Adam Nanjee departs Microsoft for Startups to lead venture capital in Canada for Amazon Web Services
Nanjee previously led the launch of Microsoft for Startups in Canada.
SaaS
Supply chain analytics SaaS startup Lytica secures over $13 million in Series A round
Lytica uses AI to help companies reduce costs and mitigate risks in their supply chain.
Essential Accessibility merges with Level Access to combine accessibility solutions
The combined firm will be based in the US, retaining offices in Toronto and Argentina.
SAAS NORTH unveils speaker lineup for 2022 conference
Presenters include executives from Shopify, Unbounce, Hootsuite, Wattpad.
Google selects Canadian startups Node, Beam.city, HumanSquad for third Black Founders accelerator
All three startups hail from Toronto and have worked with the DMZ.
LumiQ raises $5 million to expand CPA training podcast platform to US
LumiQ aims to build on “tremendous” pandemic growth since pivot to podcasts.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – OpenText has a Micro Focus
Plus: Vendasta, Q4 make layoffs.
Plurilock completes acquisition of assets from India-based CloudCodes
CloudCodes marks another addition to Plurilock’s rapidly growing portfolio.
1Password shuffles C-suite, with CPO replaced and CMO to depart
Exec changes come as 1Password tracks slightly below its revenue growth targets.
Roblox acquires gamified employee engagement platform provider TriplePlay
TriplePlay was co-founded by two engineers from Facebook, Wealthsimple.
Benevity’s platform surpasses $10 billion in donations, brings on 124 clients
Among Benevity’s new clients include Mondelēz International, LegalZoom.
Jombone closes $3.3 million to modernize the blue-collar staffing industry
Jombone aims to offer businesses an alternative to incumbent staffing agencies.
BarrelWise secures $3.1 million CAD to modernize wine barrel management
The Vancouver startup aims to tackle thousands of years of winemaking tradition.
Amazon makes AWS EdStart accelerator available to Canadians, picks Springbay Studio as first participant
Springbay Studio creates climate-focused educational games for children.
Q4 Inc. lays off eight percent of staff to accelerate “path to profitability”
Restructuring impacts the company’s sales, marketing, R&D teams.