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November 11, 2019
The past Quarter saw portfolio company Echosec make solid progress in terms of PR and partnerships in the areas of Digital Risk Protection and Threat Intelligence. The platform offered by the company combines data monitoring and automated response procedures that alert organizations to online material that could represent a risk to their business. By gathering…
November 11, 2019
The past months at ProntoForms have been busy. Among the more significant developments from a marketing and sales perspective, the company was recognized in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Low Code Application Platforms (LCAP). Gartner is one of the most trusted research groups in the technology industry, and this “third-party validation” for the ProntoForms…
November 11, 2019
Instead of gas or electric golf carts, it was innovative new autonomous ‘pods’ that were seen travelling the cart paths of The Marshes Golf Course over a one-week period this past August. Together with the Brookstreet Hotel, the facilities hosted the first Ottawa L5 trial of this exciting new transportation technology, enabling the public to…
November 11, 2019
L-SPARK hosted their SaaS Roadshow in four Canadian cities (Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal and Waterloo) over the past Quarter. The primary goal — find the next B2B SaaS ‘unicorn’ in Canada. No small feat, but it is always best to aim high! Over the course of the Roadshow, the team heard business pitches from hundreds of…
November 11, 2019
Portfolio company AirVM was busy updating more than their product platform over the last Quarter. The company has adopted a new corporate brand as well, being known as HyAlto moving forward. And HyAlto is all about the cloud, particularly multi-cloud environments in which, as discussed earlier in this report, enterprises want to source services from…
November 11, 2019
As is now the norm, the summer season of programs and events at Wesley Clover Parks was a very busy time once again. Here are a few of the highlights: CAMP Reservations at the Campground were strong throughout the season, aided in part by the online reservation system which was deployed this With operations now…
April 26, 2019
As this is the first issue of Q for calendar 2019, we thought it would make sense to provide an update on the latest investment activities being reported around the world. Combining a number of sources, we offer the following picture. The Global View PWC and CB Insights released their MoneyTree Report earlier this year,…
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…
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.…
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…
