SAAS NORTH launches award in tribute to prolific tech investor Greg Smith
SAAS NORTH, the annual conference for Canadian SaaS companies, has launched the SAAS NORTH STAR award founded in the memory…
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Canadian Starlink competitor Telesat to go public on the TSX
Satellite communications company Telesat filed to go public on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) earlier this week. The company…
US private equity firms make $300 million CAD strategic investment in Fullscript
A pair of American private equity firms have agreed to invest $300 million CAD ($240 million USD) in Ottawa-based healthtech…
Ottawa-founded Threekit raises $43.6 million CAD to bolster product visualization tech
Threekit, an Ottawa-founded SaaS startup, has raised $43.6 million CAD ($35 million USD) in an all-equity Series B funding…
Knak nabs $31 million CAD to market its drag-and-drop, no code platform
Formerly bootstrapped Knak has closed its first ever round of financing, a $31 million CAD ($25 million USD) Series A round…
Shopify, Ledger dodge class action as California court dismisses 2020 data breach lawsuit
A California court has dismissed a proposed class-action lawsuit against Shopify and Ledger over a 2020 Shopify data breach…
Attain Insight to acquire map intelligence tech from Australia’s Integeo
Canadian business analytics company Attain Insight is set to acquire Integeo’s map intelligence assets and intellectual property,…
Why Trulioo’s Steve Munford thinks “we don’t need more unicorns”
After stepping into the CEO role at identity verification provider Trulioo, Steve Munford was at the helm of a nearly half-billion…
IBM Canada, University of Ottawa to build cybersecurity learning facility
IBM Canada and the University of Ottawa have entered a multi-year partnership to build and operate Cyber Range, an experiential…
Shopify increases revenues and gross profits, posts operating loss in Q3 2021
Shopify posted total revenue of $1.12 billion, up 46 percent year-over-year as it announced its third-quarter results for 2021.…
Fellow.app’s meeting productivity software attracts $24 million
Meeting productivity software startup Fellow.app has secured $24 million USD in Series A funding as the COVID-19 pandemic has…
Former Slack leader Allan Leinwand joins Shopify as new CTO
Allan Leinwand, former senior leader at Slack, is joining Shopify as its chief technology officer. In a Tweet posted on Monday,…
Amid potential PayPal-Pinterest deal, Scott Galloway predicts Shopify will purchase Snap
Scott Galloway, a professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business, has predicted that Canadian e-commerce giant…
Shopify to help bands merch-ify their Spotify
Long-plagued by name confusion, especially in Twitter mentions, Canada’s Shopify and streaming service Spotify are teaming…
Former Shopify Plus GM Loren Padelford joins US startup Podium as COO
Loren Padelford, former general manager and vice president of revenue at Shopify Plus, has joined Podium as its chief operating…