Canada Technology

Clio’s Jack Newton can build another Shopify without building like Shopify

Practical patriotism is cool now. For BetaKit’s second-ever Town Hall, Clio CEO and co-founder Jack Newton was the perfect guest to carry forward the national conversation on Canadian productivity, innovation, and optimism. With 16 years in the game at Clio, Newton’s perspective on building in Canada is earned. He’s also shown himself to care […]

Canada Technology

The BetaKit Quiz, Oct. 25, 2024

Hamed Abbasi, Krzysztof Retel, and David Creamer have all departed the payments scaleup in the last year. BetaKit reported this week that at least eight leaders have left Plooto in that time. Others include director of regulatory compliance Kabir Tariq, director of DevSecOps Kris Musard, head of product growth Martin Hao, head of people operations […]

Canada Technology

atVenu secures $130 million USD to fuel expansion into new live events markets

Sole investor Sixth Street Growth also participated in Clio’s $1.24-billion CAD Series F round earlier this year. Calgary and California-based live events e-commerce startup atVenu has closed $130 million USD ($178.6 million CAD) in equity financing from San Francisco-based Sixth Street Growth. Michael McGinn, partner and co-head of Sixth Street Growth, told Fortune the […]