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Nov 17, 2024 · Federal government reinvests in Scale-Up Platform with $47.5 million commitment to Invest Ottawa, MaRS, and Communitech. Scale-Up Platform offers regionally tailored programming for entrepreneurs in high-growth sectors. By Josh Scott November 18, 2024.
After years of providing free accounting and invoicing ... - BetaKit
Jan 29, 2024 · Toronto-based Wave Financial is rolling out a new tiered pricing strategy that will see it begin to charge customers using its accounting and invoicing software.. To date, the H&R Block-owned FinTech firm has offered its accounting and invoicing tools for free, while charging for its payroll, payments, and tax coaching services. Going forward, Wave will still offer a free version of its money ...
Clio tops $4-billion CAD valuation with largest software ... - BetaKit
Jul 23, 2024 · Already one of Canada’s highest-valued technology startups, Clio claims its new Series F round makes it the most valuable cloud-based legaltech company in the world. Buoyed by strong revenue growth, the Burnaby, BC-based unicorn has closed the fresh funding at a more than $4-billion CAD ($3-billion USD) pre-money valuation.. Clio’s $1.24-billion CAD ($900-million USD) Series F also marks ...
Digital wealth management startup Nest Wealth acquired by
Jan 23, 2024 · These investments included a $6-million injection in 2017, followed by $50 million in 2020. According to The Globe, Objectway has acquired 100 percent of Nest Wealth, including the shares held by National Bank. “The Nest Wealth team has built a remarkable digital wealth platform with an eminent client base,” Luigi Marciano, Objectway ...
Galvanize’s journey from “written off” tech company to ... - BetaKit
Sep 27, 2021 · The deal’s $1 billion USD price tag made Galvanize Canadian tech’s latest unicorn at the time. Six months after the deal closed, Galvanize is in the process of moving under the Diligent brand, bringing the two companies’ products together into a unified platform. BetaKit spoke to Galvanize CEO Dan Zitting about the company’s road to a ...
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Shopify taps Microsoft executive Mikhail Parakhin as its new CTO
Aug 28, 2024 · Canadian ecommerce giant Shopify is hiring former Microsoft executive Mikhail Parakhin as its new CTO. “The impact of [Parakhin’s] work across the broader tech industry runs deep.”. Shopify president Harley Finkelstein. According to his LinkedIn, Parakhin had been with Microsoft since 2019, most recently serving as CEO of advertising and ...
Lightspeed confirms strategic review of business as company …
Sep 26, 2024 · Investors react favourably as Lightspeed’s share price has risen over 17 percent. In response to recent media reports that the company is exploring a sale, Montréal-based Lightspeed Commerce has confirmed that it is currently conducting “a strategic review of its business and operations.”. The payments technology company announced that ...
Koho wants to be the new bank on Bay Street - BetaKit
Feb 5, 2024 · In case you missed it, Josh Scott and Douglas Soltys dug into news this week that Toronto-based FinTech Koho has moved to phase two of securing a banking licence, including what CEO Daniel Eberhard plans to do with it: compete. The message was well received by industry observers. Senator Colin Deacon, a noted proponent of open banking, said a ...