Hootsuite plans to IPO before Christmas, raise $200 million on TSX
Hootsuite is finalizing its preparations to go public on the Toronto Stock Exchange before the end of the year, BetaKit has…
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GrubMarket expands to Canada by acquiring e-commerce startup Funtech
San Francisco-based foodtech startup GrubMarket enters the Canadian e-commerce market through its completed acquisition of…
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 Universityâs Stern School of Business, has predicted that Canadian e-commerce giant…
7shifts moves HQ to Nutrien Tower for its post-COVID workforce
Saskatoon-based retail software startup 7shifts has entered into an agreement to lease a 22,500 square foot space in the Nutrien…
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…
Online vehicle auction marketplace E Automotive revs up IPO plans
E Automotive, an online vehicle auction marketplace, is planning to go public on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The company has…
Hopper acquires PlacePass, scores Marriott Bonvoy as customer for B2B business
MontrĂ©alâs Hopper is known for its flight and travel booking app, but the company makes most of its revenue from its FinTech…
BBTV, Spotter enter partnership worth $154.7 million to fuel content creator growth and monetization
Broadband TV (BBTV), a media-tech company based in Vancouver, has entered a partnership with Los Angeles-based Spotter worth…
Lightspeedâs Dax Dasilva launches environmental nonprofit, pledges $40 million for conservation, restoration projects
Dax Dasilva, founder and CEO of MontrĂ©al-based retail tech company Lightspeed Commerce, has launched a nonprofit environmental…
Coveo acquires Englandâs Qubit to extend European e-commerce reach
The artificial intelligence (AI) powered personalization e-commerce company, Coveo, has acquired London, U.K.-based Qubit for…
Shopify partners with Microsoft, Oracle, Infor to launch global ERP program
Canadian e-commerce unicorn Shopify has entered into a deal with global enterprise resource planning (ERP) partners to launch…
A culmination of its acquisitions, Lightspeed brings revamped restaurant platform to North America
Lightspeed Commerce has officially launched Lightspeed Restaurant, its flagship restaurant product, in North America. The revamped…
Offering a nanotech drywall alternative, Trusscore lands $26 million in Series A funding
Trusscore, a material science startup that makes sustainable alternatives for traditional building products, announced a $26…
ResQ raises $48 million CAD to bolster restaurant repair and maintenance platform
Toronto-based SaaS startup ResQ has raised $48.5 million CAD ($39 million USD) from a Series A funding round. Co-led by Tiger…