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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Canadian-led Imply’s “multi-billion dollar opportunity.”

Plus: A timeline of Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter

Moves wants to make the gig economy work for its workers.

Plus: Round13 launches new Web3 fund with initial $70 million USD.

Descartes, Yorkville University, and Manifest Climate are hiring marketing roles right now.

Technology Integration marks Converge’s 31st acquisition since 2017.

Plus: Peloton’s earnings are even worse than expected.

Haloo sees a rise in NFT-related applications for trademarks.

ReturnBear is bullish on consolidating returns processing for e-commerce retailers.

Arthur Zhao co-led Marqeta to its Nasdaq IPO last year.

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PLATO wants to build a network of 1,000 Indigenous software testers across Canada.

Lightspeed’s fourth-quarter revenue grew by 78 percent year-over-year.

What can a social media account tell us about our elected representatives?

Bruce Croxon: Web3 infrastructure “a natural extension” to Round13’s software investments.

“The winner will be whoever builds ‘Android’ to power the whole ecosystem.”