Kickoff for our 2020 Impact Investor Challenge is rapidly approaching! In just under a month, a group of investors and entrepreneurs will come together to deepen their knowledge of investing in and fundraising for impact businesses. This is the second year we’ll be running this challenge-based incubator. It’s also the …
Vancouver-based Bench, the largest bookkeeping service for small businesses and independent professionals in America, announced in February that it had expanded its services in Canada following a $18 million USD Series B-1 ($23 million CAD). Bench, co-founded 5 years ago by Vancouver native Ian Crosby, is British Columbia’s fastest growing …
Spring is thrilled to be partnering with INTONOVUS Canada to bring social enterprise and the Leaders Roundtable Programs to Calgary. Learn more about INTONOVUS and what they plan to launch as a part of this exciting new partnership with Spring. Who is INTONOVUS? INTONOVUS Canada is a federally registered not …
Starting a food and beverage business is not easy. It can be even more challenging when you are producing a socially conscious, and progressive product. But with the right support, foodpreneurs can successfully build and grow their progressive food businesses. Feeding Growth Meet our incredible new partner, Feeding Growth. An initiative …
The Health and Technology District in Surrey is one of BC’s most rapidly growing and dynamic new health tech sector located in Surrey’s emerging innovation ecosystem. It is a unique collaborative cluster of multinational and start-up companies, international partners, clinical and research facilities, scientists, innovators and entrepreneurs, working in partnership to …
Our final shoutout for this season goes out to our AMAZING community partners! Spring is thrilled to have an incredible list of community partners that come along side our entrepreneurs in support of their growth. Futurpreneur, NRC, and Women’s Enterprise Centre bring funding and a wealth of support to entrepreneurs. …
Spring thanks, VANTEC, Vancouver’s original angel network, with E-Fund and many others getting their start from VANTEC over the years. Spring companies have been able to pitch, and raise investment, from the VANTEC community since our inception, and they are one of the most active groups in the Pacific Northwest …
Today we do a special shoutout to The Vancouver Economic Commission (VEC) who has been partnering with Spring for 3 years! They are dedicated to supporting entrepreneurs at the intersection of impact and technology. Their innovative spirit has allowed Spring to support entrepreneurs across a range of industries, with a …
Spring extends our thanks to Mike Winterfield and Active Impact Investments for all the support and expert advice they have provided for our entrepreneurs. Mike’s commitment to the companies as Spring’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence, holding open office hours and always being available for our alumni have been crucial in supporting the entire …
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.