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Product sampling startup Sampler acquires Abeo to deepen footprint in beauty industry

Abeo has worked with beauty brands like Sephora, Glossier, Chanel. Sampler, which provides a product sampling platform for a variety of consumer packaged goods…

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IrisCX secures $6.2 million CAD to help home product, services firms provide video-based customer support
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IrisCX secures $6.2 million CAD to help home product, services firms provide video-based customer support

IrisCX limits in-person service calls by empowering consumers to perform tasks traditionally done by technicians. Calgary’s IrisCX has closed $6.2 million CAD ($4.6 million…

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Legal tech startup Clio advances its FinTech play with launch of payments product in Canada
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Legal tech startup Clio advances its FinTech play with launch of payments product in Canada

Clio claims to have processed over $1 billion USD in legal transactions. A year after Clio launched Clio Payments in the United States, the…

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BluWave-ai, Tehama receive collective $4.4 million from FedDev Ontario for product development, hiring

The federal government investment is expected to create 85 jobs in the Ottawa region. The Government of Canada is investing a collective $4.4 million…

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Telus to acquire product development shop WillowTree for $1.2 billion USD

WillowTree’s clients include Fox, CBC, PepsiCo. Telus has entered into an agreement to acquire American tech company WillowTree, which develops digital products like native…

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Lightspeed adds Google alum Ryan Tabone as chief product and technology officer
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Lightspeed adds Google alum Ryan Tabone as chief product and technology officer

Tabone’s hire comes as Lightspeed shifts focus from acquisitions and integrations to innovation. Lightspeed Commerce has appointed Google veteran and former executive Ryan Tabone…

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Blume secures $2 million CAD to scale latte replacement product

Frank and Oak, Nude Beverages execs buy into Blume’s first institutional round. Vancouver-based organic food brand Blume has closed $2 million CAD in what…

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Fieldless Farms secures $17.5 million to expand indoor farm, leafy greens product line

The Ottawa startup claims growing demand for lettuce amid global shortage. Ottawa-based agtech startup Fieldless Farms has raised a $17.5 million Series A round…

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Three product manager roles available now at Canadian tech companies

OpenText, LifeWorks, and Ada are hiring for Product Manager roles right now. Calling all product managers! The companies listed below are looking to fill…

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Nicoya acquires University of Toronto spinout LSK Technologies to bolster testing capabilities, expedite product roadmap
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Nicoya acquires University of Toronto spinout LSK Technologies to bolster testing capabilities, expedite product roadmap

Deal adds LSK’s “lab-in-a-box” testing platform to Nicoya’s portfolio of digital proteomics tech. Nicoya Lifesciences, which provides advanced analytical instruments to researchers in the…

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