Morning everyone,
Vancouver Startup Week kicks off tomorrow and runs through to Friday. One session we're keeping an eye on tomorrow afternoon is Drive to Survive: How Founders and Their Lawyers De-Risk a Business, presented by Legal Now. The session features two panels exploring how experienced founders think about risk and the legal steps to protect your business at every stage of growth, at Startup Week HQ.
Check out the full VSW schedule here. And if you need a refresher on the need-to-know details, we've got you covered below.
From The Journal
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Funding, Deals, and More
Carbonyx, a Vancouver cleantech startup, has raised $1.2 million CAD in pre-seed funding for technology that extracts usable materials from mining waste while accelerating the rock's natural carbon-capturing ability. Read more →
Vancouver startup ViewsML has closed $4.9 million CAD in seed funding to commercialize an AI platform that analyzes tissue samples virtually, eliminating the costly and destructive lab staining process that has defined pathology for decades. Read more →
Pawsible Ventures, a Vancouver-backed pet health fund and incubator, has unveiled its first cohort of eight companies targeting gaps in veterinary infrastructure, diagnostics, and AI-enabled care. Read more →
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In Other News
adMare BioInnovations has officially opened its M4 Innovation Centre in Vancouver's Mount Pleasant neighbourhood, a 30,000 sq. ft. wet lab facility built to help early-stage life sciences companies move from research to commercialization. Read more →
Surrey-based Safe Software has appointed Judd Lee as CFO and Vanessa Ribreau as CPO as the enterprise data integration company accelerates toward its goal of $250 million in revenue by 2028. Read more →
Moment Energy co-founder and COO Sumreen Rattan joined Climate Tech Canada for a conversation on why repurposed EV batteries — not new ones — may be the key to building a more resilient energy grid. Read more →
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