#smallrooms Podcast: Gary Saarenvirta of Daisy Intelligence on Applied AI
Rob Kenedi a coffee with Gary Saarenvirta, founder of Daisy Intelligence, a business insights tool based on artificial intelligence.…
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An inside look at Slack’s renovated Vancouver office
Working at Slack today is going to be like working for Microsoft or Facebook in their early days, says Slack co-founder and…
Subscribe to S|W: The SaaS Weekly
What’s this? Two new BetaKit newsletters in one week? Life is a matter of timing. As the wearables and FinTech verticals…
FreshBooks releases first major design change since 2003 launch
In early February, FreshBooks CEO Mike McDerment revealed in an open letter to customers that the company was planning on launching…
Fortay believes in developing a startup culture beyond free booze and office dogs
As startup success stories get more publicity, many large companies have attempted to emulate startup culture within their…
Hootsuite opening Toronto and Sydney offices
Buried deep in a media release about Hootsuite achieving cash flow positive status last week was this little tidbit: the Vancouver-based…
Vantage’s growth a reminder that great product is nothing without market fit
2015 was a good year for Vantage. Following a $1.1 million seed round the year prior, the Toronto-based ecommerce analytics…
BetaKit Next selectee Sampler pitches a solution to in-store sampling on #TheDisruptors
When stores hand out product samples in-store, they lose out on potentially valuable data like who is buying their product…
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency invests $498,150 in Qimple
The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, which is part of the Atlantic Growth Strategy established by the Government of Canada…
Ask @StartupCFO: When should I ask for annual prepayment?
When I am talking with SaaS founders the discussion frequently turns to the pros and cons of asking customers to prepay their…
OpenText acquiring Dell’s enterprise content division for $1.6 billion
Waterloo-based software company OpenText, which provides enterprise information management systems, has announced the acquisition…
Slack announces plans to open Toronto office and hire 145 people
During TechCrunch’s Disrupt conference in San Francisco, Vancouver-based Slack announced the expansion of its business…
Information Venture Partners raises $96M fund for early stage FinTech and enterprise software companies
Information Venture Partners announced the close of $96 million for its second investment fund, Fund II, which is dedicated…
Ottawa-based Fusebill raises $6 million Series A to automate financial processes for SMBs
Fusebill, a software platform that automates manual accounting processes for small businesses, announced a $6 million Series…
Rogers launches SaaS marketplace for Canadian small businesses
On Wednesday, in an effort to help small businesses in Canada, Rogers launched the Rogers Business App Market. The marketplace…