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As Hubba raises Series B led by Goldman Sachs, founder Ben Zifkin confident company will IPO by 2020(BETAKIT)
“We’re going to build a fucking supertanker.”
Turning Ideas Into Action: Lessons from our Journey to SaaS North(VOICEOFTHENORTH)
It is hard to imagine that less than one year ago the concept of bringing together the best of Canada’s SaaS community was just a seed of an idea. (sponsored)
Top 10 takeaways from Canada’s first SaaS conference(BETAKIT)
CEOs from Canada’s top SaaS companies including FreshBooks and Shopify took the presenter stage, along with a host of international executives from companies like Microsoft and Hubspot.
SaaS startups look to monthly revenue models to spark growth(FINANCIALPOST)
Chris Perram never imagined himself as a software entrepreneur. Now he’s CEO of FileFacets.
CanCon Podcast Ep. 45: Does Canada need a SaaS Conference?(BETAKIT)
The heads of FreshBooks, SurePath Capital and HIGHLINE Beta explain the value of 3 days in Ottawa talking SaaS.
Ready to scale your B2B service? 5 signs you’ve nailed your business model(FORBES)
Here are five factors that can help position your company for expanded future sales.
Toronto-based mobile studio Tiny Hearts acquired by Shopify(BETAKIT)
It’s the second acquisition for Shopify in just over two months; in October, the company acquired Waterloo-based Boltmade in an effort to accelerate development of Shopify Plus.
TraceLink lands $51.5M from Goldman Sachs(TECHCRUNCH)
TraceLink is a SaaS platform for tracking and tracing pharmaceuticals. Existing investors, such as FirstMark Capital, Volition Capital, and F-Prime Capital, also participated in the round.
Slack and Google to work together on integrations through strategic partnership(BETAKIT)
The additions include new bots for notifications and support for Google’s recently launched Team Drives, document previews, and permissioning.