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🔔 Your campaign updates feed

🚁 AIRmarket has launched on FrontFundr! AIRmarket is on a mission to provide “Air Traffic Control for Drones” in Canada and beyond. This week they share information on the infrastructure behind the drone economy—including that Canada has 137,000 drones but no air traffic control. Read more.

Invest in AIRmarket | $60K Raised | 24% of target

🍷 Proxies was featured in Canadian Business! Proxies’ shares about how they are deepening community ties and raising capital at the same time in this “Buy Canadian” climate. Read more.

Invest in Proxies | $1.75M Raised | 100% of target

🔔 Alumni updates

🎨 Mastrius just secured an $180k investment from Accelerate Okanagan. Mastrius was chosen out of 38 companies at the 2025 Okanagan Angel Summit! Congratulations to founders Julie deBoer and Mike deBoer on the win!

🤔 What’s on our minds

Last Call: Celebrate 10 Years of FrontFundr – June 10 in Toronto

Ten years ago, the first equity crowdfunding investment in Canada happened on FrontFundr—sparking a movement to make private markets more inclusive. Now, we’re celebrating everything the community has built together.

Join us for FrontFundr’s 10-Year Anniversary Celebration on June 10 at OneEleven in Toronto—an evening of insight, connection, and reflection on a decade of democratizing access to capital.

Event Highlights:

• 🔥 Fireside Chat: The Future of Access – Angel Investing for Everyone with Peter-Paul Van Hoeken (FrontFundr Founder & CEO) and Joe Canavan, 2025 NACO Angel of the Year

• 💬 Panel Discussion: Scaling Together – Fueling Growth Through Community Capital, moderated by Kate Grant (Fasken), featuring:

  • Maxwell Nicholson (Co-Founder & CEO, Blossom Social)

  • Christian Alicpala (CMO, HOVR)

  • Trieste Reading (VP Growth, FrontFundr)

• 🏆 Community Capital Awards: Honouring standout campaigns from Sheringham Distillery, HOVR, and Blossom Social

🎟 Enjoy complimentary food and drinks, with support from our Bar Sponsors: Collective Arts and Proxies

Event Sponsors: A special thank you to Fasken, Potomac Growth, Western Pacific Trust Company, HRU MIC, Become. Media, Collective Arts, and Proxies for making this celebration possible.

• 📍 OneEleven, Toronto | 🕕 6:00–9:00 PM

• 👉 Reserve your spot now – limited space available

Let’s raise a glass to the past 10 years—and the next 10 to come.

✍️ From our desk

Telling the Stories Behind the Raise: FrontFundr Partners with Become. Media to Spotlight Founder Journeys

At FrontFundr, we’ve always said: people invest in people. Behind every raise is a founder with a story—of purpose, persistence, and possibility.

That’s why we’re excited to announce our new partnership with Become. Media, a rising force in Canadian storytelling, to spotlight the journeys of founders who’ve raised capital through FrontFundr and are now scaling companies that shape our future.

🎙️ The collaboration kicks off with the launch of the “Hero’s Journey” feature in CLUB Magazine, Become. Media’s beautifully curated digital publication. Each edition will showcase FrontFundr alumni founders who’ve turned community support into real-world growth.

This partnership builds on our mission to not only fuel early-stage companies—but to humanize the path of entrepreneurship. From the FrontFundr campaign page to the podcast mic and now the magazine page, we’re amplifying the voices behind the ventures.

👉 Read the full announcement and learn how to subscribe to CLUB Magazine with a FrontFundr discount »

Use code FUNDRCLUB for exclusive community access.

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Upcoming Event: Made in Canada – Opportunities in AI x Ecommerce

Join Startup Ecosystem Canada and FrontFundr this Friday for a free, one-hour virtual roundtable on how Canadian ecommerce leaders are using AI to scale smarter and faster.

📅 Friday | 🕐 1:00–2:00 PM ET | 💻 Virtual Webinar
→ Register now – space is limited

Hear from top voices across the ecosystem, including:

• Mallika Malhotra, Shopify – Ecommerce expert & keynote speaker

• Louis Lespérance, Signé Local – Champion of Quebec-made goods

• Dave Lazar, Buy Canadian Group – Building Canada’s first online department store

• Shao Hang He, DevFortress – Serial founder in ecommerce & AI

🔍 What to expect:

• ✔️ Real-world insights from founders & experts

• ✔️ Trends and tools shaping Canadian ecommerce

• ✔️ Interactive roundtable with live Q&A

Be part of the conversation shaping the future of AI-powered ecommerce in Canada. Reserve your spot »