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Faire opens new office in Kitchener as part of ‘commitment to Canada’
Faire, a wholesale marketplace startup based in the Kitchener-Waterloo region and San Francisco, is set to unveil its new Canadian…
Bus.com partners with Cirque du Soleil, helping tour members travel North America
Montreal-based Bus.com, an online platform for bus rentals, is partnering with Cirque du Soleil to become its official coach…
Top Hat raises $72 million CAD Series D, inks deals to disrupt the textbook industry
Top Hat has raised $72 million CAD ($55 million USD) in a Series D funding round to help the company accelerate its goal of…
Narwhal List 2020 tracks a year of massive raises, 42 potential Canadian Unicorns
In partnership with MaRS Discovery District, Communitech, and Invest Ottawa, Charles Plant, the founder of the Narwhal Project,…
Today in hires: Instacart, BlueCat
Recently, two tech organizations have announced new members to their teams. Here’s a breakdown of who is joining and what…
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Vancouver (finally) gets ride-hailing
The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to S|W using the…
Intellitix Technologies acquires majority stake in event management platform CrowdBlink
Cashless payment specialist Intellitix Technologies has acquired a majority stake in Edmonton-based CrowdBlink, an event management…
TextNow inks nationwide talk & text plan deal in US, as CRTC set to review Canadian MVNO practices
TextNow, the Waterloo-based free text and phone service startup, announced this week that it is now able to offer a free nationwide…
Today in funding: Contxtful, Lexop
Two Canadian startups have recently raised fresh funding rounds to fuel their growth. Here’s the latest on who raised how…
OpenPhone announces new features, $2.6 million CAD round closed in 2018
OpenPhone, which provides businesses and startups with cloud-based phone numbers, announced Wednesday a raise of $2.6 million…
Today in funding: Aquatic Informatics, Commerce.js, Simply Benefits
Three Canadian startups have announced fresh funding rounds to fuel their growth. Here’s the latest on who raised how much,…
Why investment in Canadian SaaS Startups shot up 200 percent in 2019
It’s a great time to be a software-as-a-service (SaaS) startup. Advances in cloud computing and the need for enterprise-level…
Calgary-based Communo raises $3.3 million seed round
Communo, which helps connect businesses in the marketing and advertising fields, has raised a $3.3 million CAD seed round,…
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