
April 26, 2019
The term used for an exceptionally successful new company today is a ‘Unicorn’. The label was coined in 2013 and it refers to a privately-held start-up that has a valuation of $1.0B USD or more. As shown in the following chart, while once rare, the phenomenon has become much less so, particularly in Asia and…
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April 26, 2019
L-SPARK, the leading SaaS Accelerator in Canada, has been busy developing new partnerships to build upon their legacy of helping innovative companies spring onto the Canadian and global technology stage. And the scope for the next start-ups they are working with is impressive. Before we look forward, let’s look at some of the recent accomplishments.…
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April 26, 2019
The latest Quarter continued the rapid growth for portfolio member Tutela, the mobile device experience measurement company. The team secured a number of large new business deals, including a global agreement with Telefonica that will see Tutela SaaS used as the standard for customer experience measurement across the global Telefonica operations. Tutela also deepened their…
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April 26, 2019
The Alacrity Global team provided the following data as a summary of the scale and progress of the Wesley Clover start-up fund initiative to date — an evolving program with a global reach.
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April 26, 2019
This past Quarter, the team at Echosec added a major new offering to their SaaS portfolio. In addition to the existing location- based social media data aggregation and intelligence platform, the company launched ‘Beacon’, a proprietary new search tool that enables users to navigate the Darknet quickly and easily. Darknet is an umbrella term used…
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April 26, 2019
Ottawa-based Martello closed 2018 ready for continued growth after debuting on the TSX Venture Exchange, acquiring IT Analytics software provider Savision and bolstering the company leadership team before year end. The mission remains set on bringing clarity and control to complex digital environments, with products that monitor, manage and help optimize IT infrastructure. The acquisition…
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April 26, 2019
The Celtic Manor Resort has once again been named the Best Hotel in the UK at the prestigious Meetings and Incentive Travel Awards gala in London. The five-star venue in South Wales regained the Gold Award and has now been voted the Best Hotel eight times in the last nine years! Confirming its position as…
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April 26, 2019
Portfolio company Solink continues to evolve their disruptive SaaS platform, integrating client surveillance and transaction data into a single user-friendly dashboard that combines detailed images and information from key business activities, including monetary, customer service, health and safety and other engagements. And market demand continues to grow. Brick-and-mortar businesses of all types today are evolving.…
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April 26, 2019
A member company of the Alacrity Turkey start-up fund, Segmentify has developed technology to deliver personalized, relevant suggestions and recommendations to ecommerce customers through multiple marketing channels including personalized push notifications and emails. The purpose is to enable client businesses to increase online sales, customer loyalty and repeat purchases. The company continues to evolve its…
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April 26, 2019
ProntoForms Corporation, the leader in smart mobile forms, signed a multiyear agreement this Quarter to deploy its Enterprise-tier solution with another Global Fortune 500 company. The contract has a total value of approximately $900,000 USD, and is evidence of the inroads the company is making into the enterprise SaaS sector. The software platform will be…
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