{"id":90750,"date":"2022-09-14T09:10:05","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T16:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/partners\/spring-activator-launches-women-led-impact-investor-challenge-copy\/"},"modified":"2022-11-03T14:10:13","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T21:10:13","slug":"meet-the-ventures-women-led-impact-investor-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/partners\/meet-the-ventures-women-led-impact-investor-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Ventures: Women-led Impact Investor Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"90750\" class=\"elementor elementor-90750\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e9edd28 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e9edd28\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-40dea18\" data-id=\"40dea18\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aef4fc4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aef4fc4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 13-09-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h4 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #17243c;\"><i>A special edition of Spring Activator&#8217;s Impact Investor Challenge in collaboration with the TELUS Pollinator Fund for Good.\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/h4><h4 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #17243c;\"><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/h4><h4 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #17243c;\"><i>The aim: stimulate impact investing in women-led businesses.<\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68df2cb elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"68df2cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/hopin.com\/events\/women-led-impact-investor-challenge-finale-presented-by-the-telus-pollinator-fund-for-good-fb355fa8-09d1-4915-95fc-2cd6d4576a7f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Register for the Pitch Finale<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe07448 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"fe07448\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.16.0 - 13-09-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2048\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/LINKEDIN-Women-led-IIC-Pitch-Announcement-Assets-1600-\u00d7-500-px-4.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-91354\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/LINKEDIN-Women-led-IIC-Pitch-Announcement-Assets-1600-\u00d7-500-px-4.png 2048w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/LINKEDIN-Women-led-IIC-Pitch-Announcement-Assets-1600-\u00d7-500-px-4-300x94.png 300w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/LINKEDIN-Women-led-IIC-Pitch-Announcement-Assets-1600-\u00d7-500-px-4-1024x320.png 1024w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/LINKEDIN-Women-led-IIC-Pitch-Announcement-Assets-1600-\u00d7-500-px-4-768x240.png 768w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/LINKEDIN-Women-led-IIC-Pitch-Announcement-Assets-1600-\u00d7-500-px-4-1536x480.png 1536w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/LINKEDIN-Women-led-IIC-Pitch-Announcement-Assets-1600-\u00d7-500-px-4-100x31.png 100w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/LINKEDIN-Women-led-IIC-Pitch-Announcement-Assets-1600-\u00d7-500-px-4-360x113.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2dbac3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e2dbac3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Meet the Top 5 Women-led Ventures<\/h2><div><p>We are excited to introduce the Top 5 women-led companies in the <a href=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/programs\/impact-investor-challenge\/\">Women-led Impact Investor Challenge<\/a>\u00a0presented by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telus.com\/en\/pollinatorfund\">TELUS Pollinator Fund for Good!<\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These companies will participate in a final round of pitches with our cohort of impact investors. The goal? Earn a $100k+ investment to support their startup\u2019s growth and propel their impact.<\/span><\/p><p>If you would like to tune in live and find out who is taking home the $100k+ investment, join us at the Pitch Finale night on November 29th! <a href=\"https:\/\/hopin.com\/events\/women-led-impact-investor-challenge-finale-presented-by-the-telus-pollinator-fund-for-good-fb355fa8-09d1-4915-95fc-2cd6d4576a7f\">You can register for the Pitch Finale here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Without further ado &#8211; here are the <a href=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/programs\/impact-investor-challenge\/\">Women-led Impact Investor Challenge <\/a>Top 5 women-led ventures!\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-cbe1ca3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cbe1ca3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-75a7eae\" data-id=\"75a7eae\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2358c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b2358c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"513\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ImaginAble-Lianna-G-e1665702313846.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-90815\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ImaginAble-Lianna-G-e1665702313846.jpeg 513w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ImaginAble-Lianna-G-e1665702313846-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ImaginAble-Lianna-G-e1665702313846-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ImaginAble-Lianna-G-e1665702313846-65x65.jpeg 65w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ImaginAble-Lianna-G-e1665702313846-239x239.jpeg 239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 513px) 100vw, 513px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6766e54\" data-id=\"6766e54\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e7bb6b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8e7bb6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>ImaginAble Solutions<\/h3><h5><em>Lianna Genovese, CEO &amp; Founder<\/em><\/h5><p>ImaginAble Solutions is a social impact company focused on creating assistive technology to improve the quality of life for people living with disabilities. The company&#8217;s international award-winning product is Guided Hands\u2122, an assistive device that enables individuals living with limited hand function to write, paint, draw and access technology through touch-screen devices and keyboards.\u00a0<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imaginablesolutions.com\/\">Learn more about ImaginAble Solutions.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-bdfa0b9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bdfa0b9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d0b8ae3\" data-id=\"d0b8ae3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f0d942 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7f0d942\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"631\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nada-Brianne-M-1024x1010.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-90818\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nada-Brianne-M-1024x1010.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nada-Brianne-M-300x296.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nada-Brianne-M-768x757.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nada-Brianne-M-66x65.jpeg 66w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nada-Brianne-M-242x239.jpeg 242w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nada-Brianne-M.jpeg 1428w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6bd1ceb\" data-id=\"6bd1ceb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fb5b0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7fb5b0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"color: inherit;\">Nada<\/span><\/h2><p><em style=\"color: inherit; font-size: 24px;\">Brianne Miller, Founder<\/em><\/p><p>Nada is a tech-enabled package-free grocery store &amp; delivery company on a mission to connect people to a just and regenerative food system, championing a community food system by linking buyers to suppliers &amp; offering healthy, unpackaged products. They sell direct to consumers online and in-store, and distribute local package-free foods to other grocery stores and businesses.\u00a0<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nadagrocery.com\/\">Learn more about Nada.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-8bb1382 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8bb1382\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-903fc34\" data-id=\"903fc34\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32e1f65 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"32e1f65\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/PhyCo-Ranah-C.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-90821\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/PhyCo-Ranah-C.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/PhyCo-Ranah-C-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/PhyCo-Ranah-C-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/PhyCo-Ranah-C-65x65.jpeg 65w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/PhyCo-Ranah-C-239x239.jpeg 239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8e2dfe5\" data-id=\"8e2dfe5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d78ca0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d78ca0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>PhyCo<\/h3><h5><em>Ranah Chavoshi, Founder<\/em><\/h5><p>PhyCo is a marine biotechnology company focused on eliminating plastic pollution. They farm seaweed in partnership with Indigenous nations to manufacture fully biodegradable and non-toxic bioplastic. Their goal is to produce compostable packaging products for the Agriculture industry.\u00a0<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ranah-chavoshi\/\">Learn more about PhyCo.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-01b163b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"01b163b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c2fce2d\" data-id=\"c2fce2d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9cf3b6b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9cf3b6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Isempower-Pat-C-1024x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-90816\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Isempower-Pat-C-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Isempower-Pat-C-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Isempower-Pat-C-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Isempower-Pat-C-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Isempower-Pat-C-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Isempower-Pat-C-2048x2048.png 2048w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Isempower-Pat-C-65x65.png 65w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Isempower-Pat-C-239x239.png 239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6e311a6\" data-id=\"6e311a6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c62e8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8c62e8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Isempower<\/h3><h6><em>Pat Chaisang, Founder &amp; CEO<\/em><\/h6><p>Isempower is Canada\u2019s first career launchpad platform designed for international students. The platform enables universities &amp; colleges to support international students at scale by connecting them with job opportunities and tailored resources while helping employers hire ethnically diverse candidates inside the country, faster and easier.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/isempower.com\/\">Learn more about Isempower.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-b42bc46 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b42bc46\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ceee723\" data-id=\"ceee723\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc59c1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cc59c1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Voxcell-Dr.-Karolina-scaled-e1663193788759-1024x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-90825\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Voxcell-Dr.-Karolina-scaled-e1663193788759-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Voxcell-Dr.-Karolina-scaled-e1663193788759-768x767.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-34b4dc8\" data-id=\"34b4dc8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b1a07a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b1a07a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>VoxCell BioInnovation Inc.<\/h3><h6><em>Dr. Karolina Valente, CEO &amp; CSO<\/em><\/h6><p>VoxCell BioInnovation is creating fully vascularized, human-like cancer tissue models by combining a custom high-resolution 3D bioprinter, advanced vascularization software, and proprietary bioinks. VoxCell aims to accelerate the development of life-saving anti-cancer drugs by providing tissue models that can identify inviable candidates earlier in the drug-development pipeline.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voxcellbio.com\/\">Learn more about VoxCell BioInnovation Inc.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0b4e83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"b0b4e83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-14c7855 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"14c7855\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6fbb60d\" data-id=\"6fbb60d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc7a968 elementor-cta--skin-cover elementor-cta--valign-middle elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform elementor-bg-transform-zoom-in elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"bc7a968\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor-pro\/assets\/css\/widget-call-to-action.min.css\">\t\t<a class=\"elementor-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/hopin.com\/events\/women-led-impact-investor-challenge-finale-presented-by-the-telus-pollinator-fund-for-good-fb355fa8-09d1-4915-95fc-2cd6d4576a7f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg elementor-bg\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/WOMEN-LED-IIC-BLOG-1.png);\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"WOMEN LED IIC - BLOG (1)\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item elementor-animated-item--grow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWant to find out who will win the $100k+ investment?\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__button-wrapper elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item elementor-animated-item--grow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-cta__button elementor-button elementor-size-sm\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRegister for the Pitch Finale\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64375ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"64375ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.telus.com\/en\/pollinatorfund\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-86219\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1.png 400w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1-300x113.png 300w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1-100x38.png 100w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1-360x135.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbf20a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cbf20a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;\">We are beyond grateful for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telus.com\/en\/pollinatorfund\">TELUS Pollinator Fund\u2019s<\/a> ongoing support and allyship. Together, we recognize the impact of collaborating with values-aligned organizations to reduce gender-based inequalities, specifically in the startup and investment space. This is why Spring and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telus.com\/en\/pollinatorfund\">the TELUS Pollinator Fund<\/a> are connecting women-led companies with the resources, capital and the network they need to scale their impact.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-acde302 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"acde302\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-eac4ba2\" data-id=\"eac4ba2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-783d2c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"783d2c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1-1024x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-91870\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1-2048x2048.png 2048w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1-65x65.png 65w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1-239x239.png 239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8dabcf5\" data-id=\"8dabcf5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41e8132 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"41e8132\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2-1024x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-91871\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2.png 2048w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2-65x65.png 65w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2-239x239.png 239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-cbb8ee1\" data-id=\"cbb8ee1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c0dbe3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c0dbe3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have also partnered with the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianwomen.org\/about-us\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Canadian Women&#8217;s Foundation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/impactunited.ca\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Impact United<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, to provide advice and expertise on how to best support women founders through this program. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7af3a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c7af3a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-709490a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"709490a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ade7a87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ade7a87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2048\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/LINKEDIN-Women-led-IIC-Pitch-Announcement-Assets-1600-\u00d7-500-px-3.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-91261\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/LINKEDIN-Women-led-IIC-Pitch-Announcement-Assets-1600-\u00d7-500-px-3.png 2048w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/LINKEDIN-Women-led-IIC-Pitch-Announcement-Assets-1600-\u00d7-500-px-3-300x94.png 300w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/LINKEDIN-Women-led-IIC-Pitch-Announcement-Assets-1600-\u00d7-500-px-3-1024x320.png 1024w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/LINKEDIN-Women-led-IIC-Pitch-Announcement-Assets-1600-\u00d7-500-px-3-768x240.png 768w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/LINKEDIN-Women-led-IIC-Pitch-Announcement-Assets-1600-\u00d7-500-px-3-1536x480.png 1536w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/LINKEDIN-Women-led-IIC-Pitch-Announcement-Assets-1600-\u00d7-500-px-3-100x31.png 100w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/LINKEDIN-Women-led-IIC-Pitch-Announcement-Assets-1600-\u00d7-500-px-3-360x113.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3081ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a3081ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Meet the Top 10 Women-led Ventures<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-71c4401 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"71c4401\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a7a0291\" data-id=\"a7a0291\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf5f26e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cf5f26e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"631\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nada-Brianne-M-1024x1010.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-90818\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nada-Brianne-M-1024x1010.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nada-Brianne-M-300x296.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nada-Brianne-M-768x757.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nada-Brianne-M-66x65.jpeg 66w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nada-Brianne-M-242x239.jpeg 242w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nada-Brianne-M.jpeg 1428w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cea80ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cea80ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"color: inherit;\">Nada<\/span><\/h2><h5><em style=\"color: inherit; font-size: 24px;\">Brianne Miller, Founder<\/em><\/h5><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nadagrocery.com\/\">Learn more about Nada.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c3a5b4f\" data-id=\"c3a5b4f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0fa80d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d0fa80d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Peko-Produce-Arielle-Sang-scaled-e1663190295135-1024x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-90820\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Peko-Produce-Arielle-Sang-scaled-e1663190295135-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Peko-Produce-Arielle-Sang-scaled-e1663190295135-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Peko-Produce-Arielle-Sang-scaled-e1663190295135-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Peko-Produce-Arielle-Sang-scaled-e1663190295135-768x767.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Peko-Produce-Arielle-Sang-scaled-e1663190295135-65x65.jpeg 65w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Peko-Produce-Arielle-Sang-scaled-e1663190295135-239x239.jpeg 239w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Peko-Produce-Arielle-Sang-scaled-e1663190295135.jpeg 1367w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-585d08e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"585d08e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Peko Produce<\/h3><h5><em>Arielle Lok &amp; Sang L\u00ea, Co-Founders\u00a0<\/em><\/h5><p><a style=\"font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/pekoproduce.com\/\">Learn more about Peko Produce.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-485c161 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"485c161\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5dac99f\" data-id=\"5dac99f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c22f526 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c22f526\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Reusables-Anastasasia--scaled-e1665703050333-1024x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-90822\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Reusables-Anastasasia--scaled-e1665703050333-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Reusables-Anastasasia--scaled-e1665703050333-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Reusables-Anastasasia--scaled-e1665703050333-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Reusables-Anastasasia--scaled-e1665703050333-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Reusables-Anastasasia--scaled-e1665703050333-65x65.jpeg 65w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Reusables-Anastasasia--scaled-e1665703050333-239x239.jpeg 239w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Reusables-Anastasasia--scaled-e1665703050333.jpeg 1363w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8131bde elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8131bde\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Reusables<\/h3><h5><em>Anastasia Kiku, Founder<\/em><\/h5><p><a href=\"https:\/\/reusables.com\/\">Learn more about Reusables.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1db3fc1\" data-id=\"1db3fc1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c4b9fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3c4b9fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"513\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ImaginAble-Lianna-G-e1665702313846.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-90815\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ImaginAble-Lianna-G-e1665702313846.jpeg 513w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ImaginAble-Lianna-G-e1665702313846-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ImaginAble-Lianna-G-e1665702313846-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ImaginAble-Lianna-G-e1665702313846-65x65.jpeg 65w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ImaginAble-Lianna-G-e1665702313846-239x239.jpeg 239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 513px) 100vw, 513px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df57ff0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"df57ff0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>ImaginAble Solutions<\/h3><h5><em>Lianna Genovese, CEO &amp; Founder<\/em><\/h5><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imaginablesolutions.com\/\">Learn more about ImaginAble Solutions.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-54c26a2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"54c26a2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-39e4c03\" data-id=\"39e4c03\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb7efdb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fb7efdb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DiveThru-Sophie-G-e1663190406595-1024x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-90814\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DiveThru-Sophie-G-e1663190406595-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DiveThru-Sophie-G-e1663190406595-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DiveThru-Sophie-G-e1663190406595-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DiveThru-Sophie-G-e1663190406595-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DiveThru-Sophie-G-e1663190406595-65x65.jpeg 65w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DiveThru-Sophie-G-e1663190406595-239x239.jpeg 239w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DiveThru-Sophie-G-e1663190406595.jpeg 1241w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b09ea2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b09ea2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>DiveThru<\/h3><h6><i>Sophie Gray, Founder &amp; CEO<\/i><\/h6><p><a href=\"https:\/\/divethru.com\/\">Learn more about DiveThru.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a4fb7a\" data-id=\"6a4fb7a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1517454 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1517454\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Root-Seed-scaled-e1663195128271-1024x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-90833\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Root-Seed-scaled-e1663195128271-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Root-Seed-scaled-e1663195128271-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Root-Seed-scaled-e1663195128271-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Root-Seed-scaled-e1663195128271-768x767.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Root-Seed-scaled-e1663195128271-65x65.jpeg 65w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Root-Seed-scaled-e1663195128271-239x239.jpeg 239w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Root-Seed-scaled-e1663195128271.jpeg 1367w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f601e1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f601e1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Root &amp; Seed Inc.<\/h2><h6><em>Anika Chabra &amp; Jennifer Siripong Mandel, Co-Founders<\/em><\/h6><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rootandseed.com\/\">Learn more about Root &amp; Seed.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-ddaeaf3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ddaeaf3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f2bacd5\" data-id=\"f2bacd5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-396dd8d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"396dd8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Brood-Care-Lizzy--e1663194493456-1024x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-90813\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Brood-Care-Lizzy--e1663194493456-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Brood-Care-Lizzy--e1663194493456-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Brood-Care-Lizzy--e1663194493456-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Brood-Care-Lizzy--e1663194493456-768x769.png 768w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Brood-Care-Lizzy--e1663194493456-65x65.png 65w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Brood-Care-Lizzy--e1663194493456-239x239.png 239w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Brood-Care-Lizzy--e1663194493456.png 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ebdd34 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ebdd34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Brood Care Inc.<\/h3><h6><em>Lizzy Karp<\/em><\/h6><p><a href=\"https:\/\/broodcare.com\/\">Learn more about Brood Care.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-57892ef\" data-id=\"57892ef\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b30a1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4b30a1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Isempower-Pat-C-1024x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-90816\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Isempower-Pat-C-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Isempower-Pat-C-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Isempower-Pat-C-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Isempower-Pat-C-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Isempower-Pat-C-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Isempower-Pat-C-2048x2048.png 2048w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Isempower-Pat-C-65x65.png 65w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Isempower-Pat-C-239x239.png 239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2c3674 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e2c3674\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Isempower<\/h3><h6><em>Pat Chaisang, Founder &amp; CEO<\/em><\/h6><p><a style=\"font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/isempower.com\/\">Learn more about Isempower.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5372fbf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5372fbf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ffa1de9\" data-id=\"ffa1de9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c44bae elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2c44bae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Untitled-design-8-1024x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-91326\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Untitled-design-8-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Untitled-design-8-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Untitled-design-8-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Untitled-design-8-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Untitled-design-8-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Untitled-design-8.png 2048w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Untitled-design-8-65x65.png 65w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Untitled-design-8-239x239.png 239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3453eeb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3453eeb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>PhyCo<\/h3><h5><em>Ranah Chavoshi, Founder<\/em><\/h5><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ranah-chavoshi\/\">Learn more about PhyCo.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8d9a683\" data-id=\"8d9a683\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-155236a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"155236a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Voxcell-Dr.-Karolina-scaled-e1663193788759-1024x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-90825\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Voxcell-Dr.-Karolina-scaled-e1663193788759-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Voxcell-Dr.-Karolina-scaled-e1663193788759-768x767.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84395b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"84395b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>VoxCell BioInnovation Inc.<\/h3><h6><em>Dr. Karolina Valente, CEO &amp; CSO<\/em><\/h6><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voxcellbio.com\/\">Learn more about VoxCell BioInnovation Inc.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-149fdb0 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"149fdb0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/hopin.com\/events\/women-led-impact-investor-challenge-finale-presented-by-the-telus-pollinator-fund-for-good-fb355fa8-09d1-4915-95fc-2cd6d4576a7f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Register for the Pitch Finale<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-769eaed elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"769eaed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94ab33b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"94ab33b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2048\" height=\"609\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/LINKEDIN-Women-led-IIC-Pitch-Announcement-Assets-1600-\u00d7-500-px-2-e1663198434548.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-90861\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/LINKEDIN-Women-led-IIC-Pitch-Announcement-Assets-1600-\u00d7-500-px-2-e1663198434548.png 2048w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/LINKEDIN-Women-led-IIC-Pitch-Announcement-Assets-1600-\u00d7-500-px-2-e1663198434548-300x89.png 300w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/LINKEDIN-Women-led-IIC-Pitch-Announcement-Assets-1600-\u00d7-500-px-2-e1663198434548-1024x305.png 1024w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/LINKEDIN-Women-led-IIC-Pitch-Announcement-Assets-1600-\u00d7-500-px-2-e1663198434548-768x228.png 768w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/LINKEDIN-Women-led-IIC-Pitch-Announcement-Assets-1600-\u00d7-500-px-2-e1663198434548-1536x457.png 1536w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/LINKEDIN-Women-led-IIC-Pitch-Announcement-Assets-1600-\u00d7-500-px-2-e1663198434548-100x30.png 100w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/LINKEDIN-Women-led-IIC-Pitch-Announcement-Assets-1600-\u00d7-500-px-2-e1663198434548-360x107.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0abacaa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0abacaa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Meet the Top 15 Women-led Ventures<\/h2><div><p>In case you missed the first round of pitches, here are the Top 15 women-led companies who will be participating in the <a href=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/programs\/impact-investor-challenge\/\">Women-led Impact Investor Challenge<\/a> presented by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telus.com\/en\/pollinatorfund\">TELUS Pollinator Fund for Good!<\/a><\/p><p>These companies will be participating in three rounds of pitches with our cohort of impact investors. The goal? Earn a $100k+ investment to support their startup\u2019s growth and propel their impact.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-f4fa73c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f4fa73c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5e06a58\" data-id=\"5e06a58\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-760f732 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"760f732\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"631\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nada-Brianne-M-1024x1010.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-90818\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nada-Brianne-M-1024x1010.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nada-Brianne-M-300x296.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nada-Brianne-M-768x757.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nada-Brianne-M-66x65.jpeg 66w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nada-Brianne-M-242x239.jpeg 242w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nada-Brianne-M.jpeg 1428w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b7b371\" data-id=\"5b7b371\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90374b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"90374b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"color: inherit;\">Nada<\/span><\/h2><p><em style=\"color: inherit; font-size: 24px;\">Brianne Miller, Founder<\/em><\/p><p>Nada is a tech-enabled package-free grocery store &amp; delivery company on a mission to connect people to a just and regenerative food system, championing a community food system by linking buyers to suppliers &amp; offering healthy, unpackaged products. They sell direct to consumers online and in-store, and distribute local package-free foods to other grocery stores and businesses.\u00a0<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nadagrocery.com\/\">Learn more about Nada.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-74f1abb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"74f1abb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0f8497d\" data-id=\"0f8497d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e83abf2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e83abf2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Peko-Produce-Arielle-Sang-scaled-e1663190295135-1024x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-90820\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Peko-Produce-Arielle-Sang-scaled-e1663190295135-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Peko-Produce-Arielle-Sang-scaled-e1663190295135-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Peko-Produce-Arielle-Sang-scaled-e1663190295135-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Peko-Produce-Arielle-Sang-scaled-e1663190295135-768x767.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Peko-Produce-Arielle-Sang-scaled-e1663190295135-65x65.jpeg 65w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Peko-Produce-Arielle-Sang-scaled-e1663190295135-239x239.jpeg 239w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Peko-Produce-Arielle-Sang-scaled-e1663190295135.jpeg 1367w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e134ba0\" data-id=\"e134ba0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ff62c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0ff62c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Peko Produce<\/h3><h5><em>Arielle Lok &amp; Sang L\u00ea, Co-Founders\u00a0<\/em><\/h5><p>Peko is building an online grocery marketplace that delivers \u201cpeculiar\u201d or surplus groceries at up to 40% off retail prices. They\u2019re on a mission to fight food waste and promote access to affordable, healthy food.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pekoproduce.com\/\">Learn more about Peko Produce.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-abdc8e6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"abdc8e6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b6f1ec\" data-id=\"5b6f1ec\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc54c6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fc54c6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Reusables-Anastasasia--scaled-e1665703050333-1024x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-90822\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Reusables-Anastasasia--scaled-e1665703050333-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Reusables-Anastasasia--scaled-e1665703050333-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Reusables-Anastasasia--scaled-e1665703050333-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Reusables-Anastasasia--scaled-e1665703050333-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Reusables-Anastasasia--scaled-e1665703050333-65x65.jpeg 65w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Reusables-Anastasasia--scaled-e1665703050333-239x239.jpeg 239w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Reusables-Anastasasia--scaled-e1665703050333.jpeg 1363w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b65b205\" data-id=\"b65b205\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9049195 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9049195\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Reusables<\/h3><h5><em>Anastasia Kiku, Founder<\/em><\/h5><p>Reusables.com is a zero-waste packaging platform replacing single-use with reuse. They help food businesses eliminate plastic waste through their Reusables-as-a-Service that uses tech-enabled reusable packaging paired with their proprietary tracking software. Their Reusables Management System (RMS) tracks the reusable packaging while capturing the impact data on plastic waste reduction and CO2e emissions avoidance.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/reusables.com\/\">Learn more about Reusables.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-401ad46 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"401ad46\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-518a3a6\" data-id=\"518a3a6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84626b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"84626b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/PhyCo-Ranah-C.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-90821\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/PhyCo-Ranah-C.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/PhyCo-Ranah-C-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/PhyCo-Ranah-C-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/PhyCo-Ranah-C-65x65.jpeg 65w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/PhyCo-Ranah-C-239x239.jpeg 239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-15bae78\" data-id=\"15bae78\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7313d9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7313d9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>PhyCo<\/h3><h5><em>Ranah Chavoshi, Founder<\/em><\/h5><p>PhyCo is a marine biotechnology company focused on eliminating plastic pollution. They farm seaweed in partnership with Indigenous nations to manufacture fully biodegradable and non-toxic bioplastic. Their goal is to produce compostable packaging products for the Agriculture industry.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7806557 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7806557\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b2ef29b\" data-id=\"b2ef29b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0a5747 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f0a5747\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"513\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ImaginAble-Lianna-G-e1665702313846.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-90815\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ImaginAble-Lianna-G-e1665702313846.jpeg 513w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ImaginAble-Lianna-G-e1665702313846-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ImaginAble-Lianna-G-e1665702313846-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ImaginAble-Lianna-G-e1665702313846-65x65.jpeg 65w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ImaginAble-Lianna-G-e1665702313846-239x239.jpeg 239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 513px) 100vw, 513px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a9b1b1d\" data-id=\"a9b1b1d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ccd2847 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ccd2847\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>ImaginAble Solutions<\/h3><h5><em>Lianna Genovese, CEO &amp; Founder<\/em><\/h5><p>ImaginAble Solutions is a social impact company focused on creating assistive technology to improve the quality of life for people living with disabilities. The company&#8217;s international award-winning product is Guided Hands\u2122, an assistive device that enables individuals living with limited hand function to write, paint, draw and access technology through touch-screen devices and keyboards.\u00a0<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imaginablesolutions.com\/\">Learn more about ImaginAble Solutions.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-8877196 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8877196\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c754745\" data-id=\"c754745\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-610ef85 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"610ef85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Troop-Kelly-E-scaled-e1663190530712-1024x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-90824\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Troop-Kelly-E-scaled-e1663190530712-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Troop-Kelly-E-scaled-e1663190530712-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Troop-Kelly-E-scaled-e1663190530712-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Troop-Kelly-E-scaled-e1663190530712-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Troop-Kelly-E-scaled-e1663190530712-65x65.jpeg 65w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Troop-Kelly-E-scaled-e1663190530712-239x239.jpeg 239w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Troop-Kelly-E-scaled-e1663190530712.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a347b80\" data-id=\"a347b80\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c095f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2c095f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Troop Impact Inc.<\/h3><h6><em>Kelly Emery, Founder<\/em><\/h6><p>Troop is a turnkey software solution to help small to midsize businesses engage employees in monthly social impact initiatives. Employees chose from a curated list of tangible needs from local, neighbourhood charities. The top voted need is fulfilled and monthly impact stories allow the team see and feel how their business is showing up in the community.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/hitroop.com\/\">Learn more about Troop Impact Inc.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-929c2a8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"929c2a8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-526ec1d\" data-id=\"526ec1d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e1f7bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2e1f7bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Voxcell-Dr.-Karolina-scaled-e1663193788759-1024x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-90825\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Voxcell-Dr.-Karolina-scaled-e1663193788759-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Voxcell-Dr.-Karolina-scaled-e1663193788759-768x767.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-07b81cf\" data-id=\"07b81cf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c6ae64 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0c6ae64\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>VoxCell BioInnovation Inc.<\/h3><h6><em>Dr. Karolina Valente, CEO &amp; CSO<\/em><\/h6><p>VoxCell BioInnovation is creating fully vascularized, human-like cancer tissue models by combining a custom high-resolution 3D bioprinter, advanced vascularization software, and proprietary bioinks. VoxCell aims to accelerate the development of life-saving anti-cancer drugs by providing tissue models that can identify inviable candidates earlier in the drug-development pipeline.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voxcellbio.com\/\">Learn more about VoxCell BioInnovation Inc.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-a1110c7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a1110c7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e86703f\" data-id=\"e86703f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dbfb552 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dbfb552\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DiveThru-Sophie-G-e1663190406595-1024x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-90814\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DiveThru-Sophie-G-e1663190406595-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DiveThru-Sophie-G-e1663190406595-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DiveThru-Sophie-G-e1663190406595-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DiveThru-Sophie-G-e1663190406595-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DiveThru-Sophie-G-e1663190406595-65x65.jpeg 65w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DiveThru-Sophie-G-e1663190406595-239x239.jpeg 239w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DiveThru-Sophie-G-e1663190406595.jpeg 1241w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c566dbe\" data-id=\"c566dbe\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0be5df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e0be5df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>DiveThru<\/h3><h6><i>Sophie Gray, Founder &amp; CEO<\/i><\/h6><p>Blending in-person care and virtual support, DiveThru is a space where young people can access therapy, community and the resources they need to take charge of their mental health.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/divethru.com\/\">Learn more about DiveThru.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7b6c9bb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7b6c9bb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e4fc6be\" data-id=\"e4fc6be\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-482eeda elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"482eeda\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/immiducation-janey.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-90892\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/immiducation-janey.jpeg 991w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/immiducation-janey-300x295.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/immiducation-janey-768x756.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/immiducation-janey-66x65.jpeg 66w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/immiducation-janey-243x239.jpeg 243w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c91222c\" data-id=\"c91222c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2db0995 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2db0995\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Immiducation<\/h2><h6><em>Janey Buzugbe, Founder<\/em><\/h6><p>Immiducation is a global career &amp; education network platform of immigrants by immigrants \u2013 solving the social issue of immigrant underemployment. Through their career community, educational courses and recruitment connections, they accelerate the immigrant success of members by connecting them to their partnership network of top Canadian employers.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.immiducation.com\/\">Learn more about Immiducation.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-396dc85 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"396dc85\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4768425\" data-id=\"4768425\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6caff5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d6caff5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Isempower-Pat-C-1024x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-90816\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Isempower-Pat-C-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Isempower-Pat-C-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Isempower-Pat-C-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Isempower-Pat-C-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Isempower-Pat-C-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Isempower-Pat-C-2048x2048.png 2048w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Isempower-Pat-C-65x65.png 65w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Isempower-Pat-C-239x239.png 239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9ac5c21\" data-id=\"9ac5c21\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ccf4070 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ccf4070\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Isempower<\/h3><h6><em>Pat Chaisang, Founder &amp; CEO<\/em><\/h6><p>Isempower is Canada\u2019s first career launchpad platform designed for international students. The platform enables universities &amp; colleges to support international students at scale by connecting them with job opportunities and tailored resources while helping employers hire ethnically diverse candidates inside the country, faster and easier.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/isempower.com\/\">Learn more about Isempower.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-c72e570 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c72e570\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b7ffe0b\" data-id=\"b7ffe0b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb0f837 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cb0f837\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"557\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ethical-digitatl-1024x891.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-91091\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ethical-digitatl-1024x891.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ethical-digitatl-300x261.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ethical-digitatl-768x669.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ethical-digitatl-75x65.jpeg 75w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ethical-digitatl-275x239.jpeg 275w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ethical-digitatl.jpeg 1221w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4c7c2a6\" data-id=\"4c7c2a6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40053b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"40053b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Ethical Digital<\/h3><p><em>Katrina German, Founder &amp; CEO<\/em><\/p><p>As a certified B-Corp, Ethical Digital is changing the trajectory of the internet through digital marketing services, research, corporate training, and technology development.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ethicaldigital.ca\/\">Learn more about Ethical Digital.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-72580dd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"72580dd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-dc9ea37\" data-id=\"dc9ea37\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0d4421 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a0d4421\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/PaperSpree-Abeda-scaled-e1663194319459-1024x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-90819\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/PaperSpree-Abeda-scaled-e1663194319459-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/PaperSpree-Abeda-scaled-e1663194319459-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/PaperSpree-Abeda-scaled-e1663194319459-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/PaperSpree-Abeda-scaled-e1663194319459-768x769.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/PaperSpree-Abeda-scaled-e1663194319459-65x65.jpeg 65w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/PaperSpree-Abeda-scaled-e1663194319459-239x239.jpeg 239w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/PaperSpree-Abeda-scaled-e1663194319459.jpeg 1427w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5097dc5\" data-id=\"5097dc5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d61793 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d61793\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>PaperSpree<\/h3><h6><em>Abeda Oturkar<\/em><\/h6><p>PaperSpree&#8217;s mission is to make eco-friendly, sustainable products mainstream, affordable and accessible &#8211; to be the catalyst in making \u201cplanet first&#8221; a lifestyle priority for all. They supply affordable and accessible gift wraps, office supplies, personal accessories and Christmas decor. Their vision is for retail bargain stores to remove barriers that stop plastic pollution and zero waste consumption at home and globally.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperspree.com\/\">Learn more about PaperSpree.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-02c5757 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"02c5757\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-fa313b7\" data-id=\"fa313b7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45daa97 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"45daa97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Root-Seed-scaled-e1663195128271-1024x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-90833\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Root-Seed-scaled-e1663195128271-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Root-Seed-scaled-e1663195128271-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Root-Seed-scaled-e1663195128271-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Root-Seed-scaled-e1663195128271-768x767.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Root-Seed-scaled-e1663195128271-65x65.jpeg 65w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Root-Seed-scaled-e1663195128271-239x239.jpeg 239w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Root-Seed-scaled-e1663195128271.jpeg 1367w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-860b067\" data-id=\"860b067\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f4b4e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f4b4e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Root &amp; Seed Inc.<\/h2><h6><em>Anika Chabra &amp; Jennifer Siripong Mandel, Co-Founders<\/em><\/h6><p>As a culture and tradition preservation platform, Root &amp; Seed is harnessing the age-old power of storytelling with intuitive technology to help individuals claim, honour and document their unique cultural heritage. With a podcast, blog and mobile browser tool, their mission is to end the loss of tradition for once and for all.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rootandseed.com\/\">Learn more about Root &amp; Seed.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-97cbd79 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"97cbd79\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3ae9b34\" data-id=\"3ae9b34\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e18c1a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e18c1a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"591\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Karegaroo-reem-b-1024x946.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-90817\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Karegaroo-reem-b-1024x946.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Karegaroo-reem-b-300x277.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Karegaroo-reem-b-768x710.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Karegaroo-reem-b-70x65.jpeg 70w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Karegaroo-reem-b-259x239.jpeg 259w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Karegaroo-reem-b.jpeg 1186w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2ef859e\" data-id=\"2ef859e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdf0aa6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fdf0aa6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Karegaroo<\/h3><h6><i>Reem Bairam<\/i><\/h6><p>By leveraging the power of technology and community, Karegaroo is a refugee-founded black led business. It is a curated digital marketplace connecting parents who need affordable child care with verified caregivers. Karegaroo also offers job opportunities and training to economically empower women and individuals from marginalized communities to pursue caregiving and build their careers.\u00a0<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/karegaroo.ca\/\">Learn more about Karegaroo.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-d3c3a86 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d3c3a86\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0a5d83c\" data-id=\"0a5d83c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbee544 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fbee544\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Brood-Care-Lizzy--e1663194493456-1024x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-90813\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Brood-Care-Lizzy--e1663194493456-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Brood-Care-Lizzy--e1663194493456-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Brood-Care-Lizzy--e1663194493456-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Brood-Care-Lizzy--e1663194493456-768x769.png 768w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Brood-Care-Lizzy--e1663194493456-65x65.png 65w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Brood-Care-Lizzy--e1663194493456-239x239.png 239w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Brood-Care-Lizzy--e1663194493456.png 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-fb51c61\" data-id=\"fb51c61\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53d0dca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"53d0dca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Brood Care Inc.<\/h3><h6><em>Lizzy Karp<\/em><\/h6><p>Brood is the future of family care &#8211; on a mission to bring transformational, accessible support to pregnant people and families in the face of a health care crisis, maternal health challenges and front-line worker burnout. Brood offers in-person care service and education for the next generation of care workers. By offering inclusive, accessible and joyful care and education, Brood is evolving doula care into sustainable carreer care work.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/broodcare.com\/\">Learn more about Brood Care.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e2e2af9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e2e2af9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0b0598b\" data-id=\"0b0598b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8bb7b3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8bb7b3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>About the Women-led Impact Investor Challenge<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On a mission to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">promote gender diversity within the impact investor and startup ecosystem<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spring Activator<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telus.com\/en\/pollinatorfund\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TELUS Pollinator Fund for Good<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are launching their first <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/programs\/impact-investor-challenge\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Women-led Impact Investor Challenge<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The challenge <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">seeks to facilitate connections between those looking for purpose-based investments with women founders working on solutions to local and global problems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Women-led IIC was created because women founders in Canada are still vastly underestimated. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/business\/article-women-entrepreneurs-are-over-mentored-and-underfunded\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">W<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">omen entrepreneurs receive 4 per cent of Venture Capital funding<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and women are under-represented among equity investors, representing only 15.2 per cent of Canadian VC partners and 16.7 per cent of Canadian angel investors. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Women founders often create companies that address different sectors of the economy with strong opportunities for change. They face stronger biases than their male counterparts when raising funds and as a result, they lack the capital to grow their companies and increase the reach of their impact.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have partnered with the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianwomen.org\/about-us\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Canadian Women&#8217;s Foundation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/impactunited.ca\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Impact United<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, to provide advice and expertise on how to best support women founders. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-27a7494 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"27a7494\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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.e-q-footer{flex-direction:row}.elementor-blockquote--align-right .elementor-blockquote__content{text-align:right}.elementor-blockquote--align-right .elementor-blockquote .e-q-footer{flex-direction:row-reverse}.elementor-blockquote--align-center .elementor-blockquote{text-align:center}.elementor-blockquote--align-center .elementor-blockquote .e-q-footer,.elementor-blockquote--align-center .elementor-blockquote__author{display:block}.elementor-blockquote--align-center .elementor-blockquote__tweet-button{margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto}<\/style>\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<i>\"The Canadian Women's Foundation is pleased to support the Women-Led Impact Investor Challenge.  We are helping build the capacity and investment readiness of social purpose organizations and boost women\u2019s sector participation in the social finance market.  We look forward to sharing our expertise and working with both enterprises and investors in this unique program.\u201d\n<\/i>\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Sagal Dualeh, Director, Investment Readiness Program Canadian Women\u2019s Foundation<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df1b527 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"df1b527\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68be073 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"68be073\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The impact objectives of the Women-led Impact Investor Challenge are about empowering women founders on a holistic level. The program aims to connect women founders with investors and support them in navigating the investment process and landscape. This investor challenge aims to bring forward a new cohort of investors that are not only equipped to make impact investments, but do so while recognizing the strength that diversity brings to investing.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To address the existing gap on raising funds, faced by women founders, the TELUS Pollinator Fund and Spring Activator are creating a space for:<\/span><b><\/b><\/p><h5><b>Women founders<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to:<\/span><\/h5><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn the ins-and-outs of raising capital as a women founder, specifically for women running impact-focused businesses<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gain exposure and access opportunities to connect with investors who share their core values, impact goals and are interested in actively investing in women-run businesses<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Connect with other women founders who are also navigating the world of entrepreneurship and capital raising as a woman<\/span><\/li><\/ul><div>\u00a0<\/div><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As well as a space for<\/span><b> investors <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to:<\/span><\/h5><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn how to invest hands-on alongside a like-minded community of women and allies who are interested in investing in women-run impact businesses<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Access knowledge and deal flow needed for new impact investors to craft their impact investment thesis and make their first impact investment<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Understand the relationship between gender and power and the implications it has for advancing gender equality from venture experts<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-61a8229 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"61a8229\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-649d7c2\" data-id=\"649d7c2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05460d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"05460d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.telus.com\/en\/pollinatorfund\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-86219\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1.png 400w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1-300x113.png 300w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1-100x38.png 100w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1-360x135.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b5232b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0b5232b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As one of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the world\u2019s largest corporate social impact funds<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the TELUS Pollinator Fund for Good is working to support mission-aligned founders by investing in for-profit startups, including organizations that are transforming health, education, agriculture and environment solutions. By collaborating with the Pollinator Fund, the Spring Activator challenge will enable more women-led startups to drive change and create better outcomes for those in need. Emphasis will be placed on measurable, beneficial impacts in climate, sustainable food systems, and inclusive communities, alongside a financial return for investors, while also empowering early-stage women-led startups in the industry across Canada.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-cf213f6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cf213f6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-fc5497a\" data-id=\"fc5497a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1e80d85\" data-id=\"1e80d85\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-850b12c elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-blockquote--button-color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"850b12c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<i>\"At the TELUS Pollinator Fund, we view diversity as a strength helping to uncover untapped market opportunities. We are proud to have a portfolio where nearly 40 percent of portfolio companies are led by women and more than half are led by Indigenous and racialized founders. Supporting diversity is not only a core tenet of our investment thesis, but also good business, without it we are leaving money on the table, as investors and as a society. We\u2019re pleased to be collaborating with Spring to shine a spotlight on exciting women-led startups who are often overlooked. We are equally excited that this program will equip a new cohort of investors to invest with diversity in mind, embedding this mindset into investment decisions to create a more inclusive impact investment ecosystem.\u201d\n<\/i>\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Ka-Hay Law, Investment Director, TELUS Pollinator Fund<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-29bf61f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"29bf61f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0fdfc8b\" data-id=\"0fdfc8b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6d4abc elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c6d4abc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cf4c50 elementor-cta--skin-cover elementor-cta--valign-middle elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform elementor-bg-transform-zoom-in elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"4cf4c50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/programs\/impact-investor-challenge\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg elementor-bg\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/WOMEN-LED-IIC-BLOG-1.png);\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"WOMEN LED IIC - BLOG (1)\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item elementor-animated-item--grow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWant to get involved?\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__button-wrapper elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item elementor-animated-item--grow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-cta__button elementor-button elementor-size-sm\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More About the Impact Investor Challenge\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A special edition of Spring Activator&#8217;s Impact Investor Challenge in collaboration with the TELUS Pollinator Fund for Good.\u00a0 \u00a0 The aim: stimulate impact investing in women-led businesses. 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