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The round is among the biggest ever for an Ottawa firm, eclipsing major deals such as Assent Compliance’s $160-million raise three years ago and Shopify’s $100-million series-C round in 2013.
Threekit’s software creates ultra-realistic online 3D images of everything from couches to diamond rings, giving e-commerce customers a much better idea of what they're about to buy.Â
Mobile app and web portal allow health-care practitioners such as naturopaths, health coaches, dietitians, nutritionists and others to track an array of metrics on a single dashboard.Â
That’s the lowest the rate has been since the dawn of the pandemic in March 2020, but it's mainly the result of a shrinking labour force, Statistics Canada says.
Ottawa firm says it’s now expecting revenues of between $248 million and $250 million for fiscal 2021, up from previous projections of $242 million to $247 million.
Deal combines "two really well-managed brands that have been pretty diligent about keeping modern and keeping up standards in their facilities," uOttawa professor Mike Mulvey says.
Co-founder Alida Burke says orders for firm's indoor mini-farms that grow leafy greens and herbs are pouring in as supply chain bottlenecks and surging transportation costs drive up food prices.
Longtime executive is perhaps best-known for being chair of the Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation, the predecessor of Invest Ottawa, in the early 2000s.
Co-founder of Ottawa-based meeting management software startup says his goal is to make platform an indispensable tool for businesses around the world.