Venture · 2023 – Present
Isla Lune
"Premium ritual sleepwear. Designed in Victoria, BC."
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2023
The idea for Isla Lune comes together on a backpacking trip through Europe.
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Nov 28, 2025
Launches on Black Friday with under 500 followers.
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Dec 2025
Sells out the debut collection in 10 days.
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Drop 2
$400 in revenue in the first 6 minutes, $2,000 in the first two hours.
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Early 2026
Three days at the Salt Spring Christmas Market bring in $6K, zero paid ads.
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Month Four
Stocked in Victoria boutiques, including The Modern Mercantile and Blush Victoria.
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90 Days In
11.2M organic views on Threads and 900K+ organic influencer reach, zero paid ads behind either.
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Built in 3 Days
An AI operating system goes live: four agents, Arc, Luna, Iris, and Eric, running operations, content, email, and engineering.
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$62K+ Raised
Non-dilutive funding from Mitacs ($45K), Google for Startups ($25K USD), the Gustavson Startup Competition ($10K), HyperAgent Founding 500 ($20K inference credits), the SEELF Grant ($5K), and the Graeme Jackson Award ($1K).
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Jun 14, 2026
A second product ships: Reflections by Isla Lune, a journaling app for iOS.
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Jul 10, 2026
Isla Lune Inc. is accepted into Apple's App Store Small Business Program.
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