News and Updates

Empowering Women-Led Social Impact Businesses: Women's Equity Lab (WEL) Partners with BDC's $100M Thrive Lab to Co-Invest Alongside 25 Canadian Partners. Women's Equity Lab (WEL) is excited to be one of the 25 partners collaborating with BDC's $100M Thrive Lab to support women-led social impact businesses. This initiative's first phase will co-invest, alongside partners from across...

St. John’s, September 14th, 2023 - In just six short months since its inception, the WEL Atlantic angel fund has already made investments in three promising women-led businesses within the Atlantic provinces. Founded with a mission to address the chronic and systemic underrepresentation of women in early stage investing, WEL has created opportunities for both new...

March 7, 2023 - WEL Toronto launched its second fund in February - bringing together 50 women investors from the GTA to pool their capital to invest in early stage Canadian businesses. WEL Fund 2 follows the debut Toronto fund launched in 2021. WEL is an investing and learning platform where a group of 40-50 women...

Victoria, British Columbia March 8, 2022 - Women's Equity Lab (“WEL”) is pleased to announce that after an extensive search, Glynnis Vaughan has joined the organization as the new National Program Manager. Glynnis will focus on leveraging opportunities to manage the rapid expansion of WEL Investment Groups across North America. Glynnis' position was funded by a federal government grant awarded...

Victoria, British Columbia, July 14, 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...

Fewer than 20 per cent of Canadian angel investors are women. Women’s Equity Lab has set out to shift that statistic, helping women learn the ins and outs of investing and to make money while they’re at it. Women’s Equity Lab (WEL) is a Victoria-born innovation that gathers local women to pool their money to invest...

Regina-based Brew Ninja, a microbrewery management software company, has raised C$650,000 in seed-stage financing. Regina, Saskatchewan-based Brew Ninja, a microbrewery management software company, has raised C$650,000 in seed-stage financing. The round was led by Maple Leaf Angels, with participation from Women’s Equity Lab, Capital Angel Network, York Angels, and VenturX.