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Emily Edwards
October 02, 2024

👋 Welcome back to VTJ’s Midweek Memo: the Vancouver tech events and opportunities newsletter you can’t miss.

This week, attend the premiere of a docuseries by former VTJ staff writer Allison Gacad, submit to meet with international tech leaders, and apply to work on BC Ferries’ brand.

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VTJ EVENTS

🗓️ Thursday, October 24 | 🎟️ Register

  • Join leaders from Vancouver’s entrepreneurial ecosystem for a first-hand guide on how to raise money.

  • This gathering will feature experienced local founders sharing their success stories and practical strategies for effective fundraising.

  • Learn how, when, and where to start your funding hunt, and how to be more successful with investors.

  • Panelists:

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OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS

🗓️ Thursday, October 10 | 🎟️ Register

  • Technology is rapidly reshaping healthcare delivery, streamlining workflows, optimizing patient care, and enhancing collaboration between stakeholders.

  • HealthTech Ignite is an annual conference where CEOs, founders, domain experts, investors, and innovators share their expertise on the art of building and scaling healthtech companies.

  • VTJ readers get 25% off registration with code VTJ25.

🗓️ Thursday, October 10 | 🎟️ Register

  • Startup TNT's first ever BC Pitch Night will feature twenty local BC companies pitching to angel investors and the startup community.

  • Mix and mingle with entrepreneurs, investors, and other ecosystem partners at the event – and at the afterparty!

🗓️ Tuesday, October 15 | 🎟️ Register

  • Join the premiere of InBetween Stories, where host and former VTJ staff writer Allison Gacad asks the question, ‘Can we use technology to solve our way out of climate change?’

  • In a six-part series supported by TELUS Storyhive, Allison unpacks how leaders in B.C. are transforming our energy, mining, transportation, and food systems to tackle the climate crisis.

  • This in-person event will feature an exclusive, premiere-only episode screening and a panel of experts to discuss — what can we do next?

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🤝 NEW OPPORTUNITIES

🗓️ October 22-24 | 🎟️ Request to attend

  • Apply to the Vancouver summit to join a three-day event with international leaders and founders, creators, disrupters, and investors.

🗓️ November 4 | 🎟️ Apply

  • Apply for a funding program designed to support and grow B.C.-based gaming studios.

🗓️ November 22 | 🎟️ Apply

  • Take home $1 million for a solution that reduces greenhouse gases and carbon intensity when mining for base and precious metals.

🗓️ No deadline | 🎟️ Apply now

  • Take part in a self-paced, free course open to all early-stage impact ventures that are making a positive social and/or environmental difference with their company.

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