5/15/2026
The Founder’s Roadmap

In this episode, we sit down with Keith Ippel, co-founder of Spring, to explore how business, innovation, and investment can be powerful tools for positive change. Keith shares why the future belongs to companies that are built not just to generate profit, but to solve real-world problems.

From impact investing and entrepreneurship to rethinking what success in business really looks like, this conversation dives into how founders can build companies that create lasting social and environmental impact, without sacrificing growth or ambition. Keith also discusses the importance of inclusive innovation, the rise of purpose-driven capital, and why the next generation of businesses will be judged by more than just their bottom line.

This is a conversation about optimism, systems change, and the growing movement to make business a force for good.

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Keith Ippel

Keith is a serial impact entrepreneur and investor. Keith has co-founded five ventures including Spring Activator, a Vancouver based organization that exists to change the world. To date, Spring has supported 3,000+ entrepreneurs in incubation, acceleration, and investment readiness 1,100 investors to step into impact investing. Keith also co-founded the Spring Investing Collective - Canada's largest early stage impact investing network and Spring Impact Capital Fund, a pre-seed to seed stage fund focused at the intersection of People and Planetary Health.