As Apple moves to kill the password, 1Password CEO says he’s not worried
“Every time they’ve introduced something our business has gone up significantly.”
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Autodesk alums close $5.3 million CAD to automate building design with Augmenta
Construction, real estate players have bought into Augmenta’s vision.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – The UWaterloo experts building quantum-safe cybersecurity
Plus: Google pays $118 million for underpaying women.
Areto Labs secures $1 million to address online abuse with machine learning
Areto Labs aims to help sports teams protect star athletes from social media trolls.
BBTV reduces workforce by 14 percent following revenue decline in Q1
Layoffs continue to sweep Canada’s tech sector.
Immigration expert-led Immigrate aims to help Canadian firms bring the talent they need to Canada
Immigrate claims to have processed over 1,800 applications to date.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Bessemer says centaurs are cool now, Clio agrees
Plus: 1Password adds Shopify alum Erin Zipes as chief legal officer, doubling C-suite over past year
University of Waterloo quantum expert-led EvolutionQ aims to help orgs “prepare for the quantum age”
As quantum computing race heats up, EvolutionQ secures $7 million CAD for quantum-safe cybersecurity.
Trendi, Swede, Frontly the latest early-stage BC startups to secure funding
Three early-stage BC startups secure pre-seed and seed funding.
Maropost acquires Swedish AI startup Findify for over $4.45 million USD
Findify’s clients include Victoria Beckham, Pharell Williams, and a Kardashian.
Flare Systems eyes US expansion following $9.5 million Series A funding
Flare wants to offer enterprise-grade tools to mid-sized companies.
Legaltech unicorn Clio now also a centaur after hitting $100 million USD in ARR milestone
Amid glut of unicorns, Bessemer calls centaur status “true mark of an exceptional SaaS startup.”
1Password adds Shopify alum Erin Zipes as chief legal officer, doubling C-suite over past year
Zipes has experience scaling legal team, leading Shopify through IPO.
Orna raises over $1 million in seed funding to bolster AI-powered cybersecurity platform
Orna is working on using blockchain tech for secure data storage.
PayShepherd closes $3.8 million CAD to fuel North American expansion of contractor billing solution
Calgary FinTech firm aims to spot billing mistakes before it’s too late.