Report: Vista Equity Partners and Blackstone buy out other investors in Assent for $400M, valuing the Ottawa-based supply chain software company at $1.3B
Alex Riehl / BetaKit : Source: Globe and Mail Source: Sean Silcoff / Globe and Mail : Vista and Blackstone buy Assent, valuing Ottawa compliance software company at $1.3-billion
Ottawa-based Assent Compliance, a SaaS provider that helps companies with product compliance, trade compliance, and ESG, raises $350M at a $1B+ valuation
Never before has the importance of a smooth-flowing supply chain been as clear as it has been in the COVID-19 pandemic era.
Ottawa-based Assent Compliance, a SaaS provider that helps companies with product compliance, trade compliance, and ESG, raises $350M at a $1B+ valuation
Never before has the importance of a smooth-flowing supply chain been as clear as it has been in the COVID-19 pandemic era.
Apple closes three retail stores in Miami, Annapolis, and Ottawa, Canada after a rise in employee COVID-19 cases and exposures
Brickell in Miami, Annapolis in Maryland, and Rideau Street in Ottawa. Zoë Schiffer / @zoeschiffer : Apple is closing more stores amid a surge in COVID-19 cases among retail staff: https://www.nbcnews...
Canada proposes the creation of a digital safety commissioner role to oversee violations of new harmful online content rules and issue penalties to platforms
On this page — Module 1: A new legislative and regulatory framework for social media platforms One Degree : One Degree Friday July 30 2021 Anja Karadeglija / montrealgazette : Federal online harms bi...
Ottawa used facial recognition on ~2.95M travelers at Toronto's Pearson airport between July and Dec. 2016, experts say with no public discussion in advance
In an effort to identify potential deportees, the federal government quietly tested facial recognition technology on millions … Tweets: @lex_is and @moore_oliver Tweets: Lex Gill / @lex_is : Extraordi...
Cloud backup service Rewind raises $15M Series A led by Inovia Capital
Ottawa-based Rewind has closed a $19 million CAD ($15 million USD) Series A round of financing as it looks to capitalize on and expand its “backup-as-a-service” business. — The almost six-year-old s...
Uber launches Uber Comfort in 40 US markets and Ottawa, letting riders request better legroom, higher rated drivers, and more for a 20%-40% premium over UberX
Josh Constine / TechCrunch :
Mark Zuckerberg calls for global regulations in four areas: policing harmful content, election integrity, a GDPR-like privacy framework, and data portability
but some experts are questioning his motives Nick Gillespie / Hit & Run : Mark Zuckerberg: ‘I Believe We Need a More Active Role for Governments and Regulators’ David McCabe / Axios : Zuckerberg start...
Sources detail Azimuth Security, a boutique hacking shop finding 0-days for Tor, iOS, Android, more, which counts agencies from Five Eyes countries as clients
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