Visier makes first acquisition, acquiring Yva.ai’s tech and team to expand understanding of how employees work
Visier plans to parlay deal into new collaboration analytics product.
Vancouver
Pocketed co-founders pocket $25,000 prize money in pitch contest for women entrepreneurs
Pocketed, which helps businesses find grants, gets granted with $25,000.
Innovate BC opens applications for startups to receive up to $300,000 for R&D
Innovate BC’s Ignite program has awarded 34 projects with a cumulative $8.5 million.
Hockey Canada partner Spordle acquires Vancouver-based HiSports
The move will make Spordle a leading provider of all minor hockey in BC.
Later acquired by US influencer marketing platform Mavrck
Vancouver’s Later started as an Instagram tool in 2013.
Terramera receives $1 million from BC to measure carbon levels in soil
Terramera wants to spread regenerative farming techniques across BC.
Startup Genome ranks Vancouver, Toronto-Waterloo among top global AgTech, new food ecosystems
Vancouver came ninth, while Toronto-Waterloo finished 11th.
Amid WonderFi deal, Coinberry reaches settlement in Cinaport lawsuit following failed TSXV takeover
Cinaport to receive 3.1 million common shares in WonderFi.
Responsive receives $3.5 million in Co-operators-backed Series A round for US, Europe expansion
Co-operators joins Responsive’s board of directors.
WonderFi to acquire Coinberry for $38.5 million in all-stock deal as Canada’s crypto space continues to consolidate
Kevin O’Leary-backed WonderFi will soon own two of Canada’s six registered crypto trading platforms.
Legible sees more execs depart in restructuring as company eyes private placement for liquidity
In recent weeks, Legible has laid off 23 employees and lost its CTO, CFO, CRO, and CPO.
Netcoins user walks away with an estimated $1.58 million after software vulnerability
Netcoins’ parent company is attempting to track down the missing cryptocurrency.
Hootsuite appoints former Mailchimp exec as CPO, as Wealthsimple snags Snap VP as COO
Natalia Williams and Radhika Kakkar join Hootsuite and Wealthsimple as both companies expand their offerings.
MeetAmi secures $36.5 million to help wealth management firms navigate digital assets
MeetAmi looks to relieve the pressure wealth management firms are feeling amid the crypto boom.
CloudMD, Think Research announce changes to executive suites
Founder, CEO stepping down at CloudMD, while Think loses CFO.