HS GovTech Solutions acquired by Banneker Partners
HS GovTech is the latest Canadian tech company delisting from public exchanges.
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Birdseye closes $4.1 million CAD in seed funding for AI-powered marketing platform
The round comes eight months after Birdseye’s $500,000 USD pre-seed funding round.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Q4 Inc. joins pandemic IPOs returning private, Ambyint returns to Calgary
Plus: Slack names longtime Salesforce executive Denise Dresser as new CEO.
Canadian SaaS investment rebounded in 2023, reaching nearly $7 billion
L-SPARK’s report identified 20 SaaS deals valued at $50 million or more.
Active Impact Investments launches third climate tech seed fund with $70 million in initial commitments
LPs include Northleaf, Fondaction, Co-operators, Deloitte Ventures, University of Victoria.
PointClickCare’s Mike Wessinger on how Canada’s tech sector stacks up globally
Newly appointed C100 board co-chair talks community building, fundraising, and talent.
Why are there 100,000 fewer Canadian entrepreneurs?
Satish Kanwar and Katy Yam join for a special episode recorded live on the BetaKit Keynote Stage at SAAS NORTH.
Four startups win over $210,000 at SAAS NORTH 2023
Among the winners are Enurgen, Strucwise, Myomar, and Soralink.
InBC invests $29 million into 4AG Robotics, Clarius Mobile Health, Pender, Amplitude Ventures
These startups, VC firms align with InBC’s “triple bottom line approach.”
Hoping to be the go-to platform for blockchain devs, Uniblock secures $3.1 million CAD
Uniblock aims to unify fragmented blockchain tools into a single platform.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Slack has a new CEO, again
Plus: Google and Microsoft are fighting, again.
TSX-listed Q4 Inc. to go private with $257-million buyout by Sumeru Equity Partners
Q4 Inc. to join growing list of recent Canadian tech IPOs to change course.
Buffer’s Chief Product Officer on how it connects a fractured internet
The post-social media era requires a headless ecommerce equivalent for content.
Trio of Canadian tech companies show progress towards profitability in earnings this week
Thinkific hits positive EBITDA as Coveo and Mogo shrink losses.
These three Fast 500 companies are hiring software engineers in Canada
The Fast 500 lists North America’s fastest growing tech companies… and many are hiring.