Meta mass layoffs hit Canada less than a year after major expansion plans
byCanadian teams affected include client relations, human resources, among others.
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As demand booms and recession looms, Busbud acquires fellow Canadian travel tech startup Betterez
byAfter partnering up for years, Busbud has brought Betterez’s back office platform for transit players in-house.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Elon had one hell of a first week at Twitter
byPlus: 1Password acquires Texas-based Passage to fuel push into passkeys.
OSF Digital acquires UK-based Oegen in its drive to become “biggest Salesforce integrator”
byThe acquisition opens up UK financial services sector to OSF.
Federal government invests $2.4 million in P&P Optica to help meat processors automate food safety
byPPO’s systems can detect and remove objects like plastics, rubber from food.
Q4 Inc. CEO confident in 2023 profitability despite continued slow growth
byM&A, delistings, frigid IPO market have impacted Q4 Inc’s customer retention, expansion.
Twitter’s mass layoffs hit Canadian office
byUnknown at this time how many Twitter Canada employees were affected.
Audette raises $12.8 million CAD to ‘level up’ decarbonization of buildings
byThe Victoria-based startup plans to expand from five to 150 North American cities.
1Password acquires Texas-based Passage to fuel push into passkeys
by1Password envisions a future beyond passwords.
Hootsuite makes additional staff cuts following August layoffs
byAugust cuts impacted one-third of company; latest round hit approximately 5 percent.
Snowflake opens Toronto HQ, engineering hub to expand investment in Canada
byBillion-dollar US company makes it snow early in Toronto.
Hopeful Evernote competitor Nook raises $2.39 million CAD pre-seed round
byOttawa note-taking app’s investors include angels from Apple, LinkedIn, Rewind, Shopify.
Voilà! closes $13.75 million Series A to help combat labour shortages across Canada, United States
byVoilà! claims it can drop absenteeism by 35 percent.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – A brutal week for Big Tech
byPlus: Meet the new Chief Twit.
Shopify acquires Remix to bolster its headless commerce framework
byLatest acquisition meant to remix Shopify’s own framework tool for building storefronts.