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Canada’s First All-Female Angel Fund Expands Across North America (Accelerate Okanagan)
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Kelowna, BC, July 27, 2021--Women's Equity Lab (WEL), Canada's first all-female angel fund is expanding across North America. WEL was first launched in Victoria in 2017 with the support of the National Angel Capital Organization (NACO) and has recently completed the investment of its third round. The Vancouver chapter was launched in 2020 followed by the Okanagan in early 2021. New groups are currently setting-up in Toronto, Winnipeg and Silicon Valley. To support the roll-out, WEL has just finished a complete rebrand and launched a new website at www.womensequitylab.com.
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Mike Boudreau, Founder of Techbrew Robotics, Named Winner of 2021 Okgn Angel Summit (Accelerate Okanagan)
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Kelowna, BC, March 22, 2021--The investors have voted. The result results are in. Salmon Arm's TechBrew Robotics has won the third annual OKGN Angel Summit. After 10-weeks of pitches, meetings, due diligence, and training, Mike Boudreau, founder of TechBrew Robotics, took home the $145,000 investment fund. TechBrew Robotics is a turnkey robotics automation for difficult applications, including a system that picks, trims and packages mushrooms. After almost an hour of deliberation, the investor group voted TechBrew Robotics as the 2021 OKGN Angel Summit's winner.
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Accelerate Okanagan Develops 5 Year Strategic Plan and Launches Search for Next CEO
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Kelowna, BC, July 24, 2019--There is no question that big things are happening in the Okanagan tech community. An economic impact of close to $1.7 Billion, almost 13,000 jobs, and a year-over-year growth of 15% for the past 5 years are all indicators of a thriving industry. In fact, according to the Economic Impact of the Okanagan Tech Sectorstudy, the Okanagan is the fastest growing tech and innovation hub in the country.
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