Artemis Update - April 2020

Artemis Update - April 2020

All The Moves

Sarah Facini has joined Smile.io as their VP of Merchant Success

Jennifer Smith has joined Google as their new Director Product Management, Google Cloud. Jennifer was previously a senior leader at Christie Digital and Cineplex Digital Media.

Emily Bertrand has joined NorthOne as Product Marketing Manager

Cognitive Systems welcomes 3 new senior leaders to their team. Geordie Hagerman as EVP Commercialization, Bill Halford as EVP Legal, and Geoff Lyon as EVP Sales & Marketing

Coby Bergman is now Head of Revenue at Knowledgehook Inc

Carrah Johnston is the new Director of People and Culture at RouteThis

Shabbir Lasani has joined Bonfire Interactive as their Director of Integrated Marketing

What We Are Working On

UX/UI Designer & Front-End Developer - Toronto - Fintech SaaS 

Engineering Lead - Toronto- eCommerce

Product Manager Data Services/API - KW - Data & Analytics

Head of Firmware - KW - IoT

VP Sales - KW - Data & Analytics

VP Tech - GTA - Enterprise Employee Performance Management

Product Manager Satellite/Data - KW - Data & Analytics

VP Marketing - Toronto - Fintech SaaS

Lead Full-Stack Developer - Oakville - IoT 

Resource

Hiring in times of social isolation? Check out our guide to Virtual Hiring.

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All The News

The Accelerator Centre is happy to announce that they just launched Ontario’s COVID-19 Support and Recovery Cohort of their seed funding program, AC JumpStart 
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Nicoya is showing support to the scientific community by offering complimentary SPR support to all researchers during COVID-19
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Wello and RBC partner to support Canadian small businesses navigating COVID‐19
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MaRS released a list of 10 Canadian health innovators that are transforming how we treat everything from cancer to COVID-19

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Kitchener based InkSmith announced that Public Services and Procurement Canada, on behalf of the Government of Canada awarded the company a contract to manufacture 10 million units of its reusable face shields for healthcare providers and essential workers across Canada

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In the midst of COVID-19, TextNow has stepped up by offering free talk and text cell service in Canada
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Igloo landed a deal with Partners HealthCare to deliver critical COVID-19 information to its 78,000 front line workers and staff
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Applyboard is hosting a virtual hiring series across all departments with featured panels
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Vidyard provides free access to its online video and virtual teaching tools to help K-12 school districts and teachers take their communications online with private video content
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Q4 announces strategic partnership with Rose & Company to bring new investor access solutions to listed companies
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Volunteers from e-Commerce and agency space all teamed up to get small retailers up and running online 
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Creative Destruction Lab launches a new startup program dedicated to COVID-19 response
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Arlene Dickinson raises $100-million to back food and health startups 
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Shopify launches a consumer-facing shopping app
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ArchAngel, a new network of investors in Kitchener-Waterloo, has launched an angel-stage fund to support Canadian startups
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Athena Software launches remote care solutions for health and social service organizations 
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Funding News

Damon Motors - 3M

Zucara - 21M

WorkJam - 50M

Tailscale - 3M

Strivr - 30M 

Arturo - 8M

Atomic Loans - 3.4M 

InkBlot - 1.7M

PocketHealth - 9.1M

CleanSlate UV - 8.4M

PropTech - 500K

New Funds: 

District Ventures Capital -100M

Impressions Venture - 36M

Omers Ventures Transatlantic Fund - 750M

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