As Wattpad celebrates 10th birthday, CEO Allen Lau shares Netflix-like ambitions
In 2007, Allen Lau and his close friend Ivan Yuen were a year into building out their vision for a mobile reading platform…
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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Growing as fast as Slack
The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering the major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe. S|W is sponsored by none…
Today in funding: PageCloud, Zafin, Procurify
Cloud-based companies are well-represented in this roundup of funding. Here’s the latest on who raised how much, and…
Today in product updates: Goldmoney, SweetIQ, instaMEK, EventMobi
This week, several startups have launched new features in an effort to make life easier for their customers. Here’s the latest…
Zoom.ca wants to bring transparency to used car purchasing with its platform
Zoom.ca (acquired by Performance & link updated for context) has an online used car platform that it says brings more transparency…
Win a ticket to #SAASNORTH and one-on-one time with Salesforce
Taking place in the nation’s capital at the end of the month, Canada’s first-ever SaaS conference, SaaS North, is fast…
Deloitte releases its list of Canada’s 50 fastest-growing companies
For almost 20 years, Deloitte has used the Technology Fast 50 program to celebrate Canadian companies that the firm says demonstrate…
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – The next great SaaS company
The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering the major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe. S|W is sponsored by none…
Shopify launches iOS keyboard to help merchants promote their products on social networks
Shopify has announced the launch of an iOS keyboard that it says can help merchants better promote their products. When a customer…
500px for Business allows companies to measure which photos turn into purchases
500px has announced the launch of a new service that CEO Andy Yang calls a “natural extension” of its community. The Toronto-based…
PostBeyond wants to help workplaces become more millennial-friendly
Last year, millennials became the largest cohort in the Canadian workforce. And while this generation is known for being a…
Former Vision Critical marketing SVP joins Top Hat as its first CMO
Toronto-based Top Hat has announced the hire of Nick Stein, a former senior vice president of marketing at Vision Critical,…
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Shopify won’t be bought
The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering the major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe. S|W is sponsored by none…
#smallrooms Podcast: Martin Kratky-Katz of Blockthrough on circumventing ad blocking
Rob Kenedi has a coffee with Martin Kratky-Katz, founder of Blockthrough, a technology that allows publishers to circumvent…
Slack CMO Bill Macaitis steps down after less than two years
According to a report from Business Insider, Slack CMO Bill Macaitis — who has been with the company since November 2014…