Incrowd, a live-streaming tech startup, secured $1.3 million in pre-seed funding from the not-for-profit corp. Canada Media for its prototype and production.

Topicflow, an AI-powered performance management platform, secured $2.5 million in seed funding from VC firms Founders’ Co-op and Ascend to grow its platform.

Fox Fold, a startup disrupting the $60 billion tissue market, announced its latest fundraising round was oversubscribed in just two weeks.

Unbounce, a landing page creation and optimization software, has merged with Insightly, a San Francisco-based CRM and project management software.

A new report was released on key findings and recommendations to to strengthen Vancouver as a world-class tech ecosystem — done in collaboration between local organizations Careers In Technology and Innovation, Lighthouse Labs, Tech2Step, and Vancouver.dev.

Annie Dahan, founder of Seacork, a biomaterial design studio, announced Seacork was among the 25 shortlisted startups for the Ocean Startup Project’s 2024 idea challenge — which offers startups the chance to secure up to $7K in funding, resources and support, and network building.

Andrew Reid, founder of Rival Technologies, a mobile-first conversational research platform, announced the launch of Rival Labs, to test and identify new features and solutions that can help executives, marketers, and research leaders uncover insights faster.

Foresight Canada, the cleantech accelerator, put a call out for innovators to apply for its Foresight 50 program, which helps ventures thrive through showcasing and 1:1 connections with international investors to raise capital and expand impact.

The Creative Destruction Lab, UBC’s seed-stage program for scalable, science-based companies, shared the complete list of its over 250 graduating ventures between 2023 and 2024 and noted applications for its next program are open until July 26.

Sneha Soni, founder of GreenNudge, a startup democratizing adoption of circular economy solutions, highlighted takeaways from this week’s Climate Capitalism event featuring authors Akshat Rathi and John Vaillant.

Simran Kang, founder of MyFO, a wealth management platform, was featured in CanadianSME Small Business Magazine on her thoughts on the changing landscape in wealth management.

Ingrid Polini, general partner at Maple Bridge Ventures, wrote about developing products that satisfy market demand for the first issue of Digital Entrepreneur magazine.

William Johnson wrote about his thoughts on Web Summit Vancouver, the impact the event could have on the city, and some of the many questions still left unanswered.

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