Versaterm acquires American mental health platform for first responders
This is the public safety tech firm’s second acquisition within the past month.
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FinTech startup Fluence Technologies agrees to be acquired by Anaplan
Anaplan plans to integrate Fluence’s financial consolidation software into its own platform.
Galatea secures $2.7 million to help oil and gas companies tackle waste disposal
Amid shifting environmental and regulatory landscape, Calgary firm eyes US expansion.
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Plus: An active week of SaaS acquisitions.
Qohash secures $17.4 million in Series B funding for data security platform
Platform finds, inventories, and continuously monitors organizations’ sensitive data.
Zafin founder and CEO joins latest slew of #CDNtech executive turnover
Martello, Boast, and Illumin have also shuffled their leadership teams since the end of March.
Boom and goConfirm launch new products from experienced #CDNtech leaders
Ex-Shopify execs spice up remote meetings, while Wave alumni launch an AI scam detector.
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Plus: What you need to know in #Budget2024.
Across-the-pond acquisitions: Descartes acquires ASD, HR Path acquires GroupeX
Descartes continues its acquisition spree while GroupeX joins HR Path’s growing Canadian portfolio.
Versaterm continues acquisition spree with purchase of Integrated Computer Systems
Public safety tech firm has acquired 10 companies since 2020.
Vidyard rolls out AI avatars after securing funding from EDC and existing backers
With AI Avatars, Vidyard aims to facilitate “personalized video communications at scale.”
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Plus: Amazon scraps Alexa Developer Rewards Program.
WordPress owner acquires Eric Migicovsky’s messaging app Beeper following spar with Apple
Under Automattic’s wing, Beeper aims to continue building “the best chat app on Earth.”
Pinterest is on a Toronto hiring spree to scoop up AI talent
CTO Jeremy King says company aims to use AI and ML to make Pinterest more “shoppable.”
Government software provider Clariti Cloud secures $24.6 million CAD from Vistara Growth
Clariti’s co-CEO is seeing increased demand for digital government services.