In-person Business Technology & Innovation

Fundraising, Culture, Persistence: What Keeps Founders Going

Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026
4:30pm to 7:30pm

Fu's Repair Shop
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Organized by: Edmonton Tech Thursday
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​Raising money in a difficult market. Building a culture before there's any proof it works. Staying in it anyway.

James Keirstead, President & CEO at Levven, joins us for a fireside chat co-hosted with RBCx on what it's actually taken to grow a company rewiring how homes get built and lead his team through it.

​Levven was acquired in 2011 as a vertical integration play for his spa business. It took a few years before he realized the real opportunity was in the walls, not the hot tubs.

​We'll dig into that pivot, the long stretch of proving the model, the culture it took to hold a team through years without guarantees, and the Series A now closing.

​Featuring:

​James Keirstead, President at Levven

​Dennis Agbegha, Director, Banking Prairies at RBCx


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