Today in startup updates: Shopify, BuildDirect, BroadbandTV & Encircle
This week, several startups have made announcements regarding the launches of new divisions, apps, and platforms for their customers. Here’s the latest on their…
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Shopify’s 180-day lockup period ends tomorrow
After a highly successful initial public offering earlier this year helped Shopify secure $131 million in additional funding, the very people who helped make the…
Shopify wants its merchants to save on shipping with new feature
On Thursday, Shopify announced that merchants can now buy and print discounted shipping labels within its platform using a new feature called Shopify Shipping. “Shipping…
See Shopify’s Tobi Lutke at AccelerateOTT this Thursday
For AccelerateOTT’s third year, organizers C100 and Invest Ottawa will be bringing in Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke for a fireside chat on Shopify’s growth…
Shopify IPO priced at $17 per share, company raises $131 million
Ottawa-based Shopify officially announced today that it has successfully raised $131 million in its IPO and sold 7,700,000 Class A subordinate shares at $17…
Shopify reportedly prepping for 2015 dual-IPO to raise $100M at $1 billion valuation
Ottawa-based Shopify has been rumoured to go public for about a year now. According to the Wall Street Journal, the ecommerce company is poised…
Shopify CEO named CEO of the Year by Report on Business
Ottawa-based Shopify has risen to massive internet and eCommerce fame over the past number of years. Tobi Lütke, its CEO, leads the company of…
Shopify announces its annual Build A Business competition, brings on Sir Richard Branson as a mentor
Shopify is one of Canada’s most successful businesses and the e-commerce giant is back again for its annual Build A Business competition. Now in…
Toronto’s Vantage Analytics Raises $1.1 Seed Round from Real Ventures, Angels
Toronto startup Vantage Analytics has raised $1.1 million in seed funding from Real Ventures and several angels within the retail and ecommerce space. The…
Shopify to Debut ‘Beyond the Code’ Event, Will Celebrate Women in Tech
Shopify is hosting an event in September that will celebrate women in technology. The event, called Beyond the Code, is an “exciting new conference…
C100’s Atlee Clark To Join Shopify
Atlee Clark, now the former executive director of the C100, Canada’s US-based organization that supports Canadian technology entrepreneurship, has moved on to take a position at…
Pinterest Gets Shopified With Rich Pins Partnership
Shopify merchants rejoice! Canadian e-commerce platform Shopify and Pinterest just announced a Rich Pins partnership to make all those images ever more shoppable. Rich…
Vancouver’s LemonStand Now Available to European Merchants
Vancouver’s ecommerce platform LemonStand is expanding to the European market via a new partnership with German online payments solution PAYMILL. As we’ve said before, its never…