Key raises $11 million to pilot home co-ownership platform in new Canadian, US markets
Key claims a waitlist of nearly 5,000 people for its service.
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iRestify closes $6 million to bring building maintenance solution to the US
This is iRestify’s third seed round in four years, following a series of pivots.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Margaret Atwood dances to Disco
Plus: Amazon’s Twitch suffers exodus of executives amid strategy fight.
Family that formerly co-owned Toronto Star behind new social venture, Hvr Technologies
Hvr wants to create revenue sharing for bloggers, publishers.
OpsLevel raises $15 million Series A funding for developer portal
Executives from eBay, PagerDuty, and Sentry invested in the round.
Q4 Inc. reports rising revenue, losses in fourth quarter and 2021
Despite stock drop since IPO, CEO optimistic about organic growth, M&A opportunities.
Disco closes $15 million Series A round from investors behind MasterClass, Coursera to scale its live learning platform
Disco uses influencers like Margaret Atwood and Andre De Grasse to drive growth.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Salesforce wants Traction on Demand
Plus: Hopper continues acquisition spree with Parisian airline travel tech Smooss.
Salesforce to acquire Traction on Demand
Traction on Demand revealed little about the acquisition plans.
Thinkific’s revenue, losses up in Q4
Thinkific claims increased losses reflect rising expenses, competitive job market
3D CityScapes only Canadian finalist in Japan External Trade Organization contest
3D CityScapes is among the 15 final award winners.
Hopper continues acquisition spree with Parisian airline travel tech Smooss
Hopper looks to bolster its B2B offering as it expands into new verticals.
Avanti Software secures $25 million to fully embrace cloud-only payroll and HR tech
Since its acquisition in 2016, Avanti has gone “all-in on the cloud.”
RouteThis secures $25 million to take the headache out of home internet
Company sadly can’t bypass nation’s telco oligopoly.
eSentire to be valued at $1.1 billion USD following $325 million deal
Only $100 million in primary capital will go to the company.