly why we do what we do. 💚 👀 Missed us this month? Don't make the same mistake twice. Sign up for the Spring Weekly Newsletter to stay in the loop on upcoming events, founder opportunities, ecosystem news, and everything happening across the Spring community, so you never miss your chance to be in the room where meaningful connections are made. And between us... we've already got some exciting things cooking for August👀 📩 Subscribe here: https://lnkd.in/eJS4uptp #Spring #ImpactInvesting #StartupCommunity #Founders #ClimateTech #Cleantech #Innovation #Entrepreneurship #Toronto #Calgary #Vancouver

Every founder eventually hits the same wall: passion gets you started, but scaling takes a system. For Ewin Hsu, CEO & Founder of Helatris, that shift happened through Scale Ready: Build. What stood out to Ewin wasn't just the framework, it was learning to approach fundraising systematically, with a clear, step-by-step process to follow, inside a environment built for founders to learn, practice, and apply in real time. Helatris is building next-generation clinical decision support for clinicians across BC — and we're glad Scale Ready could be part of that journey. Start building for what's next 👉 https://lnkd.in/g_3Db9AE #ScaleReady #FounderJourney #StartupGrowth #DigitalHealth #CanadianStartups