Spring Activator just got completed its first B Corp recertification! What does this mean? B Corp certification indicates that a business meets a set of high standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency as set out by the non-profit B Lab. It means that the impact of our …
Fall is in full drive and we’re excited to have recently kicked off our third Impact Investor Challenge based in Vancouver and dedicated to supporting the impact investing and entrepreneurship ecosystem in British Columbia. This means that it’s time to find out which impact startups were selected into the fall …
The second Pitch Night of the 2021 Campbell River Impact Investor Challenge has taken place and the Top 5 startups proceeding into the core program alongside the investor cohort have been chosen! Starting with 20 top British Columbian impact companies, this place-based Challenge has so far taken participating investors through two difficult …
After the second Pitch Night of the 2021 National Impact Investor Challenge, the venture cohort has been selected! Starting with Canada’s Top 20 impact companies selected from over 150 applicants, the investor cohort has witnessed two Pitch Nights and chosen the Top 5 ventures that will be proceeding with them …
In July 2020, Spring Activator announced the launch of its Business Resilience Program, an initiative to build collaborative partnerships to help educate entrepreneurs and small business owners in British Columbia and across Canada about resources available to them to help navigate economically challenging times. In less than a year after …
SPRING BLOG Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email Share on print Some news! The Discovery Foundation has selected Spring Activator as one of four Technology Education Program partners to support the growth, sustainability, and resiliency of the BC science and technology sector. We’re incredibly …
We’ve just wrapped up our Ethnic Food Incubator Program in partnership with the Canadian Black Chamber of Commerce, and I’m filled with all of the feelings! The 12-week program was the first of its kind in Canada and involved collaboration and mentorship support from partners and sponsors such as BDC, …
As a member of 1% for the Planet, we are committed to being good for the planet and therefore to running a carbon responsible business. This is why we have worked with our first 1% for the Planet partner, Taking Root, to sequester our carbon emissions and support tropical reforestation. …
A two-month-long chapter came to a close on November 27th, 2020 for five purpose-driven entrepreneurs and 19 new impact investors. During the Finale of our 2020 Impact Investor Challenge, the Top 5 ventures pitched their businesses for the final time, and the graduating investor cohort selected one winner to receive …
For the past three months, Spring Activator has been working with the Women Founders Accelerator in Albania to co-deliver a hybrid virtual and in-person accelerator program for women-led startups in Albania. This program, powered by EU for Innovation, has been the first of its kind in Albania and in the …
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.