Former Bench CEO Ian Crosby joins Shopify Balance as product director
The Bench co-founder described Shopify Balance as “a phenomenal product.”
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Michele Romanow becomes Clearco CEO as Andrew D’Souza moves to Executive Chair
Clearco lost its CFO to Clio in January.
Co-founder Lisa Zarzeczny named Elevate CEO with in-person festival to return this fall
Randy Lennox steps down from his role as executive chair.
RouteThis secures $25 million to take the headache out of home internet
Company sadly can’t bypass nation’s telco oligopoly.
Village Wellth raises $400,000 CAD seed round for its business acquisition platform
Village Wellth aims to “democratize” the acquisition process for buyers.
eSentire to be valued at $1.1 billion USD following $325 million deal
Only $100 million in primary capital will go to the company.
Busbud closes $14 million CAD, acquires Recorrido to fuel Latin American expansion
Chilean energy firm COPEC’s venture arm led the round.
Operto raises $15.3 million CAD to help hosts manage short-term rentals, hotels
Operto is eyeing international expansion and new verticals like hotels.
Three Developer/Software Engineer roles available in Canada now
ResQ, CBC/Radio Canada, and Valeyo are all hiring right now.
Canadian tech salaries jumped 38 percent since 2019, but attracting talent is tough: reports
Deel report pegged Canadian rise in salaries as second fastest globally.
Signal intelligence monitoring firm Pipeline Signals raises $507,000 CAD pre-seed round
Pipeline uses LinkedIn to help sales teams with lead generation.
Paramedic tech provider Prehos secures $7.2 million in seed funding
Ambulance services provider Dessercom is an investor in Prehos.
Roach Capital closes $6.4 million CAD for first fund from prominent VCs, Shopify execs
Golden Ventures and partners from Tiger Global and Garage Capital also invested in the Shopify alum-led fund.
RideCo drives up expansion with $20 million Series A
The financing marks RideCo’s first investment round since it launched in 2015.
Mila partners with AI Sweden to bolster AI R&D in Canada and Sweden
AI Sweden has established a physical presence in Montréal.