Lisa Brown joins Borrowell as VP People & Culture.
Sarah Livnat begins at NorthOne as Head of People.
Jessica Popp, previously from Twilio, joins Ada as CTO.
Kim Popkey rejoins Axonify as the Director - Client Sales and Account Representatives.
Loren Padelford, a former leader at Shopify, joins Podium as COO.
Bridgit adds Amy Abascal, formerly at Aconex, as VP Marketing and Jason Fitzpatrick, previously at Intelex Technologies, as SVP of Sales.
Greg Beckman joins Avanti Software as VP Product.
Brian Hickling has joined Communitech as Head of Programs & Ecosystem Collaboration.
Ninaa Persad is now VP Sales Operations & Enablement at InfoSec Global.
Scott Affleck joins Halifax-based Covers as Chief Product Officer.
Roshni Wijayasinha is now Chief Marketing Officer at Snap Accounts Payable Corporation.
Shane Cameron has joined ACDC (The American Challenger Development Corporation) as Chief Growth Officer.
Mike Baggley joins Igloo as VP Customer Experience.
Karl Allen-Muncey is now Director of Corporate Innovation at The Accelerator Center.
Allan Leinwand, a former senior leader at Slack, is joining Shopify as its Chief Technology Officer.
VP Engineering - B2B SaaS/Trade/Retail - Remote (Canada & US)
Engineering Leader - Design & Development Agency - KW
Product Manager - Operations/FinTech - Remote (Canada & US)
VP People & Culture - EdTech - Remote (Canada & US)
CFO - EdTech - Remote (Canada & US)
VP Corporate Development - HealthTech - Remote (US)
VP Security- POS/eCommerce - Remote (Canada, US & EMEA)
Manager, Content Marketing - B2B SaaS/Network Management - Remote (Canada)
Manager, Digital Strategy - B2B SaaS/Network Management - Remote (Canada)
Sr Manager, Implementation - Environmental/Sustainability SaaS - Ontario/Remote
VP Product - Payments/FinTech - GTA
VP Finance - EdTech - Remote (Canada)
Engineering Leader - Environmental/Sustainability SaaS - KW/Toronto/Remote
Lead Solutions Engineer - Privacy/AdTech - Remote (Canada & US)
Lead Data Engineer- AdTech - KW/Remote (Canada & US)
Engineering Manager - AdTech - KW/Remote (Canada & US)
Head of Engineering - Shipping/Logistics - KW/Remote (Canada)
Dir. Operations - EdTech - Remote (Canada)
VP Sales - HealthTech - Remote (Canada)
Coming Soon - Head of Customer Success - HR Tech - Toronto/Remote
Meet Michael Keoshkerian, Senior Advisor, Investment Attraction at Toronto Global.We chat about what it means to be an ambassador to the local ecosystem, how bringing in companies like Netflix, Pinterest and Reddit enriches our tech ecosystem and one of his favourite things to do to recharge!
KW-based e-learning software company D2L is planning an initial public offering on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), aiming to raise $150 million CAD and price its shares at $17 apiece. Read More.
In the last year, the leadership of Communitech, the Accelerator Centre and the University of Waterloo has passed into new hands. What do these new leaders think of Waterloo’s tech community? On November 10th, the Waterloo EDC President and CEO will moderate a panel with Chris Albinson (CEO of Communitech) and Jay Krishnan (CEO of the Accelerator Centre). Read More.
Dax Dasilva, founder and CEO of Montréal-based retail tech company Lightspeed Commerce, has launched a nonprofit environmental alliance called Age of Union with a $40 million CAD pledge and five initial projects across five countries. Read More.
Interac Corp. announced it has entered into a strategic transaction to acquire the exclusive rights to SecureKey Technologies Inc’s digital ID services for Canada. Read More.
Cleantech startup EnPowered has unveiled a new payments platform designed to make it easier for its business customers to invest in energy-efficiency projects. Read More.
VTS, the commercial real estate industry’s leading leasing, marketing, asset management, and tenant experience platform, announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Lane, the workplace experience platform. Read More.
Vendasta, the leading end-to-end platform for companies selling digital solutions to local businesses, announced the strategic acquisition of AI-powered meeting and appointment scheduler CalendarHero. Read More.
Waterloo has the highest number of startups and tech companies per capita in the world. Here is a recent list by FoundersBeta on the top 17 hottest tech companies in Waterloo (and many are hiring!). Read More.
Q4 Inc. has begun trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX). The Toronto-based company is looking to raise $100 million CAD via the sale of 8.3 million common shares at a price of $12 per share. Q4 expects its initial public offering (IPO) to close on or around October 29. Read More.
LifeSpeak, a Toronto-based employee wellness software company, has entered into an agreement to acquire ALAViDA. Read More.
Fortune has named their Impact 20 list of companies for 2021. This list, now in its second year and powered by TPG’s The Rise Fund, showcases venture and private-equity-backed startups. What they all share is a commitment to doing good while doing well. Read More.
Legaltech startup Clio has announced the launch of Clio Payments and a new fund - Clio Ventures, a new investment fund through which the company plans to back early-stage partner companies working on integrations with Clio. Read More.
FreshBooks continues to pursue its global ambitions, announcing the acquisition of Germany-based FastBill. Read More.
Convictional - 6.7M
Bridgit - 24M
ResQ - 39M
Rose Rocket - 25M
Trusscore - 26M
Coconut Software - 28M
Practice - 12.4M
Alida- 20M
AutoLeap - 18M
Axis Auto Finance - 15M
Thentia - 15M
Lydia AI (formerly Knowtions Research) - 8M
Perch- 1M
KixCare- 2M
Phonic -2.2M
Steadiwear - 900K
EmergConnect- 350K
On November 16th, we will be co-presenting an Ask Me Anything session on scaling your business into the US. Hosted by Communitech’s Azhar Janjua, Head of Communitech Outposts, we’ll be joining the panel alongside Tony Cristiano, Founder and Managing Partner at Pivotal Arc, to discuss key considerations when looking to expand your business into the US & uncovering when hiring US talent could be the right solution.
Register here.
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