Shopify merchants generate $2.9 billion USD in sales over Black Friday, Cyber Monday
Shopify merchants generated more than $2.9 billion in sales worldwide during Black Friday and Cyber Monday, according to data collected by the e-commerce company….
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Canadian SaaS investment skyrockets by over 200 percent in 2019
Ottawa-based accelerator L-Spark has released the results of its annual State of Canadian SaaS report, which found that Canadian SaaS companies received a cumulative…
Trudeau cabinet shuffle shows slight tweaks to Canada’s innovation, economic agenda
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau revealed his new cabinet on Wednesday, with seven new faces joining the mix and a number of positions shuffled around…
Ottawa-founded Threekit raises $20 million USD for product visualization platform
Threekit, an Ottawa-founded product visualization software platform company that targets e-commerce brands, has closed a $20 million USD Series A round. The Series A…
Mindbridge loses former CIO of Canada after a few months in role
Alex Benay, the former CIO of Canada, has left his role at Ottawa-based Mindbridge after a short few months stint. The news came Thursday,…
Shopify launches email product to do battle with old partner Mailchimp
Shopify announced on Tuesday that the e-commerce company is expanding into the email marketing space. This new product line puts the Ottawa-based company in…
Digital identity company 2Keys acquired by Interac
2Keys, an Ottawa-based leader in digital identity, has been acquired by Interac. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Interac sees the acquisition as…
Shopify taps Colin Bodell as VP engineering for Shopify Plus
Shopify has announced Colin Bodell will join as the company’s new vice president of engineering for Shopify Plus, where he will be responsible for…
Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke to donate 1,000,001 trees, following one million customer milestone
One day after releasing its Q3 2019 report, which revealed that the Ottawa-founded e-commerce company had reached one million users, Shopify co-founder and CEO…
Shopify quarterly revenue growth slows as company hits million merchants
Shopify has released its Q3 2019 financial results, which ended September 30, 2019. The company is reporting total revenues of $390.6 million (all numbers…
SaaS North conference returns to Ottawa for its fourth year
Canada’s largest software-as-a-service (SaaS) conference is returning to Ottawa in November for its fourth year. SaaS North is expected to host over 1,750 attendees,…
MindBridge partnering with Bank of Canada to detect payment fraud
Ottawa-based MindBridge Analytics announced, on Wednesday, a partnership with the Bank of Canada that will see the FinTech and AI startup participate in a…
Startup jobs of the week: The Heart & Stroke Foundation, Loopio, Altus Assessments
Every day, Canada’s tech startups post their latest and greatest job opportunities on Jobs.BetaKit, powered by Jobbio. From early-stage to Series B and beyond,…