In December of 2018, the Spring team decided to embark on an audacious challenge: to actively create a new community of investors focused on investing a portion of their wealth into early stage, high growth businesses with the potential to have a big positive impact on the world. Fast forward …
Spring’s annual Impact Investor Challenge started last Wednesday with 20 amazing companies pitching to a room of 19 investors. Since I first volunteered with Spring in 2014, I can proudly say that it was one of our best and most moving events. It was inspiring and humbling to hear the …
I’ve just come back from my second trip to Vietnam in 6 months. It’s an incredible place. With a population close to 100 million (between official and unofficial estimates), a fast-growing economy, close proximity to more than a third of the world’s population, and one of the highest producers …
This instalment of the funding roundup includes a couple of big investment centric conferences, an update on grant funding in Canada, and a pitch event for BC entrepreneurs. 1. Big Ideas to Change the world: Meet funders at Katipult Katipult Future Fest 2018 is happening in Oslo May 14-16th. Join this …
As an entrepreneur, you’re fearless when it comes to your business – you get it done! So why does connecting with successful and influential people seem so daunting? We debunk that myth by breaking down the steps it takes to actually meet that ideal investor, partner or mentor. If there’s …
First impressions are crucial for any business and can have a huge impact on your reputation and chance of success. Be memorable for all the right reasons with our top do’s and don’ts for introductions. Put your best foot forwards and make key connections with these guidelines. Keith Ippel, CEO …
A big thank you to Karl and Adam Jung of Jung Financial Services! They are always a helpful and welcome presence at the Spring events and have provided in-depth advice to our alumni who come to them with questions. We also want to show our great appreciation for all the hard …
As entrepreneurs, it is important to manage health while juggling business. Today, we want to thank our insurance partner, Jones Brown. Not only have they provided our alumni with expertise, explanations and solutions around all things insurance they also support us during Advisory Hours for our entrepreneurs spanning so many …
Today’s shout out goes to Dentons! They have been an incredible support in ensuring that everything runs smoothly for Spring’s Startup Visa program. This was no easy task with the number of complicated documents involved! The program will bring 7 participants from 6 different countries to Vancouver in January to …
All of our amazing and unique partners support Spring and the social impact community in different ways. Today we acknowledge another one of Spring’s partners – MNP LLP, a leading national accounting, tax and business consulting firm in Canada. They are a key player in the innovation ecosystem not only as …
We acknowledge that we are headquartered on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō, and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples, and as a global team we’d like to extend this acknowledgement to all those who have historically stewarded and nurtured the lands we live, work, and play on today.