S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Microsoft makes more—quiet—staff cuts
Plus: BetaKit takes over SAAS NORTH stage in November.
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Nolk raises $30 million, acquires home goods brands Ergonofis, Opposite Wall
Nolk intends to use the capital for more acquisitions.
Visier acquires assets of skills intelligence startup Boostrs
Visier’s foray into M&A comes one year after it raised $154 million from Goldman Sachs.
Databricks acquires Vancouver-born Datajoy
While Datajoy started as a remote company, it had operations in both Vancouver and San Mateo.
The BetaKit Keynote Stage returns to SAAS NORTH 2022
1Password, Coveo, Paddle CEOs, OMERS, Georgian, Bessemer VCs headline the stage November 16-17.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Miovision, Auvik piling up the acquisitions
Plus: Google faces EU antitrust charges over adtech business.
Vendasta acquires “complementary” US sales enablement tech firm Yesware
Vendasta CEO says deal “pushes both companies’ product roadmap ahead significantly.”
Auvik acquires international SaaS firms Saaslio, Boardgent
The acquisitions follow Auvik securing $312 million from majority shareholder Great Hill Partners.
Shinydocs, Encircle, Proto receive cumulative $7.5 million from FedDev Ontario
The investment into the three Kitchener-Waterloo startups is expected to create 75 jobs.
CareerBeacon acquires employer branding platform provider Ruutly
Ruutly founder and CEO will become CareerBeacon’s head of product.
Miovision acquires Pittsburgh firm Rapid Flow to bolster its traffic management systems
Rapid Flow’s Pittsburgh head office will become Miovision’s fifth global location.
CBC alumni secure $3 million to help musicians collaborate remotely with BeatConnect
BeatConnect plans to build a marketplace for creators to sell their sounds.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – TikTok pushes for growth, Elon pushes for Twitter… again
Plus: L-SPARK selects six startups for latest B2B SaaS accelerator cohort.
L-SPARK selects six startups for latest B2B SaaS accelerator cohort
Cohort participants’ tech range from identity verification to same-day delivery management.
Halp secures $5.5 million CAD to help international students study abroad
Backed by Serena Williams’ venture fund, Halp has amassed an 18,000 family waitlist.