Docker acquires Velocity startup Kitematic
Docker announced this morning the acquisition of Kitchener-Waterloo based and Velocity Garage startup Kitematic for an undisclosed…
Acquisitions
Square acquires Toronto-based Kili Technology
Square, the popular mobile commerce platform developed by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, has been live in Canada since October…
20 Year Media’s acquisition strategy has lessons for other startups
If you filmed a dramatic corporate acquisition for the big screen, you’d probably have the big company in New York buying…
Clarity.fm acquired by Fundable, now a part of Startups.co
Business funding site Fundable.com announced today that it has acquired Moncton-based Clarity.fm. Terms of the deal were not…
Vancouver’s BlueBat Games acquired by Greentube
At the ICE Gaming Conference today, Greentube announced that it had acquired a controlling interest in social gaming startup…
Slyce acquires mobile couponing app SnipSnap for $6.5 million, adds 4 million users
Toronto-based Sylce had a busy 2014, raising a significant amount of capital, striking partnerships with Neiman Marcus and…
Slack acquires Screenhero
Slack Technologies, the communication tool that was first started in Vancouver and now located in San Francisco, recently raised…
Teehan+Lax is Shutting Down. What’s next for Toronto’s design community?
Following the Teehan+Lax shutdown news, BetaKit reached out to Toronto design community for comment. If you’ve followed the…
Teehan+Lax shutting down as partners join Facebook
A new era begins for the Toronto design community as the founding partners of Teehan+Lax announced this morning they are shutting…
ORBCOMM acquires Ottawa M2M service provider SkyWave Mobile Communications
The CVCA is reporting that ORBCOMM has completed its acquisition of Ottawa-based M2M service provider SkyWave Mobile Communications.…
theScore acquires fantasy sports game Swoopt and team from ApptheGame
Toronto-based mobile sporting news provider theScore has announced an acquisition of daily fantasy sports game Swoopt from…
Aimia acquires UK-based Zinc
Montreal-based Aimia, the loyalty company behind the popular Aeroplan program, plus several other loyalty initiatives around…
Kik raises $38.3 million in funding and acquires GIF Messenger Relay
Waterloo-based Kik Interactive announced today that they’ve successfully raised a $38.3 million Series C Funding and…
JUST EAT Canada acquires Edmonton-based DELIVERY TOWN
Toronto-based JUST EAT, who is dubbed as “Canada’s largest and fastest-growing online restaurant and food ordering…
Lightspeed acquires Belgium-based POSIOS, launches Lightspeed Restaurant
A healthy $35 million poured into Montreal-based LightSpeed recently. The company says they are “the commerce platform for…