SkipTheDishes being acquired by Just Eat for $110 million
Online food delivery SkipTheDishes — which was founded in Saskatoon and headquartered in Winnipeg — has been acquired by…
Acquisitions
Toronto’s Bitmaker acquired by General Assembly
As part of a move to expand from 15 to 25 campuses by end of year, US-based education-to-employment company General Assembly…
AppCarousel acquired by San Francisco-based AppDirect
AppCarousel, a Calgary-based app management platform for connected cars, smartphones, smart screens, and tablets, as well as…
Vancouver-based Mobidia acquired by App Annie Inc
PE Hub is reporting that Vancouver-based Mobidia was acquired last week by App Annie, a mobile app intelligence platform based…
Persistence Capital Partners invests in mdBriefCase
The CVCA is reporting that Persistence Capital Partners (PCP) has placed a significant equity investment in continuing health…
Hootsuite Raises $35 Million in Pre-IPO Money, Acquires BrightKit
Vancouver’s Hootsuite, creators of a social media dashboard tool for enterprise and individuals, has raised $35 million…
Vancouver Game Monetizer SuperRewards Acquires Germany’s Pay by Shopping
Vancouver and San Francisco-based startup SuperRewards has acquired Germany’s Pay by Shopping. We chatted with SuperRewards…
Ottawa’s Fluidware Acquired by Giant Palo Alto Firm SurveyMonkey
Ottawa-based startup Fluidware, which provides the Fluidsurveys software, said today it’s joining SurveyMonkey, the Palo…
Vancouver’s Retsly Acquired by Real Estate Marketplace Zillow
Former GrowLab startup Retsly has been acquired. Zillow, Inc, the Seattle-based real estate and home-related marketplace,…
Montreal’s Amaya Gaming Buys PokerStars for $4.9 Billion All-Cash Deal
Montreal-based gaming site conglomerate, Amaya Gaming, has agreed to acquire Oldford Group, which owns the Rational Group…
Canadian Startups Want to Exit But Show a “Startling Lack of Acquisition Preparedness”
Contrary to our “build Canada’s billion dollar company” cheerleading, Canadian startup founders are apparently…
Where Do Founders Go to Sell Their Business? BizON Thinks It Has the Answer
Ever wondered where businesses turn to when they want their business to get acquired? Or how about when another company is…
Staples to Acquire Vancouver’s PNI Digital Media for $74 Million
Staples is about to acquire Vancouver’s PNI Digital Media for $74 million, at a value of CDN$1.70 per share. Large companies…
Intel Officially Completes Deal to Acquire BASIS Science
Although we published based on rumour earlier this month that BASIS Science had been acquired by Intel, the deal is now officially…
Rosetta Stone Language Learning Platform Acquires Vancouver Creator of Fit Brains
Rosetta Stone Inc. today announced that it has agreed to acquire Vivity Labs Inc., creator of the successful Fit Brains product…