Today in acquisitions: Solium Capital acquires Capshare, HiMama acquires DailyChildcareReport
This week, two companies have made announcements on acquiring startups. Here’s the latest on Canada’s movers and shakers.…
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Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains says Canada is committed to net neutrality
Canada’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development has reaffirmed the government’s pro-net neutrality stance.…
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Need a Lyft?
The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to S|W using the…
radient360 raises $3.3 million to help oil and gas companies adopt data analytics
radient360, which offers data analytics platforms for the energy sector, announced that it has received $3.3 million in seed…
Garrick Tiplady named managing director of Facebook and Instagram Canada
Garrick Tiplady has been named managing director of Facebook and Instagram Canada. Tiplady is taking over the role six months…
City of Toronto partners with Waze to improve city’s traffic awareness
The City of Toronto is partnering with Google’s Waze navigation app to improve the city’s traffic awareness and management.…
Ridesharing app Facedrive launches with CO2 emissions reduction plan
Facedrive, a new Toronto-based ridesharing service, has officially launched an app that estimates the CO2 emissions for each…
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Growth hacking like Slack
The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to S|W using the…
Hack To Start Ep.174: Stephanie Engle, product designer at Cruise
Stephanie Engle is a product designer at Cruise. Before joining the team there, Engle had a background in social products,…
Lyft confirms Toronto expansion by end of year
Lyft has officially announced its expansion into Toronto by the end of the year, according to the CBC. The expansion — the…
Solink raises $5 million for surveillance video auditing software
Solink, an Ottawa-based company that develops loss prevention solutions, has announced that it has received $5 million in financing…
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – The Amazon lobby
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 Evercondo acquired by FRONTSTEPS
Toronto’s Evercondo has been acquired by Denver, Colorado-based FRONTSTEPS. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed,…
Coconut Software closes $4.2 million Series A
Coconut Software announced today the close of a$4.2 million CAD Series A round, led by Toronto-based Information Venture Partners,…
Canadian-founded LogDNA closes $9 million CAD Series A
LogDNA, an intelligent logging system targeting DevOps teams, has closed $8.9 million ($7 million CAD) in Series A funding…