Bell Canada plans to invest hundreds of millions to build data centers in six Canadian cities; the first, set to launch in June, has Groq as an anchor tenant
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Robinhood acquires Toronto-based WonderFi, which owns Bitbuy, Coinsquare, and other crypto exchanges, for CA$250M, or CA$0.36 per share, set to close in H2 2025
After spending years gobbling up other Canadian cryptocurrency companies, Toronto-based WonderFi has agreed to be acquired by American trading platform Robinhood Markets.
Sources: Google is in final talks to acquire AdHawk Microsystems, a Canadian maker of eye-tracking tech, for $115M, including $15M in performance-based payments
Alphabet Inc.'s Google is in final talks to acquire AdHawk Microsystems Inc., a maker of eye-tracking technology, part of a renewed push into headsets and smart glasses.
St. Louis-based tech services company World Wide Technology agrees to acquire Canadian IT provider Softchoice in an all-cash deal valuing Softchoice at ~CA$1.8B
One last mega-deal closed out an eventful 2024. — On Tuesday, World Wide Technology (WWT), a tech services company based in St. Louis …
Shopify says it has lured hundreds of Salesforce clients, including Mattel and Casper; analysts say Shopify overtook Salesforce's e-commerce business in 2021
The Canadian company, which has traditionally targeted mom-and-pops, is wooing larger retailers like Mattel. Forums: Hacker News Forums: Hacker News : Shopify Is Winning Salesforce Clients, Stoking E-...
Docs: Canadian PE firm PartnerOne paid $28.2M for HeadSpin, whose 2023 revenue was $21M and its Q1 2024 was $5M; HeadSpin was valued at $1.1B in 2020
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Fengate Asset Management acquires over two-thirds stake in eStruxture, which operates data centers in 15 locations in four Canadian cities, in a $1.3B deal
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Letterboxd's founders sell a majority stake to Canadian company Tiny; a source says the deal values the film-focused social network with ~10M users at $50M+
Post article to X Post article to Facebook Copy article link Tiny : Tiny Announces Majority Acquisition of Letterboxd Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter : Letterboxd, Film Discussion Platform, Sells...
US-based sports merchandise retailer Fanatics agrees to acquire the US assets of Australia-based online sports betting company PointsBet for $150M in cash
Pointsbet outlines that they are 7th in terms of market share … Tweets: Contessa Brewer / @contessabrewer : The ceo of Fanatics Betting and Gaming Matt King said last week that market access is 40-50%...
Crosspoint Capital Partners plans to acquire Canadian cybersecurity company Absolute Software for $657M, or a 34% premium to the US-listed stock's last close
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