Magnet Forensics launches Magnet.AI to fight child exploitation
Jad Saliba, founder and CTO of Waterloo-based Magnet Forensics, was working as a police officer in Waterloo, when a cancer…
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Edmonton-based Jobber opens Toronto office to tap into sales and marketing talent
A year and a half after it announced an $8 million Series A, Jobber has opened a Toronto sales office as it focuses on growth.…
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – What happened to the prosumer model?
The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering the major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to S|W using…
Communitech Rev Demo Day splits $100,000 between TritonWear and SSimwave
Technology that aims to help athletes improve through big data, and software that improves the end-user visual experience of…
Askuity’s platform aims to bridge the data gap between retailers and suppliers
Suppliers that sell products to retailers across the world don’t always have access to information about who is buying…
Today in company updates: Flexiti Financial, Integrate.ai, Lightspeed, Overbond, StackAdapt
This week, several Canadian startups have made announcements, launching new features, partnerships, and more. Here’s the…
Attendease raises seed round led by 500 Startups Canada
Cloud-based event automation platform Attendease has raised a seed round led by 500 Startups Canada. The round also includes…
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – SaaS sprawl
The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering the major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to S|W using…
Flashfood launches with Longo’s in Toronto to alleviate food insecurity
When Josh Domingues’ sister was catering a Toronto event as a chef, she was told to throw out $4,000 worth of food by…
thisopenspace snagging customers like lululemon, Nike on its creative space rental platform
Vancouver-based thisopenspace, one of the latest pitches on The Disruptors, wants to make unused commercial spaces more accessible…
Staffy building on-demand hospitality workforce with its mobile app
Imagine running a restaurant or bar, and right before it starts getting busy on a Friday evening, your best waiter calls in…
Universe co-founder launches latest venture, Growlabs, with $3 million in funding
In June 2015, Ben Raffi sold the startup he co-founded, Toronto-based Universe, to Live Nation. Almost two years later, Raffi’s…
Shopify reports $127.4 million total revenue in Q1 2017, up 75% YoY
Shopify has released its financial results for the first quarter of 2017. The company reported significant business milestones…
Vancouver Tech Podcast Ep.74: PressReader COO Nikolay Malyarov, CJR staff writer David Uberti
Special guests Nikolay Malyarov, COO of PressReader and David Uberti, staff writer for the Columbia Journalism Review join…
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Who’s investing in SaaS?
The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering the major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to S|W using…