S|W: The SaaS Weekly – 7shifts staffs up
Plus: Acquirers are circling Zendesk.
Following recent merger, Startup Montréal announces program to spur late-stage growth
The Government of Québec has committed $6.5 million to the program.
Former Wattpad employees close $300,000 to build relationship improvement app Couply
Couply’s investors include Wattpad co-founder Ivan Yuen, Shopify employees.
Canadian startup news of the week (2/13/22)
Plus: D-Wave looks to go public.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Bitcoin’s Bonnie and Clyde
Plus: Tories push Trudeau for plan to lure crypto investment.
Potential Motors closes $4 million CAD to improve off-road electric vehicle performance
The startup focuses on “the most overlooked space in electrification.”
H|T: The Healthtech Times – PointClickCare’s audacious acquisition
Plus: Remote patient monitoring is raking in venture funding.
Montréal Inc and Bonjour Startup Montréal merge, become Startup Montréal
The new org will have “a substantially greater impact,” says Startup Montréal.
Odaia secures $17.5 million CAD to help pharma firms focus their sales and marketing with AI
Odaia aims to be a “one-stop shop” for pharma data analysis.
R|T: The Retail Times – Lightspeed’s Age of Dax is over
Plus: Amazon confronts pandemic costs and raises the price of Prime.
SVB reports Canadian tech startups drew record $16 billion in investment in 2021
Canadian tech almost tripled 2020’s funding numbers.
A|I: The AI Times – Cruise cruises to deployment
Plus: DeepMind’s AlphaCode AI writes code at a competitive level.
Coveo sees 39 percent year-over-year revenue growth in “record” Q3
This is the first earnings report since Coveo went public on the TSX.
EDC makes COVID-19 investment matching program permanent, expands eligibility
Since 2020, the program has invested a total of $223 million in 84 Canadian companies.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Does Citrix + Tibco = SaaS powerhouse?
Plus: 6 reasons Meta is in trouble.