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How Vancouver’s Cache Depot is reinventing the self-storage industry
The startup’s model and app ditch the decades-old system that sets the highest prices in Canada with hidden fees and builds on land that could otherwise…
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Threadline Spotlight: Vina Tsai
The entrepreneur, investor, and advisor shares how her early life, career, and pivots shaped her conviction to help more early stage startups grow with…
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BuildnChill launches its first women-only edition
Inside the event creating community for Gen Z female builders in Canada, and how organizer Sarah Simionescu built and exited her first startup Salesbop.
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Inside Triple X.O.G.’s origin story: From zero experience to 35 iterations and a Dragons’ Den deal
Founders Felix Chen and Rudy Pham open up about their journey of reviving a Hong Kong staple and how it became one of B.C.’s top-selling ready-to-drink…
Dec 9, 2025
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‘We never thought we’d get into retail’: How OHME! built one of North America’s fastest-growing freeze-dried snacks
Founders Jenny and Han Yue reflect on the trial and erorr and lessons that grew the brand from a single stall to 450 stores—and gave them the courage to…
Oct 31, 2025
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Indigenous Venture Challenge is driving more capital into Indigenous-led ventures
Led by Indigenous investors, the initiative is backing founders with an alternative to traditional VC—rooted in “reciprocity, shared success, and what’s…
Oct 22, 2025
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Canada’s ‘Grant Angel’ is building the ‘Spotify’ of grant funding
Founder Stephanie Sang shares her journey of becoming the go-to expert, creating a platform to match businesses with grants, and advice for early stage…
Oct 17, 2025
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Vancouver’s Pawsible Ventures Launches $10M Fund and Venture Studio
Canada’s first firm of its kind is creating “the next generation of animal-wellness companies.”
Oct 9, 2025
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