A ballroom at the Vancouver Convention Centre with people on a stage, people standing in the audience and a graphic on a large screen saying the evening raised $1,943,141

A collage of four portraits of people then a logo at the bottom that says Coast Mental Health’s Courage To Come Back Awards 2025 presented by Wheaton Precious Metals Top left: Louisa Bridgman 2025 Courage To Come Back Awards Medical Recipient Top Right: Omar Bseiso 2025 Courage To Come Back Awards Young Adult Recipient Bottom left: Stanley Price 2025 Courage To Come Back Awards Addiction Recipient Bottom right: David Chalk 2025 Courage To Come Back Awards Mental Health Recipient

Almost $2 million raised tonight for Coast Mental Health!!

@coastmentalhlthfdn.bsky.social @coastmentalhealth.bsky.social

Read about tonight’s #CourageToComeBack award recipients:
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Made in Canada: How welding co-bot company Novarc is navigating trade turmoil By developing key partnerships, the Vancouver-based tech firm is working to sidestep U.S. tariff uncertainty

Introducing Made in Canada: a new series exploring how Canadian companies are responding to trade uncertainty. First up: Vancouver-based welding robotics venture Novarc Technologies, which is harnessing key partnerships to navigate tariff turmoil.

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Great to see @springofficial.bsky.social alum Aruna Revolution profiled for the high impact work they are doing.

Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend Events March 21-23 Fun things to do around Vancouver this weekend (March 21-23, 2025). Activities and events in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley.

The weekend event list for Metro Vancouver is here! Friday to Sunday highlights:

🎙️ Krystle Dos Santos: A Night of Soul
🫖 Chinatown Tea & Paint: Swallow Birds
🌳 Releaf Tree Planting
📸 African Fashion Week Vancouver
🎉 Two-Spirit and Indigenous LGBTQQIA+ Celebration & Awareness Day

& more here:

Primer on SAFEs — Ink LLP SAFEs are the most common form of early stage financing, but they are far from simple. This Primer covers many of the FAQs we receive as lawyers about the SAFE.

Thanks Ink LLP for this excellent primer on SAFEs. The section on setting a cap is MUST read for any founder looking to use either a SAFE or Convertible Note as their funding vehicle.
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#fundraising #raisingcapital #preseed #seed #canada #startups #techforgood

Carney: Canada never ever will be part of America in any way, shape, or form. We didn’t ask for this fight, but Canadians are always ready when someone else drops the gloves.

The hallmark of expertise is no longer how much you know. It's how well you synthesize.

Information scarcity rewarded knowledge acquisition. Information abundance requires pattern recognition.

It's not enough to collect facts. The future belongs to those who connect dots.

From afar, we admire talent. Up close, what counts most is character.

You can impress people with your skills, but you earn their trust by standing for something greater than yourself.

There is no higher achievement than treating others kindly and living with integrity.

Work in tech: Canadian companies hiring right now There’s good news on the horizon if you’re on the hunt for your next great role at a Canadian tech company: A recent blog post reported that five of the most in-demand professionals are IT, e-commerce, telecommunications, cleantech and fintech.

Whether it's developing high-tech healthcare solutions or fighting climate change, find your purpose with a career with one of these Canadian companies, hiring now.

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Raising Right-Fit Capital · Luma Are you a woman or gender diverse entrepreneur seeking to make the world a better place? Are you curious about whether or not venture capital is for you OR if…

Women founders thinking about, planning, or actively trying to raise capital, Spring is coming to Calgary!

On Feb 25th from 1-5pm at Platform Calgary we'll be digging deep on the process, ideal investors, due diligence, data rooms, valuations, and overcoming barriers.

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📆 Save the date! The 2X Global Summit will take place in Manila from September 2 to 4, 2025, co-hosted by the Asian Development Bank.
❔Interested in attending? Explore www.2xglobal.org/membership to learn more and contact our team.

Previous Impact Investor Challenge Winner MIMOSA has some fantastic news to share for those with diabetes. We love to see our community of game changers making lives better 👏

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Oh hey there! We’re Spring. We bring impact entrepreneurs & impact investors together to make the world a better place for people & planet. We believe in creating equitable access to investment for all. Say hi and tell us about yourself!

Cracking the code: How generative biology could transform medicine - MaRS Discovery District In the latest episode of the MaRS podcast, Solve for X, we talk to biotech leader Geoffrey von Maltzahn about how generative AI could unlock countless new possibilities in medicine.

Geoffrey von Maltzahn works at the intersection of biology and artificial intelligence. In this bonus episode of MaRS podcast Solve for X, we explore how high-tech medicine could be used to develop tailored treatments and cures.

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Proud to share the latest Spring Impact Capital investment as we join the cap table of Skyward Wildfire Technologies.

Skyward stops lighting strikes over high-risk areas to prevent catastrophic wildfires.

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#impactinvesting #preseed #venturecapital #climatesolutions #cleantech