Good morning,

Fall is shaping up to be a busy one. We've got a new slate of VTJ Talks on the calendar — covering AI and startup funding, food tech, fintech, physical AI, and a session on women founders and funders. Details on all of them are in the events section above.

And if you haven't grabbed your tickets for Vancouver Tech Days Vol. 2 on October 19-20, that's worth doing soon.

The rest of the week's news is below.

—Emily

Events

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Seven days left to donate! Help PHS reach their $30,000 goal

Because of the generosity of community supporters, the PHS Run Team has raised over $15,000, reaching the halfway point toward its $30,000 fundraising goal. The funds raised will help support the PHS Vancouver Food Program, which serves more than 3,900 nutritious meals every day for extremely vulnerable people who do not have access to kitchens or adequate food storage. 

With only one week remaining until race day, the team is asking the community to help close the gap and reach the finish line. Every contribution, large or small, makes a meaningful difference in ensuring marginalized community members have access to healthy, ready-made meals. 

❤️ Can the PHS Run Team count on your support today? Click to donate!

Every donation helps bring this goal within reach. 

From The Journal

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Funding, Deals, and More

  • InBC and eFund have launched a $4 million co-investment pool to back early-stage B.C. tech companies, combining institutional capital with the angel network's 200-plus investors and 15-year track record in the province. Read more →

  • Vancouver-raised Gravity founder Zach Oldham has closed a $30.5 million USD Series A for his San Francisco-based AI adtech startup, which connects businesses with AI chatbot providers for sponsored placements — and says he'd love to eventually open a Vancouver office. Read more →

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In Other News

  • Three B.C. cleantech startups — Vancouver's Lite-1 Bio and Viridis, and Tersa Critical Minerals — will compete live for the Company of the Year Startup Award at BC Tech's Technology Impact Awards Gala on October 29. Read more →

  • Green Manganese Technologies has demonstrated that its hydrometallurgical process can recover manganese, nickel, cobalt and copper from polymetallic nodules in a single integrated circuit, achieving over 90% recovery rates while using up to five times less energy than conventional methods. Read more →

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