Fresh Prep serves up an acquisition

Good morning,

Fresh Prep has Goodfood on the menu this week. The Vancouver-based meal kit company has acquired its Montréal-based peer, and Goodfood customers are now moving their accounts over.

We’ve also added a new event to the calendar: #VTJTalks: Grading Vancouver’s Innovation Economy in 2026, where we’ll ask how the city did in a big year for its innovation economy.

The rest of the week’s news follows.

—Emily

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Events

#VTJTalks: Women Who Build - Leadership Lessons from Women Founders & Funders

Behind every great company is a story of vision, resilience, and bold decision-making. In this session, we bring together women who are shaping the entrepreneurial landscape as founders building companies from the ground up and as funders backing the next generation of ideas.

#VTJTalks: Fall Fundraising Playbook: Insights From Vancouver Founders

Raising capital is never easy — and in today’s market, founders need more than just a great pitch to secure the right investors. This edition of #VTJTalks brings together experienced Vancouver founders and investors to share their real-world fundraising stories, lessons learned, and practical strategies for success.

#VTJTalks: Critical Minerals, Critical Moment: Innovation from Mine to Market

The world runs on critical minerals. Lithium, copper, nickel, cobalt and rare earth elements power everything from EV batteries and wind turbines to semiconductors, data centres and defence systems. As global demand surges and supply chains become a matter of national security, BC is in a unique position to lead.

#VTJTalks: Grading Vancouver's Innovation Economy in 2026 · Luma

2026 has been a big year for the city’s innovation economy. How did Vancouver do?

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From The Journal

Alibris brings more than a million used books to Temu US

The partnership adds to the marketplace’s deals with SHEIN, Walmart and eBay.

Indigenous-led Salish Soils expands into Greater Vancouver

The company is growing through partners instead of a new processing plant.

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Funding, Deals, and More

Fresh Prep has acquired Goodfood, and Goodfood customers are now moving their accounts over to the Vancouver-based meal kit company, with all deliveries fulfilled by Fresh Prep from December 5 onward. Read more →

In Other News

Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation Evan Solomon visited Vancouver’s Centre for Digital Media on November 10 to highlight Budget 2026’s proposed culture investments, including $600 million for audio and audiovisual sectors and $300 million over two years for CBC/Radio-Canada. Read more →
Clio VP of Product Management Michelle Dunlea shared her thoughts on a career that has run from Strutta to Hootsuite to Clio, and what each chapter taught her about building and scaling products. Read more →
Panache Ventures has published the third edition of its Canada Builds report, which found that B.C. accounted for 17% of new Canadian startups in 2025 and has 1.7 times the national share of startups in deep tech and hardware. Read more →

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