Shopify acquires Handshake, marking its third acquisition in six months
Shopify has acquired New York-based B2B ecommerce wholesale platform Handshake, to be integrated into the Canadian ecommerce…
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Education platform Coursera to open engineering office in Toronto
Coursera, a Silicon Valley-based education platform, has announced a new engineering office in Toronto. The office will be…
Bridgit receives $750,000 investment from FedDev Ontario
Kitchener-based Bridgit, offering a project management platform for construction businesses, has received a $750,000 investment…
Montreal-based Smooch acquired by Zendesk
Montreal-based Smooch, allowing companies to manage customer conversations across multiple social messaging and communication…
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – How to understand and reduce SaaS churn
The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to S|W using the…
Toronto-based Proptech Lane raises $2.5 million Seed round led by Alate Partners
Lane, a Toronto-based Proptech company offering a communication platform for landlords and tenants, has raised $2.5 million…
Slack to go public June 20 via direct listing, releases preliminary estimates for Q1
Slack has announced that it plans to go public on June 20, and has also disclosed its estimated preliminary financial results…
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Changing the founder/investor dynamic
The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to S|W using the…
Halifax-based Tranquility Online launches mental health platform
Tranquility Online, based out of Halifax, is launching its first online mental health platform for Canadians. The company’s…
Halifax-based SalesRight receives $250,000 in pre-seed funding
Halifax-based SalesRight, a cloud-based platform that helps B2B sales teams to create custom, interactive pricing guides,…
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – A new era for enterprise IT
The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to S|W using the…
VanillaSoft receives additional $3 million loan for sales engagement platform
VanillaSoft, a tech-enabled sales engagement service, has received a $3 million loan from the Fonds Régional de Solidarité…
Locketgo raises $1.2 million seed round for turnkey smart locker service
Locketgo, which offers mobile-charging lockers for event attendees, has announced the close of a $1.2 million round of seed…
CoLab Software becomes first Atlantic Canada startup to join Y Combinator
CoLab Software, based in St John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, has become the first Atlantic Canada startup to be accepted…
University of Ottawa’s MakerLaunch startup program gets a $1.5 million boost
The University of Ottawa’s faculty of engineering has received a $1.5 million CAD investment for its startup program MakerLaunch.…