Maropost acquires Swedish AI startup Findify for over $4.45 million USD
Findify’s clients include Victoria Beckham, Pharell Williams, and a Kardashian.
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Legaltech unicorn Clio now also a centaur after hitting $100 million USD in ARR milestone
Amid glut of unicorns, Bessemer calls centaur status “true mark of an exceptional SaaS startup.”
Parvis raises $2.6 million seed round for blockchain-enabled real estate investment management platform
Parvis’ direct-to-investor platform is set to launch later this summer.
Penny AI raises $33.9 million CAD Series B to expand direct sales solution
Penny’s platform supports sales consultants in over 60 countries and 25 languages.
BC startups Kardium, HTEC, Kobalt, Symvivo receive cumulative $11.1 million from feds
The four recipients operate in the life sciences, cleantech, and digital sectors.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Zymeworks dodging Dubai bids
Plus: Well Health Technologies posts record Q1 revenue.
WeCook raises $40 million to fuel expansion of “ready-to-eat” meal service
Financing from Claridge fund focused on supporting Québec food processing firms.
Led by former Shopify executive, on-demand delivery service Trexity raises $5 million for Canadian expansion
Trexity helped pioneer a subscription delivery service for Kettleman’s Bagel.
Unbounce expands leadership team with addition of Indochino, RBC Ventures, Mapbox alums
Startup adds CMO, CPO, and VP of engineering for “next phase of growth.”
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Canadian-led Imply’s “multi-billion dollar opportunity.”
Plus: A timeline of Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter
Flying Fish Partners appoints Tiffany Linke-Boyko as principal for Canada, secures $7.5 million from AEC
“Given what we uncovered, it made sense to base our Canadian operations in Alberta.”
LimaCharlie closes $7 million CAD to allow companies to manage, develop cybersecurity strategies
Google, CSE alum-led startup sells “security-infrastructure-as-a-service.”
Pressto secures $1.5 million in pre-seed round to foster healthy relationship between students and media
Pressto’s platform aims to make it easy for kids to make zines of their own.
PLATO secures additional $2 million from Raven Indigenous Capital Partners
PLATO wants to build a network of 1,000 Indigenous software testers across Canada.
Yaletown-backed software company Tasktop to be acquired by Texas-based Planview
Tasktop CEO calls joining Planview “a game-changing combination.”