HootSuite investment breaks Canadian record for privately-held tech companies
The US$165 million HootSuite raised from investors this week marks the largest private placement for a privately-held tech company in Canada. And it is the seventh largest private placement in...
View ArticleBuildDirect gets $30-million financing to fuel expansion
Vancouver’s BuildDirect – a company that pioneered online sales for flooring and other building materials at a time when many consumers were still reluctant to buy so much as a book online – is...
View ArticleHootsuite announces $60 million in new funding
Hootsuite announced today it has raised US$60 million in new funding, bringing its total investment to date to $250 million and moving the Vancouver social media monitoring company closer to a...
View ArticleQ and A: Hootsuite CEO Ryan Holmes on $60 million investment, IPO, future plans
Hootsuite announced Thursday it has raised US$60 million in a funding round that fuelled rumours of an anticipated IPO and proved so popular the company had to turn potential investors down. Hootsuite...
View ArticleBuildDirect gets $50 million in new funding (with podcast)
A Vancouver online building supply company announced Wednesday it has secured $50 million in new funding, an investment round that will allow it to expand its online platform, which connects buyers and...
View ArticleHootsuite layoffs in Vancouver: Nothing to see here?
A story on the Hootsuite layoffs I wrote with colleague Tiffany Crawford: Hootsuite, the digital media darling of Vancouver that went from a start-up with a few people in a Downtown Eastside office to...
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