Shopify sheds Ottawa office space amid planned Toronto expansion
Shopify plans to vacate its Ottawa headquarters on 150 Elgin Street and move to an office tower on Laurier Avenue, amid reports…
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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Walmart to tap TikTok?
The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to S|W using the…
Verto Health raises $2 million CAD seed round to better connect healthcare providers, patients
Toronto-based healthtech startup Verto Health has closed a $2 million CAD seed round led by MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund…
SeamlessMD raises $4 million CAD Series A to meet increased demand for digital patient engagement due to COVID-19
Toronto healthtech startup SeamlessMD, which provides a cloud-based patient engagement app, has raised a $4 million CAD Series…
Top Hat continues pursuit to take traditional publishers digital with Bluedoor acquisition
Toronto-based EdTech startup Top Hat has acquired another education publishing company, recently closing a deal to purchase…
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – The party’s over for Airbnb
The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to S|W using the…
Entertainment tech startup Wrapbook raises $4.7 million CAD seed round
Toronto and New York-based Wrapbook, which creates software for workforces in the media production space, has raised a $4.7…
11 Canadian startups at Y Combinator’s Summer 2020 Demo Day
This week, Y Combinator (YC) is holding its Summer 2020 Demo Day, the 31st for the Silicon Valley incubator. Twelve Canadian…
New York-based proptech startup SwiftCTRL opens Canadian office in Montréal
SwiftCTRL Technologies Canada, an affiliate of New York-based proptech startup, SwiftCTRL, has opened its first engineering…
Dialogue expands beyond telemedicine with new Employee Assistance Program offering
Montréal-based healthtech startup Dialogue is launching Employee Assistance Program (EAP) services to give employees quick,…
Today in acquisitions: Amika Mobile, ComplyWorks, Koantic
Over the past couple of weeks, several Canadian tech startups have been acquired, including Amika Mobile, ComplyWorks, and…
Tulip acquires Boston’s Blueday to expand its retail management software offerings
Toronto-based retail startup Tulip, a mobile store performance software provider, has acquired US retail SaaS company Blueday.…
EdTech startup Showbie raises $5 million Series A
Edmonton-based EdTech startup Showbie, which offers a classroom workflow platform, has raised a $5 million CAD Series A round,…
Remote training startup Synapse raises $2.6 million CAD to grow new sales stream
Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the world has seen an increased demand for remote work tools. Synapse has felt the results…
Gaming startup Odyssey Interactive launches with $7.9 million CAD
Video game startup Odyssey Interactive has officially launched in Kitchener-Waterloo and announced $7.9 million CAD ($6 million…