S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Elon had one hell of a first week at Twitter
Plus: 1Password acquires Texas-based Passage to fuel push into passkeys.
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OSF Digital acquires UK-based Oegen in its drive to become “biggest Salesforce integrator”
The 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
PPO’s systems can detect and remove objects like plastics, rubber from food.
Q4 Inc. CEO confident in 2023 profitability despite continued slow growth
M&A, delistings, frigid IPO market have impacted Q4 Inc’s customer retention, expansion.
Twitter’s mass layoffs hit Canadian office
Unknown at this time how many Twitter Canada employees were affected.
Audette raises $12.8 million CAD to ‘level up’ decarbonization of buildings
The Victoria-based startup plans to expand from five to 150 North American cities.
1Password acquires Texas-based Passage to fuel push into passkeys
1Password envisions a future beyond passwords.
Hootsuite makes additional staff cuts following August layoffs
August cuts impacted one-third of company; latest round hit approximately 5 percent.
Snowflake opens Toronto HQ, engineering hub to expand investment in Canada
Billion-dollar US company makes it snow early in Toronto.
Hopeful Evernote competitor Nook raises $2.39 million CAD pre-seed round
Ottawa 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
Voilà! claims it can drop absenteeism by 35 percent.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – A brutal week for Big Tech
Plus: Meet the new Chief Twit.
Shopify acquires Remix to bolster its headless commerce framework
Latest acquisition meant to remix Shopify’s own framework tool for building storefronts.
Satellite component testing startup Connektica raises $2.7 million CAD
An indirect player in the space race, Connektica carries out quality assurance testing.
Telus International to acquire product development shop WillowTree for $1.2 billion USD
WillowTree’s clients include Fox, CBC, PepsiCo.