Snapchat reportedly acquires Toronto-based Bitstrips for $100 million
According to Fortune, Bitstrips has been purchased by Snapchat for approximately $100 million USD. The deal is a mix of both…
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Vision Critical sells its Research Consulting division, CEO addresses possible IPO this year
Vision Critical, which provides customer intelligence software and support, has sold its North American Research Consulting…
Montreal-based Karelab acquires Propulse to expand its HR gamification platform
Karelab, a Montreal company that provides tools and personalized services for measuring and boosting performance, engagement,…
Montreal-based Groove Music app acquired by Microsoft
Montreal-based Groove, a smart iOS music player app, announced today that it has been acquired by Microsoft. Terms of the acquisition…
Waterloo-based Pout acquired by Silicon Valley startup Everalbum
Waterloo-based startups are known for having some of the best young talent in the tech world, and today’s acquisition…
Gallop Labs “sold for parts” to Big Viking Games as CEO, founding team part ways
BetaKit has learned that Toronto-based Gallop Labs has been acquired by London, Ontario’s Big Viking Games. While employees…
Contractually acquired by California-based Coupa Software
Contractually, a Vancouver-based cloud service provider that works on simplifying the contract process for businesses, has…
Airbus acquires Waterloo-based flight software company Navtech
Navtech was a startup before the word hit the mainstream; in the 1980s, an Air Canada pilot had an idea to use a computer system…
Canadian-founded Snowball acquired by Credit Karma
Credit Karma, a startup that is best known for offering free online credit score assessments, has acquired Snowball, according…
Kik acquires Toronto-based fashion startup Blynk
On Monday, Kik, the company behind the chat app of the same name, announced the acquisition of Blynk, a Toronto-based startup…
EY report says Canadian executives looking more towards M&A for growth
In a statistic trailing only the US, nearly 73 percent of Canadian executives have M&A plans for the next year, compared…
Ask The Doctor acquires UK’s largest Telehealth service, plans to attack US market
One month after acquiring India’s largest health platform, Toronto-based Ask The Doctor has announced the acquisition of…
Ubisoft acquires Halifax-based Longtail Studios
Ubisoft, one of the largest video game publishers and developers in the world, has acquired Longtail Studios Halifax, the team…
Fresh City makes first acquisition with Fresh Canteen
Toronto-based Fresh City, an online grocer and city farm that delivers organic, local groceries, announced an acquisition that…
Today in acquisitions: Switch Merge, MediaCore, Silanis, BigKite
Canadian companies went on an acquisition spree this week – both buying and selling. Here’s the latest on who acquired…