Drawbridge, the platform that helps brands turn audience attention into action and revenue, has been selected as part of Movement51's Spring 2026 Founder Lab cohort. The company joins 19 other women-led startups from across Canada in the program, which is backed by Alberta Innovates and NRC IRAP and designed to build capital-ready entrepreneurs through financial acumen, investor readiness, and strategic relationship-building.
Graduates of Movement51's Founder Lab have gone on to raise more than $50 million collectively, gaining national recognition while building companies that are reshaping industries and accelerating innovation.
"Being selected for the Movement51 Founder Lab alongside such an exceptional group of women-led companies is a real honor," said Janna Shea, CEO and Co-Founder of Drawbridge. "The program's track record of helping founders build conviction in investor conversations is exactly what we need at this stage, and we are proud to be part of a community that is changing what entrepreneurship looks like in Canada."
The recognition continues a strong 2026 for Drawbridge, which was also named a Top 5 Finalist at the 8th Annual Okanagan Angel Summit and Shea was selected as part of the Top 10 founders in the DMZ Women Innovation Summit earlier this year.
Drawbridge is building the platform DTC brands have needed but never had: the power to create a fully branded campaign experience that captures leads, drives Shopify sales, automates follow-ups, and generates AI-powered next-campaign recommendations, all from one platform. The platform replaces five fragmented, single-feature tools with one, and currently has users across three continents.
About Movement51
Movement51 is a not-for-profit organisation established by The51 to address financial inequalities that affect women and gender-diverse people across Canada. The Founder Lab is a national program that builds capital-ready women entrepreneurs through financial sophistication, strategic focus, and meaningful investor relationships. movement51.org
About Drawbridge
Drawbridge is an engagement and commerce platform for DTC brands, agencies, and creators. It replaces fragmented marketing tools with a single platform for building Story-style campaigns — think giveaways, quizzes, games, and always-on lead capture forms — that grow audiences, capture first-party data, and drive sales through the industry's first platform-agnostic confirmation-page commerce layer.
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