Sagard Holdings secures $200 million in first close of private equity fund
Sagard Private Equity Canada has secured the first close of its inaugural fund, securing total commitments of $200 million…
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Breather, Ritual alumni look to ride retail investing wave with new automated trading platform Composer
Toronto-based FinTech software startup Composer has revealed $6.73 million CAD ($5.35 million USD) in previously unannounced…
Five reasons to attend SAAS NORTH
SAAS NORTH returns in person to Ottawa November 17-18th. Still on the fence as to why you might want to attend Canada’s top…
Market Watch: Q4 Inc, Mogo report increased revenues in the third quarter of 2021
If the third-quarter reports of Q4 Inc. and Mogo Inc. are anything to go by, it wasn’t a bad time to be in the investor relations…
Wealthsimple Crypto launches wallet support
Wealthsimple’s latest move in the cryptocurrency space is one the FinTech startup said has been much requested by its…
Borrowell co-founder secures seed capital for Savvyy to tackle banking side of digital lending
Borrowell founding team members, including co-founder Salim Naran, recently secured $3.1 million CAD for a startup they launched…
Clio doubles C-Suite with four new execs to support product, international expansion
Burnaby-based legaltech startup Clio has expanded its executive team, bringing on former leaders from high-growth and public…
Canadian startup news of the week (11/07/21)
Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important news, features,…
Owl.co raises $30 million Series B to scale insurance claim monitoring solution
Vancouver-based insurance tech startup Owl.co has raised $30 million in its Series B funding round led by Cota Capital. Other…
Hubdoc founders ready to help New Zealand’s A2X become as big as Shopify
New Zealand’s A2X Accounting is drawing on Canadian talent to help scale its company to Shopify size. The global e-commerce…
R|T: The Retail Times – Sonder’s lowered expectations
The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to R|T using…
Fluence acquires XLCubed to build an expansive finance reporting platform
Toronto FinTech SaaS startup Fluence Technologies has acquired United Kingdom-based XLCubed, a provider of reporting and analytics…
Tiger Global the latest suitor of corporate card startup Float in new $37 million CAD Series A
Less than six months after securing its seed round, Float’s corporate card and spending management solution has attracted…
US proptech Opendoor plots Canadian hiring expansion, aims to add 100 engineers
San Francisco-based real estate tech firm Opendoor is planning to hire around 100 product development engineers in Canada by…
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – IPO for Christmas
The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to S|W using the…