Former Klue sales reps secure $500,000 to make cold calling easier with Quack
Quack claims reduced wait times for sales folks tired of prospects ducking their calls.
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Softchoice taken private, moved stateside by WWT after $1.48-billion acquisition closes
Completed acquisition puts the 35-year-old software provider under American ownership at a sensitive moment.
Web Summit Vancouver 2025 speaker lineup includes CEOs of Bluesky and Clio
1Password, FreshBooks, and Waabi among headliners of rebranded Collision event
Cohere says Command A model edges out LLM competition in speed and energy efficiency
New enterprise AI model outperforms DeepSeek, ChatGPT on several enterprise-specific tasks, company says.
Clio acquires UK-based ShareDo to move into serving large law firms, fuel global expansion
BC legaltech company says its largest acquisition accelerates roadmap by “five years or more.”
Augmenta closes $14.4 million CAD to advance quest towards AI-driven building design
Autodesk alums plan to refine electrical system tech, move into plumbing and mechanical.
Redbrick acquires New York-based newsletter advertising platform Paved
This is the software rollup firm’s fourth American acquisition over the past five years.
Xatoms and Knead take home top prizes amid strong Canadian showing at SXSW pitch competition
Canada was represented in five of the more than 70 companies pitching.
Deloitte Canada acquires grant matchmaker Pocketed for undisclosed amount
Deloitte pockets startup’s entire team including co-founders Brianna Blaney and Aria Hahn.
Why Simon De Baene keeps killing his own products
How a cycle of destruction and reinvention shaped employee experience platform Workleap.
Toast wants women to take a radical step this International Women’s Day: rest
#WithoutHer campaign asks men to assume more responsibility for uplifting women in tech.
Thinkific created positive cash flow in 2024, but found GMV “headwinds”
EdTech company saw revenue jump in Q4 earnings as it ditched cost savings for growth.
Rewind inks data protection partnership with workflow software giant Monday.com
Partnership could mark turning point for Ottawa company that saw momentum slow during 2023 downturn.
CMD Capital halts fundraising amid “tough” VC market
Experienced early-stage VCs say the “timing and context are wrong for us to raise a first-time fund.”
Former Toronto Raptor Pascal Siakam teams up with DMZ to launch EdTech accelerator
NBA Champion and Toronto tech hub aim to give early-stage EdTech startups a boost.