Harvest Builders, Headversity, among 15 recipients of $25.5 million PrairiesCan investment for Calgary businesses
The funding is expected to support over 800 jobs in healthtech, cleantech, other sectors.
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TSX-listed Magnet Forensics to be acquired by Thoma Bravo in $1.8 billion CAD deal
Announcement comes hours after IIROC halted trading of Magnet’s shares.
Alberta Innovates’ Bryan Helfenbaum on the future of energy in Canada
Executive director says clean tech can help maintain prosperity while driving toward a net-zero economy.
Summit Nanotech secures $50 million USD to scale lithium extraction for EV production
The Calgary startup aims to build the “lithium mine of the future.”
Benevity cites lower than expected customer demand as cause for 14 percent layoffs
Benevity joins Hootsuite, Lightspeed, Clutch, Clearco in significant staff cuts.
Layoffs spread to Clutch, Canada Drives as online auto marketplaces gear down
Clutch cut approximately 65 percent of its staff.
Milk Moovement countersues US competitor Dairy LLC, alleges monopoly abuse over dairy intelligence industry
Relationship soured last year when Milk Moovement allegedly spilled Dairy’s “trade secrets.”
After navigating “major” changes to restaurant industry, Notch closes $13.7 million CAD to fuel pivot to FinTech
CEO: “When you have to pivot in COVID, that’s a challenging place to be.”
Volvo backs Waabi to accelerate driverless trucks commercialization
Waabi unveiled its self-driving product in November to gear up for road tests.
Hootsuite CEO Tom Keiser replaced amid third round of layoffs
The cuts mark Hootsuite’s third round of layoffs in the last six months.
Market intelligence startup Klue moves closer to all-in-one platform vision with DoubleCheck Research acquisition
DoubleCheck brings research insights into how companies win and lose deals.
What Xero learned after 15 years of building software for SMBs
Building for SMBs requires embracing “coopetition.”
CoinSmart rejects Coinsquare’s notice to terminate acquisition deal
CoinSmart claims Coinsquare’s acquisition about-face is “invalid and without merit.”
Vidyard sets sights on $1 billion in revenue as it bolsters go-to-market efforts
CEO says Vidyard considering M&A opportunities amid tech downturn.