LifeSpeak acquires Torchlight to expand digital education to caregivers
LifeSpeak claims this is the company’s largest acquisition to date.
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Armed with $1.2 million, Eva plans to bring ride-sharing, delivery software to new markets
Eva claims to offer “the first ride-share and delivery platform built on blockchain.”
Rockport Networks raises $61.9 million CAD, appoints Marc Sultzbaugh as co-CEO
Rockport’s tech is being used by a supercomputer at the University of Texas.
Alongside acquires CareerBeacon from Brunswick News
Brunswick News is owned by the notoriously secretive Irving family.
WFHomie raises $1.9 million CAD to help companies better engage, retain employees
Meet the first investment from Ryan Holmes and Manny Padda’s new fund, LOI Venture.
Snappy receives $2 million to scale restaurant management tech
Snappy powers over 1,500 restaurants in eight countries and over 30 cities.
Halifax-based LeadSift third company acquired by IDG Communications in last 18 months
IDG has been on a spree.
TealBook looks to become global leader in supply chain data with $50 million in new funding
TealBook has product-market fit and its foot on the gas.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Whitecap caps off 2021 with new fund
Plus: the startup that successfully pivoted (twice).
Secoda secures $2.75 million for “Google-like” data search tool
You can’t use data you can’t see.
Kudos secures $10 million from Canadian Business Growth Fund to boost employee engagement
Employee engagement platform provider Kudos has secured a $10 million minority equity investment from the Canadian Business…
Influitive acquires PostBeyond to expand customer advocacy platform to employees
Influitive has acquired fellow Toronto-based PostBeyond, a SaaS company focused on employee advocacy and social selling. The…
D2L records rising revenue, net losses in first quarterly report since IPO
D2L’s latest earnings report shows the Kitchener-Waterloo-based EdTech company continues to benefit from the pandemic-fuelled…
Execs, investors sell $74.4 million in Magnet Forensics shares
The selling shareholders received combined gross proceeds of $74.4 million.
Benevity acquires Swiss firm Alaya to extend global reach
Benevity is acquiring the Swiss SaaS platform Alaya for an undisclosed amount. According to Benevity management, the acquisition…