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-Lisa
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š¤Ā FUNDING & DEALS
Elevated Signals, a process-management platform for agriculture and manufacturing, raises $7.9 million in series A funding.
Sonus Microsystems, which makes ultrasound technology optimized for remote monitoring, raises $2.1 million in pre-seed funding.
AlayaCare, a home care technology platform, announced a $3.2 million project to drive AI solutions in Canadian home care.
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šļø IN OTHER NEWS
VC Firm, Golden Ventures, hosted its first Vancouver āPlated dinner Series,ā bringing together founders and CEOs to discuss leadership and scaling local startups to the world stage.
FoundersBoost Vancouver, an accelerator program for pre-seed stage startups, is now accepting new applications until Mar. 13.
CBCās Dragonsā Den is holding auditions for their 19th season. Theyāll be in Kelowna on March 7 and Vancouver on March 9-10. Apply here.
In non-tech news, Georgia Straight launched their 27th Annual Golden Plates Awards, celebrating the best in Vancouverās food scene. Nominate your favourite restaurants now.
š” IDEAS & INSIGHTS
Simran Kang, founder and CEO of MyFO, joined Evan McCann on The Hard Part podcast, talking about family offices, raising money, dealing with hard times, and more.
Carina Kom, co-founder of the new video game studio, Simply Sweet Games, answers the most pressing questions in response to officially launching.
Kaylee Lieffers, founder of Blanka, an e-commerce marketplace that offers on-demand access to private-labeled products, highlights takeaways from the Angel Forum Vancouver summit.
Amer Abu-Khajil, shares his journey from being an Amazon product manager to the founder of Perceptional, a tool that deploys an AI chatbot to conduct qualitative user interviews and deliver data and actionable insights.
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