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🦄 Meet BC's newest crypto unicorn
LockSimple

Dec 5, 2021

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12 min read

🦄 Meet BC's newest crypto unicorn

...and Vancouver’s Web3 trailblazers. Welcome to the Sunday Briefing.

LayerZero Labs is Vancouver’s newest crypto unicorn: Report
LockSimple

Dec 4, 2021

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4 min read

LayerZero Labs is Vancouver’s newest crypto unicorn: Report

The startup is raising $100 million at a $1 billion valuation according to The Information.

Who's doing what in the city's Web3 economy | The Morning Report
LockSimple

Dec 3, 2021

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4 min read

Who's doing what in the city's Web3 economy | The Morning Report

Plus 8 other headlines from the last 24 hours.

James Matthews
James Matthews
Like it or not, Web3 is coming, and Vancouver is at the centre of it
LockSimple

Dec 2, 2021

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14 min read

Like it or not, Web3 is coming, and Vancouver is at the centre of it

Scratching the surface on how Vancouver tech leaders (and investors) are paving the way for the decentralized web.

InBC appoints Jill Earthy as first CEO
LockSimple

Dec 2, 2021

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5 min read

InBC appoints Jill Earthy as first CEO

The BC business stalwart will start her new role at the $500 million strategic investment fund mid-December.

Meet the Spring Activator $100k Impact Challenge winner | The Morning Report
LockSimple

Dec 2, 2021

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4 min read

Meet the Spring Activator $100k Impact Challenge winner | The Morning Report

Plus 11 other headlines from the last 24 hours.

Viridis Research wins $100K in Spring Activator’s Fall 2021 Impact Investor Challenge
LockSimple

Dec 1, 2021

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4 min read

Viridis Research wins $100K in Spring Activator’s Fall 2021 Impact Investor Challenge

Plus, meet the startups you’ll be seeing in the Funding and Deals section of our newsletter over the next year.

James Matthews
James Matthews

Editor's Picks

“People want to invest in companies that can improve the world.” - Andrew Haughian is Pangaea Ventures’ bellringer
LockSimple

Dec 1, 2021

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10 min read

“People want to invest in companies that can improve the world.” - Andrew Haughian is Pangaea Ventures’ bellringer

We chatted with Haughian, the firm’s general partner, about impact investing, his personal ups and downs and recent wins.

James Matthews
James Matthews
Klue raises a $79M Series B round from Tiger Global and Salesforce Ventures
LockSimple

Dec 1, 2021

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3 min read

Klue raises a $79M Series B round from Tiger Global and Salesforce Ventures

It's the firm's second major round, following a Series A in September 2020.

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