Artemis Update - August 2021

Artemis Update - August 2021

All The Moves

Kevin Birch has joined Koble as CTO

Dror Gleisner joins Lincoln Electric as Head of Software

Lindsay Cournoyer former VP of Marketing at Axonify joins Coconut Software as CMO

Walid Habboub is now the VP of Sales at Alcumus

Brian NeSmith, Co-founder of Arctic Wolf, is stepping down as CEO and Nick Schneider will be stepping up

Joan Leroux, previously SVP Global Sales and Customer Success at Adlib Software, joins Kipu Health as CRO

Dave MacFarlane joins Miovision as their new Head of Security

Meghan Smith  is the new VP, People & Experience at Lane

Matt Schurk and Jessica Hately have joined Top Hat as Chief Revenue Officer and Chief Legal Officer

Aleksandra Baran joins TextNow as VP Finance

Butch Langlois is now CRO at Procurify

Colin Lumsden joins Applyboard as VP Partner Relations

Whitney Susanna joins IcebergIQ as Client Research Director

Kelly Braiden is now People Business Partner Lead @ inVision

Craig Wahl joins Boast.ai as SVP of Customer Success

Sean Tozer, is now VP Eng at ClearCo

Jodi Kovitz is now Chief Growth Officer as Vetster

Jeff Roy joins BioRender as their Head of Sales

Rob Darling is the CEO and Co-Founder of a new venture, briefed.in

Nick Stein joins Pocket Health as CMO

Mike Wessinger moving to the executive chair role as his co-founder and brother, Dave Wessinger, takes over as CEO at PointClickCare

LMN adds five new leaders to their team; Matt Braun, Vice President, Communication, Ken Duncan, Vice President, Sales, Annette Mendezcuria, Human Resources Manager, Brandon Powell, Vice President, Acquisition and Michael Sousa, Director, Payments

What We Are Working On

VP People - Fintech/Scale-Up GTA/remote

Head of Simulation & Analysis- Cleantech/Hardware-Kitchener-Waterloo

Head of Engineering- SaaS/ Email Optimization

Head of Customer Success- SaaS/ HR - Career Development

VP People- Edtech

VP Security- eCommerce/ POS

Sr. Manager, Finance- Environmental/Sustainability Reporting SaaS

IT Lead- Financial Solutions/Tech

Director Data Engineer  - Loyalty/Digital Currency

Director, Payments & Financial Services - eCommerce/ POS

Product Design Manager- FinTech Scale-Up

Product Marketing Analyst- Network Technologies

Product Marketing Manager- EdTech

Senior Product Marketing Manager- Enterprise SaaS - Customer Communication Management

Lead Data Engineer- Adtech

Humans of Tech

Meet Selin Jessani

Sr. Director of Client Experience at Figbytes

We chat about starting a new role during the pandemic, all things sustainability, and practical advice for starting a career in Client Experience!

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All The News & Stuff You Should Know

Altus Assessments acquires One45
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Kitchener-Waterloo innovation hub Communitech has taken over Prospect, a national startup job board that connects tech talent with Canadian companies.
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Chocolate Soup has more than 5x'd revenue this year as companies look to celebrate and care for their employees. Local entrepreneurs Dan Silivestru and PJ Lowe work with some of our favourite KW companies, like Arctic Wolf & Auvik.
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As Ontario becomes the latest province to announce a vaccine passport, we wonder how tech will respond with solutions. KW’s Applyboard is quick to reveal its prototype.
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Document management company Litera Microsystems is acquiring Kira Systems, a leader in the contract review space, for an undisclosed amount
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The federal government invests $10 million in health-tech innovation in Waterloo Region and Southwestern Ontario
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Emerge Commerce has signed a definitive agreement to acquire two North American brands that offer subscription products: Toronto’s Carnivore Club and Georgia-based BattlBox
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Tech startups in the Waterloo Region raised $749.7 million in venture funding during the second quarter of 2021, making Q2 the best funding quarter the region has seen in at least the last two years
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Toronto-based mobility startup Plentywaka has secured $1.2 million in seed funding and announced its acquisition of Ghana’s Stabus
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Lone Wolf Technologies has acquired Massachusetts-based Propertybase
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Graph Blockchain acquires Optimum Coin Analyser for $5 million

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Toronto tech entrepreneur raised $354,035.93 CAD for two charities supporting Afghan refugees.
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TikTok and Shopify have announced plans to expand their partnership, allowing consumers to browse and discover products from Shopify merchants directly through TikTok’s app.
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Toronto-based Coinberry Limited has become just the second crypto-asset dealer to receive regulatory approval by the Ontario Securities Commission
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Twitter chooses Wealthsimple as its first Canadian payment service for its tip jar.
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Elevate is switching from hosting its tech festival to mounting a major summit on social responsibility.
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Mednow acquires Medvisit
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Pennsylvania-based Penn National Gaming has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Canadian digital media and sports betting company theScore for approximately $2 billion USD
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Funding News

Freshbooks - 130M

Novamera - 5M

Deep Genomics - 180M

Growth Genius - 2.3M

#paid - 15M

Gatik - 85M

Lytica - 3M

Figment - 50M

Softdrive - 800K

Buildable - 3M

Branch Energy - 4.5M

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August 31, 2021