Artemis Canada

May 4, 20203 min

April 2020- In Review

Updated: Sep 20, 2022

All The Moves

  • Sarah Facini has joined Smile.io as their VP of Merchant Success

  • Jennifer Smith has joined Google as their new Director Product Management, Google Cloud. Jennifer was previously a senior leader at Christie Digital and Cineplex Digital Media.

  • Emily Bertrand has joined NorthOne as Product Marketing Manager

  • Cognitive Systems welcomes 3 new senior leaders to their team. Geordie Hagerman as EVP Commercialization, Bill Halford as EVP Legal, and Geoff Lyon as EVP Sales & Marketing

  • Coby Bergman is now Head of Revenue at Knowledgehook Inc

  • Carrah Johnston is the new Director of People and Culture at RouteThis

  • Shabbir Lasani has joined Bonfire Interactive as their Director of Integrated Marketing

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All The News 


 
The Accelerator Centre is happy to announce that they just launched Ontario’s COVID-19 Support and Recovery Cohort of their seed funding program, AC JumpStart 
 
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Nicoya is showing support to the scientific community by offering complimentary SPR support to all researchers during COVID-19
 
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Wello and RBC partner to support Canadian small businesses navigating COVID‐19
 
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MaRS released a list of 10 Canadian health innovators that are transforming how we treat everything from cancer to COVID-19

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Kitchener based InkSmith announced that Public Services and Procurement Canada, on behalf of the Government of Canada awarded the company a contract to manufacture 10 million units of its reusable face shields for healthcare providers and essential workers across Canada

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In the midst of COVID-19, TextNow has stepped up by offering free talk and text cell service in Canada
 
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Igloo landed a deal with Partners HealthCare to deliver critical COVID-19 information to its 78,000 front line workers and staff
 
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Applyboard is hosting a virtual hiring series across all departments with featured panels
 
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Vidyard provides free access to its online video and virtual teaching tools to help K-12 school districts and teachers take their communications online with private video content
 
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Q4 announces strategic partnership with Rose & Company to bring new investor access solutions to listed companies
 
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Volunteers from e-Commerce and agency space all teamed up to get small retailers up and running online 
 
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Creative Destruction Lab launches a new startup program dedicated to COVID-19 response
 
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Arlene Dickinson raises $100-million to back food and health startups 
 
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Shopify launches a consumer-facing shopping app
 
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ArchAngel, a new network of investors in Kitchener-Waterloo, has launched an angel-stage fund to support Canadian startups
 
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Athena Software launches remote care solutions for health and social service organizations 
 
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Funding News: 

New Funds: 

District Ventures Capital -100M

Impressions Venture - 36M

Omers Ventures Transatlantic Fund - 750M

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