Tag: janet bannister
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Salesforce begins restoring headcount after slashing 10 percent of staff
Plus: Plurilock finds gains in selling safety, Databricks raises $500M. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and…
Elevate gears up for 2023 tech festival, unveils full schedule and list of speakers
Headlined by Canada’s Deputy PM, Elevate’s latest event will feature masterclasses and networking after-parties. Elevate Festival, which is set to return to Toronto in…
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Inside Janet Bannister’s new fund for B2B software startups
Plus: Salesforce is culling management layers. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe…
Canadian startup news of the week (4/9/23)
Plus: Canadian crypto’s Bizarre Love Triangle. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important news, features,…
Janet Bannister launches Staircase Ventures with $22 million first close
Bannister strikes out on her own after stepping back from Real Ventures. Janet Bannister has launched her own venture capital fund having secured a…
Following exit to Live Nation, Universe founders secure $10.8 million for online art marketplace Peggy
Peggy uses AI to help artists and collectors authenticate artwork. After selling their social ticketing platform, Universe, to Live Nation Entertainment, serial entrepreneurs Craig…
Is Real Ventures done? Is BDC just getting started?
Big #CDNtech news leads to bigger questions. Summer is over and so are slow news days, it appears. Elevate returned in person this week…
Real Ventures swaps managing partners as firm pauses fundraising
Co-founder John Stokes takes helm as Janet Bannister transitions to partner. Real Ventures is making its second major leadership change in the last two…