Financial data and analytics firm Canalyst raises $70 million USD Series C
The round brings Canalyst’s total funding to over $100 million.
SaaS
Maropost acquires Australia’s Retail Express in $50 million CAD deal
The deal marks Maropost’s second acquisition to date.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – AmpMe accusations on the App Store
Plus: Vendasta closes second acquisition after dashed IPO plans, venture round.
Review of 11 Canadian tech companies to watch in 2021
Startups on the 2021 list made major financing deals and exits.
Redbrick acquires Indianapolis-based email marketing platform Delivra
Delivra is the fifth company to join Redbrick’s growing portfolio.
Together lands $6.2 million CAD to pair mentors and mentees in companies
The Y Combinator graduate caters to Airbnb, Discovery Channel.
Boosted.ai raises $43.7 million CAD to scale AI platform for investment managers
Boosted.ai claims $57.4 million CAD in total funding to date.
Provision Analytics raises $6 million CAD to improve food safety with its SaaS platform
Provision supplies digital record keeping, insights for food safety
AmpMe accused of boosting app sales through fake reviews by noted App Store critic
App maker conceded “more oversight is needed.”
Wagepoint makes first acquisition, purchasing Timesheet Mobile
Wagepoint to launch “Wagepoint 2.0” by 2022 with enhanced features.
Unbounce acquires US-based marketing tech startup LeadsRx
The deal marks Unbounce’s third acquisition to date.
Vendasta makes second acquisition after dashed IPO plans, venture round
The company chose a $119.5 million venture round over an IPO in May.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Clio claims Clearco’s CFO
Plus: Software stocks get punched in the face (again).
Wishpond acquires SMS marketing firm Winback.chat for $700,000
Wishpond has now made two asset acquisitions from AtlasMind
In preparation for IPO, Clio nabs Clearco CFO
Clearco also lost a co-founder as another becomes interim CFO.