Kitchener’s Desire2Learn Beefs Up Adaptive Learning Platform, Acquires Fellow Canadian Startup Knowillage
Desire2Learn, the Kitchener-based education technology company that created the first integrated learning platform, has announced…
Acquisitions
Verizon Says Company Will Not Come to Canada
In what could either be feelings of relief or frustration for Canada’s “big three” wireless incumbents, Verizon Wireless’s…
Shopify Acquires Design Agency Jet Cooper
Shopify, the Ottawa-based startup turned ecommerce platform behemoth, announced today that it has acquired one of Canada’s…
Rebellion Media expands its digital footprint and acquires Toronto-based HomeSav
Rebellion Media has been on an incredible buying spree. The Waterloo-based company has acquired 13 digital media properties…
Vancouver-based NodeFly Joins Forces with StrongLoop
StrongLoop has announced that they’ve acquired the assets of Vancouver-based NodeFly, which means NodeFly’s Node.js…
Apple acquires Toronto-based Locationary, will bring big data to their mapping service
After deciding to drop Google Maps as their mapping service on iOS devices, Apple’s first foray into Maps was a definitive…
Vancouver’s BroadbandTV sells 51% of its business to RTL Group for $36 million
Vancouver’s BroadbandTV has struck a deal with a European entertainment network called the RTL Group, The deal is worth…
Recommendation Engine Noodle Acquires Lore to Make Education More Social
The explosion of massive open online courses (MOOCs) and the rise of e-learning platforms like Coursera and Udemy has changed…
Visual Revenue's Predictive News Platform Acquired by Recommendation Tool Outbrain
With online publishers not only looking for new ways to monetize, but ways to increase the time readers spend on their sites…
Influitive Acquires Engagio, Aims to Engage Advocates By Tapping Into the Social Web
Today, Toronto-based Influitive, a B2B advocate marketing platform, announced that it has acquired another Toronto-based startup Engagio,…
Dijit Acquires Second Screen App Miso, Looks to Provide ‘Hyper-Personalized’ Discovery
Today San Francisco-based second Dijit Media, creators of second screen app NextGuide and Dijit Remote, announced its acquisition…
Food Photos Are Big Business: OpenTable Snaps Up Foodspotting for $10M
Foodspotting was one of the earliest success stories to launch out of a Startup Weekend event, an idea that was pitched at…
JustFab Acquires Christina Applegate's Startup FabKids to Expand to Kid's Clothing
BetaKit last covered fashion subscription service JustFab in July 2012, when the company raised a whopping $76 million and…
Jobs Marketplace Vestiigo Acquired By Talentlab to Expand Recruiting Footprint
Today Toronto-based Vestiigo, a startup that connects pre-screened job candidates with opportunities at up-and-coming companies…
Viggle Acquires GetGlue for $25M Plus 48.3M Shares, Second Screen Apps Have a Combined 4.5M Users
Today NYC-based Viggle, a service that rewards its users for their loyalty and engagement around television content, announced…