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- ↑ Roberto, Katrina (August 7, 2012). "Vancouver's Weeve was to bring a free crowdfunding alternative to Kickstarter and Indiegogo". Vancouver Observer .
- ↑ Geier, Karen (November 1, 2012). "Your Start-Up Business: Doing Better Together". HuffPost .
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- ↑ Lardinois, Frederic (August 22, 2012). "Vancouver's Growlab Accelerator Graduates Its Spring 2012 Cohort". TechCrunch .
- ↑ "LX Ventures Acquires Weeve.it Crowdfunding Platform" (Press release). Marketwire. February 14, 2013.
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