🚀 Vancouver Digital Networking Evening – September 15

Meet BC’s top emerging tech startups at the 2026 NVBC Demo Day, presented by RBCx. Why attend? See pitches that usually happen behind closed doors. Watch select Top 25 companies from the 2026 New Ventures BC Competition pitch their startups live, outside of the judging room, for one exclusive evening. Get an early look at high-potential ventures. Discover what they’re building, how they’re gaining traction, and where they’re headed before they’re on the broader investor radar. Connect with BC’s innovation ecosystem. Meet investors, founders, and leaders from across the province. Are You an Investor? Attendance is by Application Only To create a curated, high-value experience for both founders and funders, attendance is limited to investors and NVBC volunteers. Investors are invited to apply via a short questionnaire. Capacity is limited. **Updated Agenda** 3:30–4:20 PM: Doors Open & Registration / Networking 4:20–4:30 PM:Welcome Remarks 4:30–5:00 PM: Company Pitches 5:00–6:30 PM: Networking Reception 6:30 PM: Event ends By registering for this event, you consent to receive email communications from New Ventures BC, including our e-newsletter and updates about programs and events. You may unsubscribe at any time. By attending, you acknowledge that photos and videos may be taken and used by New Ventures BC for marketing and promotional purposes.

Open Coffee Club is a casual gathering of people involved/interested in founding, operating or funding startups. The vibe is more hangout than event and provides people with a regular time and location to talk shop, discuss news, ask questions and and meet others in the startup community they may only see occasionally at more formal events. Location: Nelson the Seagull, 315 Carrall St, Vancouver, BC V6B 2J4 Once You Arrive: You can locate us by looking for the table with the small LED display: "Vancouver Founders Open Coffee Club." Google Maps link to Nelson the Seagull Contact Steve at sdancho@hotmail.com to get a link to join our WhatsApp discussion board. Thanks to our sponsors! Voyer Startup Lawyers - voyerlaw.com See you there!

This September, FoodRevolution, The Pass and VC Village are bringing their communities together in Vancouver to experience what’s being built next. Taste a product before it reaches the shelf. Touch a biomaterial still being perfected in an R&D lab. Experience a new technology for the first time. Discover a new variety growing in trial rows. Meet the personalities behind the innovation. The FoodRevolution Innovation Lounge brings founders, investors and industry leaders into the same room to get closer to the products, ideas and people shaping the future — to taste, touch, ask questions and discover something before it reaches the mainstream. Some of what you’ll experience is ready for market. Some is still being tested, grown or perfected. That’s the point. Come curious. Meet the community. Experience what’s next. September 17, 2026 | 4:00–6:00 p.m. Gastown, Vancouver Registration is required. Space is limited.

Every Thursday at DCTRL (328 West Hastings) For the latest information, see [Vancouver Crypto Events · Events Calendar](https://luma.com/yvr)

We’re a community dedicated to understanding the foundations of large language models through thoughtful, rigorous discussion. Each week, we gather in downtown Vancouver to engage with influential papers, exchange ideas, and learn together in a welcoming, intellectually curious environment. Please read the paper beforehand (It's okay not to understand everything), meeting is primarily for discussion. 📖 This Week’s Paper Speculative Decoding https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.17192 https://aman.ai/primers/ai/speculative-decoding/ 🕒 Schedule 6:00 PM — Arrival, introductions, and announcements 6:30–7:30 PM — Paper presentation and discussion 7:30 PM onward — continued conversation Past Readings: https://github.com/meghakalia/LLM_paper_reading_group Discord : https://discord.gg/6kaDdZeUm (By friends at a larger machine learning reading group)