Shopify’s growth continues to slow in Q1 2022 as it reaches deal to buy Deliverr for $2.1 billion USD
Shopify misses analyst estimates, sees shares drop to a two-year low.
Lightspeed leverages acquisitions to launch new flagship omnichannel retail platform
Lightspeed Retail launch follows company’s recent C-Suite shakeup.
Q4 Inc. records 23 percent YoY revenue growth, halves net losses in Q1 2022 earnings
CEO attributes Q4’s strong Q1 to tech investments, focus on existing customers.
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.
Tailscale closes $128 million CAD Series B to scale VPN service, amass more developer evangelists
Amid a sea of top-down network security solutions, Tailscale’s bottom-up approach is paying dividends.
Sprout.vc closes initial $10 million for second Western Canada-focused seed fund
Sprout.vc aims to sow seeds for more B2B software startups to grow.
Think Research posts record 438 percent revenue increase in Q4 2021 following acquisitions
Think Research saw 178 percent YoY rise in revenue, nearly tripled net loss last year.
Nicoya acquires University of Toronto spinout LSK Technologies to bolster testing capabilities, expedite product roadmap
Deal adds LSK’s “lab-in-a-box” testing platform to Nicoya’s portfolio of digital proteomics tech.
Part3 closes $625,000 to help architects manage construction projects
As wave of construction tech solutions target contractors, Part3 serves architects.
Amid rising competition with Amazon, Shopify reports 45 percent increase in economic activity fuelled by its merchants
Report comes as Shopify pursues Deliverr, Amazon encroaches on Shopify’s territory.
Startup Genome ranks Vancouver, Toronto-Waterloo among top global AgTech, new food ecosystems
Vancouver came ninth, while Toronto-Waterloo finished 11th.
CVCA argues SEC’s proposed disclosure requirements for private investment funds will hurt Canadian investors
CVCA CEO expects new obligations to have “direct negative impact on Canadian investors.”
OneVest secures $5 million to help companies like Neo Financial launch wealth management products
CEO: “What Stripe has done for payments, we’re doing for wealth.”
Alberta allocates $30 million to AI as part of new innovation strategy
Amount part of $73 million total promised to provincial tech plan in 2022 budget.
Meet the Canadian marketing VCs that help vet Marc Andreessen’s memes
How Spacecadet is becoming the brand marketing, early-stage deal hunters for some of North America’s biggest VCs.