Canadian Tech Guy

In our first tech founder interview of the new decade, we speak to Stephany Lapierre, the founder and CEO of Tealbook. Stephany is a two-time founder, natural problem solver, mother of three and one of the Top 100 Most Influential Women in Supply Chain. Over the course of the interview, Stephany discusses her early career and entrepreneurial journey, the issues facing supply chain management in the 21st century and how she balances the professional and the personal.

In this week's episode we cover all the latest tech news including: -Semios’ additional $25mm in growth equity financing from CIBC Innovation Banking -StandUp Ventures’ close of its first inaugural fund at CAD $21mm -Genesys’ acquisition of Montreal-based tech startup nGuvu for undisclosed financial terms -NVIDIA’s acquisition of SwiftStack for undisclosed financial terms -Sampford’s upcoming interview with Tealbook’s CEO Stephany Lapierre We hope you enjoy the show and please subscribe for future updates!

In this week's episode we cover all the latest tech news including: -Georgian Partner’s close of its Fund V with C$1.1bn in commitments -RBC Ventures’ acquisition of Dr. Bill for undisclosed financial terms -Inuit’s $7.1bn cash and stock acquisition of Credit Karma We hope you enjoy the show and please subscribe for future updates!

In this week's episode we cover all the latest tech news including: -Semios' $75mm private equity funding led by Morningside Group -Conquest Planning's C$3mm seed round led by Portag3 Ventures -Insurtech startup Briza's C$3mm seed round led by management and other angel investors -PocketPills' C$7.4mm Series A round led by an undisclosed Canadian family office and WaterBridge Ventures -OneEleven and Hockeystick's report stating $3.1bn was invested in the GTA tech scene in 2019 -Casting for Dragon Den's 15th season during the month of March across Canada We hope you enjoy the show and please subscribe for future updates!

In this week's episode we cover all the latest tech news including: -Acuva Technologies’ CAD $5.4mm Series B round led by undisclosed investors -Volaris Group’s acquisition of public library software developer BiblioCommons -Square’s acquisition of machine learning startup Dessa -Facebook’s rumored $40m acquisition of Scape Technologies -The dismissal of the New York State Attorney General’s challenge to the T-Mobile and Sprint merger -Xerox’s raised offer for HP from $22/share to $24/share We hope you enjoy the show and please subscribe for future updates!

In this week's episode we cover all the latest tech news including: -Top Hat’s $55mm Series D round was co-led by Georgian Partners and Inovia Capital -Benchschi’s $22mm Series B round led by F-Prime Capital -Ambyint’s $15mm Series B round led by Cottonwood Venture Partners -Upland Software’s $67.7mm acquisition of mobile app personalization and analytics solution provider, Localytics -Spotify’s acquisition of sports and entertainment media company, The Ringer, for undisclosed financial terms We hope you enjoy the show and please subscribe for future updates!

In this week's episode we cover all the latest tech news including: -Miovisions’s CAD $120mm Series C round led by Telus Ventures -Terramera’s $3.5mm Series B extension round led by ArcTern Ventures -Comtech’s $532.5mm acquisition of Gilat Satellite, or $10.25 per share ($GILT) -Xerox’s acquisition of Arena Group for undisclosed financial terms -HP’s concerns over Xerox’s recent earnings We hope you enjoy the show and please subscribe for future updates!

In this week's episode we cover all the latest tech news including: -Canalyst’s $20mm Series B led by an undisclosed investor -Unito’s CAD $10.5mm Series A round led by Jeremy Levine -Tealbook’s $5mm bridge round led by Refinery Ventures -Arctern Ventures’ CAD $200mm raise for Fund II -VMware’s acquisition of Nyansa for undisclosed financial terms We hope you enjoy the show and please subscribe for future updates!

In this week's episode we cover all the latest tech news including: -ToursByLocal’s $33mm growth capital funding led by Tritium Partners -Fusion Pharmaceutical's $20mm commitment from CPPIB -Nicoya’s C$10mm Series A round led by Whitecap Venture Partners -Sustainable Development Technology Canada’s $46.3mm cumulative investment across 14 Canadian startups -Apple’s $200mm acquisition of AI-tool developer Xnor.ai We hope you enjoy the show and please subscribe for future updates!

In this week's episode we cover all the latest tech news including: -Alayacare’s CAD $48mm Series C round extension led by Caisse de Depot and iNovia Capital -Deep Genomics $40mm Series B round led by Future Ventures -Aspect Biosystems’ $20mm Series A round led by Radical Ventures -e-ZN’s CAD $3.4mm Seed Round led by Energy Foundry -Lightspeed POS’ CAD $131mm acquisition of Gastrofix We hope you enjoy the show and please subscribe for future updates!

In this week's episode we cover all the latest tech news including: -Skywatch Space Applications’ $7.5mm Series A round led by Bullpen Capital -General Fusions’ C$85mm Series E round led by Temasek Holdings -TabNine’s sale to Israeli AI Startup Codota for undisclosed financial terms -MolecuLite’s FDA approval for its handheld infection detection device -Snap’s $166mm acquisition of Ukrainian computer vision startup AI Factory We hope you enjoy the show and please subscribe for future updates!

In this week's episode we cover the latest tech news including: -Nuvei's $270mm equity raise at a $2bn post-money valuation -Valent Low-Carbon Technologies' $30mm investment from Kensington Private Equity and CFFI Ventures -Second Closet's $13.2mm Series A round led by Whitecap Venture Partners -Sony's $195mm acquisition of Silvergate Media We hope you enjoy the show and please subscribe for future publications!

In this week's episode we cover all the latest tech news including: -Zebu's $4mm seed round -Thoughexchanges's $20mm Serbies B led by Information Venture Partners -Telus' €915mm acquisition of Berlin-based Competence Call Center -Portag3 Ventures' C$417mm close of its Fund II -Frontdoor Inc.'s acquisition of Streem, Inc.

In this week's episode we cover all the latest tech news including: -Koho's raise of an additional CAD $25mm in Series B funding led by Drive Capital -Coconut Software's CAD $6.5mm Series A2 round led by Conexus Venture Capital Fund -Knix Wear's $5.7mm financing raise led by Action Capital -eBay’s $4.05bn sale of StubHub to Viagogo -Apollo increases bid for TechData to $145 per share -HP rejects Xerox’s buyout bid and hostile approach to their process We hope you enjoy the show and please subscribe for future updates!

In this week's episode we cover all the latest tech news including: -CVCA’s latest venture capital funding report -NerV Technology’s first place finish at the Entrepreneurship World Cup -Silofit’s CAD $1mm seed round led by Whitecap Venture Partners -Paypal’s 4bn acquisition of Honey Science -Google’s acquisition of CloudSimple We hope you enjoy the show and please subscribe for future updates!

In this week's episode we cover all the latest tech news including: -1Password’s $200mm Series A led by Accel -Stradigi’s C$53mm Series A led by Fonds & Investissment Quebec -Threekit’s $20mm Series A led by Shasta Ventures -Apollo Global’s $5.4bn acquisition of Tech Data (NASDAQ: $TECD) -OpenText’s $1.4bn acquisition of Carbonite (NASDAQ: $CARB) We hope you enjoy the show and please subscribe for future updates!

In this week's episode we cover all the latest tech news including: -Coveo’s C$227mm late stage raise led by OMERS Growth Equity -RenoRun’s $22.5mm Series A raise led by inovia Capital -Mylo’s $10mm Series A raise led by NAventures -Xerox’s proposed takeover bid of HP despite being one third the size -Workday’s $540mm all cash acquisition of Scout RFP Thanks for tuning into Canadian Tech Guy, by Sampford Advisors. Follow us for future updates!

Summary for web: In this week's episode we cover all the latest tech news including: -Montreal’s Element AI has partnered with Mozilla on several research and development initiatives -Toronto-based League received an undisclosed investment from Workday and has become a software partner -Google's $2.1bn acquisition of Fitbit -ADI's acquisition of Test Motors for undisclosed financial terms -ShareGrid acquisition of BorrowFox for undisclosed financial terms and subsequent surpassing of 100,000 users We hope you enjoy the show and please subscribe for future updates!

In our latest tech founder interview, we speak to Ravin Shah, the co-founder and former co-CEO of QuickTapSurvey which we helped him sell to Providence Equity about 18 months ago. Ravin has a fascinating story and a ton of experience scaling SaaS companies.

In this week's episode we cover all the latest tech news in Canada and the US including: -Benevity’s $40mm series C financing round led by JMI and General Atlantic -Microsoft acquired data migration startup Mover -Berkeley Payment Solutions acquired fintech startup Pungle -Platinum Equity acquired Cision for ~$2.75bn at $10/share -Mastercard acquired SessionM for undisclosed financial terms We hope you enjoy the show and please subscribe for future updates!

In this week's episode we cover all the latest tech news including: -Chatta Technologies raised C$4.5mm in a seed round led by undisclosed investors -Beatdapp raised C$3.2mm in a financing round led by Panache Ventures -Flare Systems raised C$1mm in a seed round led by Luge Capital -ADT’s acquisition of I-View Now for undisclosed terms -Sabre’s US$110mm acquisition of Radixx We hope you enjoy the show and please subscribe for future updates!

In this week's episode we cover all the latest tech news in Canada and the US, including: -Convictional raised C$3mm in a seed round led by individual investors -Voila! Raised C$3mm in a seed round led by Panache Ventures -Microsoft opened its newest Reactor hub in Toronto -Accenture acquired Sutter Mills for undisclosed terms -IHS Markit acquired Novation Analytics for undisclosed terms -Grammarly raised US$90mm led by General Catalyst Happy Thanksgiving to our Canadian listeners! We hope you enjoy the show and please subscribe for future updates!

In this week's episode we cover all the latest tech news including: -7Shifts C$20mm Series A raise led by Relay Ventures -Naborly C$9.9mm seed round raise led by investors Bill Trenchard and Chad Byers -OTTP and BCG launch a new incubator, Koru -Accenture’s acquisition of Nytec for an undisclosed amount -Bird’s $275mm Series D raise led by CDPQ and Sequoia Capital

In this week's episode we cover all the latest tech news including: - The largest Canadian venture raise in history, Verafin’s C$515mm equity and debt recapitalization - Montreal-based Knox’s $8.5mm seed round led by Initialized Capital - Waterloo-based Plum’s $4.2mm seed round led by Real Ventures - Wealthsimple’s acquisition of SimpleTax - Amazon’s acquisition of startup INLT for undisclosed terms - Peloton’s disastrous IPO - WeWork’s Adam Neumann stepping down from CEO position We hope you enjoy the show and please subscribe for future updates!

In this week's episode we cover all the latest tech news including: - Touchbistro's $158m Series E round led by Omers - Neuvoo's $53m raise from Caisse de Depot - Toronto-based Maple's $14.5m led by Acton Capital - Qualcomm's $1.2bn acquisition of the stake in RF360 it didn't already own - DataRobot's $206m Series E funding - WeWork's struggling IPO and the delta between public market valuations and private market ones We hope you enjoy the show and please subscribe for future updates!

In this week's Monday Morning Minutes brought to you by Sampford Advisors, we cover all the latest tech news including M&A, capital raises and other interesting tech tidbits we find interesting. This includes: - Shopify's $450m acquisition of 6 River Systems - McDonald's acquisition of Apprente - Element AI's $150m VC raise - The impact of Bill 5 on Uber and Lyft - The FOMC's upcoming meeting on interest rates We hope you enjoy the show!

In this episode we cover all the latest technology news, including: - Prudential's $3.5bn acquisition of Assurance IQ, an online insurance platform - Alibaba's $2bn acquisition of the e-commerce business of NetEase - Grove Collaborative's $150m Series D VC financing - WeWork's upcoming IPO and valuation rumours - The August jobs report and the signals for any potential economic slowdown Enjoy your week!

Bruce Linton is well known as the former founder and CEO of Canopy Growth (aka Tweed) who were way ahead of their time in the Cannabis space and ultimately became the largest public company in the space globally as a result of an aggressive M&A strategy combined with organic growth.   We take a deeper look at Bruce's entrepreneurial journey including his early tech roots and discuss some of the mentors he has had along the way and some of his lessons learned.

In this week's episode we look at the latest tech news including recent M&A and VC funding transactions for technology companies. In particular, we take a closer look at: - VMWare's double acquisition of Carbon Black and Pivotal for a combined $5bn - Splunk's $1.1bn acquisition of SignalFX - H20.ai's $72.5m Series D led by Goldman and Ping An We also review the latest market performance including what is driving the NASDAQ's 1.8% decline last week and discuss the upcoming week of tech earnings announcements. Enjoy the week and please subscribe (and share with others) if you enjoy the content!

In this week's episode we look at the latest tech news and the latest funding or M&A transactions for technology companies. In particular: - Scoop's $60m Series C funding from BNP Paribas and Index Ventures - Presidio's $2.3bn sale to BC Partners at 0.8x revenue, 10.5x EBITDA and a 21% premium - WeWork's IPO filing where it lost $900m+ on $1.5bn of revenue in the first half of 2019 - The upcoming week of earnings from Splunk, Intuit, HP, VMWare and Salesforce Enjoy the week and subscribe to our podcast for future updates!

In this week's Monday Morning Minutes we look at the biggest tech news for last week including these large transactions: - Broadcom's $10.7bn acquisition of Symantec's enterprise security business - iPipeline (provider of cloud-based software solutions for the Insurance and Financial Services industries) to be acquired by Roper Technologies for US$1.6bn on August 8 th - Klarna (Swedish payments provider) raises US$460mm on August 6 th, becomes Europe's second most valuable VC-backed company at US$5.5bn post-money valuation - Babylon Health (developer of AI-powered telehealth software) raised US$550mm at a US$2bn+ valuation on August 2 nd from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund Tune in each week on Monday morning for the latest in tech news. Brought to you by Sampford Advisors, Canada's leading mid-market tech M&A advisor.

The Monday Morning Minute is brought to you by Sampford Advisors and quickly reviews the latest technology M&A transactions, the latest news and expectations for the week ahead. In our first Monday Morning Minute we look at the latest M&A transactions in the tech space including Thoma Bravo's $1.8bn acquisition of JD Power and the London Stock Exchange's acquisition of Refinitiv from Blackstone from $27bn. We also discuss the Federal Reserve's quarter point cut in interest rates and Apple's 2Q earnings. Lastly, we review the upcoming week which will be busy on the earnings front with Lyft, Uber and Dropbox all reporting results. We want this to be informative, so we welcome any suggestions on how to improve the content.